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William Axt

Career

Active from 1923 to 1949, busiest in 1934 with 14 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Greed
Greed
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 72 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
William Axt Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 11
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Melodramatic 4
  • Historical Romance 4
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Class Conflict 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

149
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

5 titles · average score 69
Dynamite
Dynamite (1949)

Original Music Composer

Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib (1949)
GoodWatch score 83

Additional Music

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11 (1946)

Music

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
GoodWatch score 56

Music

Untamed
Untamed (1940)

Music

1930s

111 titles · average score 61
Parnell
Parnell (1937)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

Libeled Lady
Libeled Lady (1936)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Buried Loot
Buried Loot (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

The Thin Man
The Thin Man (1934)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

Forsaking All Others
Forsaking All Others (1934)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight (1933)
GoodWatch score 81

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Menu
Menu (1933)
GoodWatch score 59

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When Ladies Meet
When Ladies Meet (1933)
GoodWatch score 58

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Bombshell
Bombshell (1933)
GoodWatch score 76

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The Mask of Fu Manchu
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
GoodWatch score 66

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Blondie of the Follies
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Music Composer

1920s

32 titles · average score 69
Speedway
Speedway (1929)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Show People
Show People (1928)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Music Composer

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1928)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar (1928)
GoodWatch score 73

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Our Dancing Daughters
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
GoodWatch score 63

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While the City Sleeps
While the City Sleeps (1928)
GoodWatch score 64

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Don Juan
Don Juan (1926)
GoodWatch score 68

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Bardelys the Magnificent
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
GoodWatch score 72

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La Bohème
La Bohème (1926)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
GoodWatch score 87

Original Music Composer

Greed
Greed (1924)
GoodWatch score 88

Original Music Composer

The Navigator
The Navigator (1924)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

1910s

1 title · average score 71
Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry (1919)
GoodWatch score 71

Music