Writing
Frances Marion
- Career
Active from 1912 to 1979, with a break from 1946 to 1978, busiest in 1916 and 1917 with 18 main titles each.
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
The Wind90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.3, average 5.4
- Dark Humor1.1, average 2.8
- Mystery2.3, average 4.0
- Violence2.6, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Setting 12
- Social Commentary 8
- Classic Hollywood 7
- Historical Drama 5
- Nostalgic 5
- Character Study 4
- Romance 3
- Silent Film 3
- Social Class Divide 3
- Period Drama 3
- Gritty Realism 3
- Lighthearted 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mary PickfordActorEsmeralda, Rags, Fanchon, the Cricket, The Love Light, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, +13 more
Fred ThomsonActorDon Mike, Kit Carson, The Mask of Lopez, The Love Light, The Pioneer Scout, +8 more
Montagu LoveActorThe Gilded Cage, The World and His Wife, Bought and Paid For, The Wind, The Son of the Sheik, +5 more
Marie DresslerActorDinner at Eight, Anna Christie, Emma, Let Us Be Gay, Tillie Wakes Up, +3 more
Émile ChautardActorA Hungry Heart, The Web of Desire, Paris at Midnight, The Big House, The Heart of a Hero, +3 more
William CourtrightActorDon Mike, Kit Carson, The Pioneer Scout, Lone Hand Saunders, Hands Across the Border, +3 more
Alec B. FrancisActorThe Gilded Cage, A Hungry Heart, A Thief in Paradise, The Heart of a Hero, A Woman's Way, +3 more
Alice BradyActorDarkest Russia, The Gilded Cage, Bought and Paid For, A Hungry Heart, Then I'll Come Back to You, +3 more
Frank BorzageDirectorThe Lady, Humoresque, Secrets, Back Pay, Secrets, +3 more
Norma TalmadgeActorThe Lady, The Song of Love, Within the Law, The Voice from the Minaret, Secrets, +2 more
Ronald ColmanActorThe Winning of Barbara Worth, Cynara, A Thief in Paradise, Tarnish, Stella Dallas, +2 more
Marshall NeilanActorRags, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, A Girl of Yesterday, Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley, Stella Maris, +2 more
Movies and TV shows
158Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by
1980s
1 title · average score 55
GoodWatch score 55Original Film Writer
1970s
1 title · average score 48
GoodWatch score 48Story
1940s
3 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch score 73Additional Writing
GoodWatch score 63Novel
GoodWatch score 54Original Story, Screenplay
1930s
22 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch score 60Adaptation, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 60Writer, Adaptation
GoodWatch score 85Screenplay
GoodWatch score 81Screenplay
GoodWatch score 61Story
GoodWatch score 69Writer
GoodWatch score 52Screenplay, Story
GoodWatch score 68Story
GoodWatch score 84Writer, Story
GoodWatch score 60Screenplay
GoodWatch score 63Writer, Story
GoodWatch score 53Writer, Dialogue
1920s
71 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch score 49Screenplay
GoodWatch score 90Screenplay
GoodWatch score 73Writer
GoodWatch score 73Adaptation, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 71Screenplay, Adaptation
GoodWatch score 56Writer
GoodWatch score 74Writer
GoodWatch score 74Writer, Story
Screenplay, Adaptation
GoodWatch score 57Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 59Writer
GoodWatch score 55Adaptation, Screenplay
1910s
60 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch score 53Writer
GoodWatch score 79Writer
GoodWatch score 60Writer
GoodWatch score 55Writer
GoodWatch score 57Writer
GoodWatch score 66Scenario Writer, Writer
GoodWatch score 55Writer
Writer
GoodWatch score 67Writer
GoodWatch score 59Writer