Portrait of Robert E. Sherwood

Writing

Robert E. Sherwood

Career

Active from 1926 to 1953, busiest in 1926 and 1953 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert E. Sherwood Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2
  • Dark Humor
    1.2, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Pre-War Cinema 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

1990s

1 title ยท average score 59
The Preacher's Wife
The Preacher's Wife (1996)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Film Writer

1960s

1 title
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964)

Theatre Play

1950s

6 titles ยท average score 64
Gaby
Gaby (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

Theatre Play

Jupiter's Darling
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
GoodWatch score 56

Theatre Play

The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest (1955)

Theatre Play

Man on a Tightrope
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Main Street to Broadway
Main Street to Broadway (1953)

Writer

The Backbone of America
The Backbone of America (1953)

Writer

1940s

8 titles ยท average score 77
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89

Screenplay

The Queen's Husband
The Queen's Husband (1946)

Writer

Escape in the Desert
Escape in the Desert (1945)
GoodWatch score 74

Theatre Play

Adam Had Four Sons
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
GoodWatch score 60

Producer

Rebecca
Rebecca (1940)
GoodWatch score 83

Screenplay

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay, Theatre Play

Waterloo Bridge
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
GoodWatch score 77

Theatre Play

1930s

16 titles ยท average score 62
Idiot's Delight
Idiot's Delight (1939)
GoodWatch score 45

Screenplay, Theatre Play

Over the Moon
Over the Moon (1939)
GoodWatch score 47

Story

The Divorce of Lady X
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer

The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Thunder in the City
Thunder in the City (1937)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay

The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest (1936)
GoodWatch score 84

Theatre Play

The Ghost Goes West
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Roman Scandals
Roman Scandals (1933)
GoodWatch score 66

Story

Reunion in Vienna
Reunion in Vienna (1933)
GoodWatch score 65

Theatre Play

Cock of the Air
Cock of the Air (1932)

Writer

Waterloo Bridge
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
GoodWatch score 71

Theatre Play

1920s

6 titles
North of Nowhere
North of Nowhere (1927)

Editor

The Prince of Whales
The Prince of Whales (1927)

Title Graphics

Hitting the Trail
Hitting the Trail (1927)

Editor

The Lucky Lady
The Lucky Lady (1926)

Writer

Red Hot Rails
Red Hot Rails (1926)

Writer

Oh! What a Nurse!
Oh! What a Nurse! (1926)

Writer