Portrait of Irving Berlin

Writing

Irving Berlin

Career

Active from 1928 to 2017, with a break from 1968 to 2016, busiest in 1938 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Top Hat
Top Hat
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Irving Berlin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.9, average 5.5
  • Violence
    1.6, average 4.1
  • Tension
    3.4, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 3
  • Classic Musical 3
  • Show Business 2
  • Sentimental 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Feel-Good Movie 2
  • Showbiz Romance 2
  • Showbiz 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Golden Age Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
Irving Berlin's Top Hat
Irving Berlin's Top Hat (2026)

Music, Lyricist

Top Hat - The Musical
Top Hat - The Musical (2026)

Music

Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin
Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin (2020)

Lyricist, Music

2010s

2 titles · average score 75
Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn
Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (2017)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer, Lyricist

TOP HAT
TOP HAT (2015)

Compositor

2000s

2 titles
Freek de Jonge - De Laatste Lach
Freek de Jonge - De Laatste Lach (2008)

Music

God Bless America
God Bless America (2002)

Music

1980s

1 title
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988)

Music, Songs

1970s

1 title · average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

Thanks

1960s

1 title
Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun (1967)

Original Music Composer

1950s

7 titles · average score 68
Speed Crazy
Speed Crazy (1959)

Editor

Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun (1957)

Lyricist, Songs

Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
GoodWatch score 73

Songs

There's No Business Like Show Business
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer, Songs

White Christmas
White Christmas (1954)
GoodWatch score 71

Songs

Call Me Madam
Call Me Madam (1953)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer, Lyricist

Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer, Lyricist

1940s

5 titles · average score 74
Easter Parade
Easter Parade (1948)
GoodWatch score 83

Music, Original Music Composer

Blue Skies
Blue Skies (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

Story

This Is the Army
This Is the Army (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

as Irving Berlin (uncredited)

Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn (1942)
GoodWatch score 81

Idea, Songs

The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
GoodWatch score 86

Songs

1930s

11 titles · average score 62
Carefree
Carefree (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer, Lyricist

Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

Lyricist, Songs

On the Avenue
On the Avenue (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

Lyricist, Original Music Composer

Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet (1936)
GoodWatch score 70

Lyricist, Original Music Composer

Top Hat
Top Hat (1935)
GoodWatch score 87

Original Music Composer, Lyricist

Kid Millions
Kid Millions (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

Lyricist, Songs

Pardon Us
Pardon Us (1931)
GoodWatch score 66

Music

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1931)
GoodWatch score 48

Theme Song Performance

Reaching for the Moon
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
GoodWatch score 47

Story

Mammy
Mammy (1930)
GoodWatch score 58

Theatre Play

Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

Songs, Lyricist

1920s

5 titles · average score 72
Hallelujah
Hallelujah (1929)
GoodWatch score 74

Songs

The Cocoanuts
The Cocoanuts (1929)
GoodWatch score 74

Musical, Songs

Glorifying the American Girl
Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
GoodWatch score 49

Lyricist, Songs

The Ingenues: The Band Beautiful
The Ingenues: The Band Beautiful (1928)

Music, Writer

One Week
One Week (1920)
GoodWatch score 91

Music