Portrait of C. Gardner Sullivan

Writing

C. Gardner Sullivan

Career

Active from 1912 to 1958, with a break from 1940 to 1957, busiest in 1915 with 21 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Union Pacific
Union Pacific
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
C. Gardner Sullivan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 14
  • Early Cinema 12
  • Historical Setting 10
  • Silent Film Era 8
  • Nostalgic 6
  • Silent Film 6
  • Class Conflict 6
  • Historical Drama 6
  • Silent Era Drama 5
  • Romance 5
  • Melodrama 5
  • Coming-of-Age 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

140
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
The Boots on the Western Front
The Boots on the Western Front (2026)

Story Supervisor

1950s

1 title ยท average score 65
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer (1958)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

1930s

14 titles ยท average score 63
Union Pacific
Union Pacific (1939)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer (1938)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay

Three Live Ghosts
Three Live Ghosts (1936)

Screenplay

Car 99
Car 99 (1935)

Screenplay

The Awakening of Jim Burke
The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)

Story

Father Brown, Detective
Father Brown, Detective (1934)

Screenplay

Men Must Fight
Men Must Fight (1933)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude (1932)
GoodWatch score 47

Writer

The Cuban Love Song
The Cuban Love Song (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

Young Desire
Young Desire (1930)

Writer

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
GoodWatch score 88

Story Supervisor

1920s

38 titles ยท average score 68
The Locked Door
The Locked Door (1929)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Alibi
Alibi (1929)
GoodWatch score 49

Writer

Tempest
Tempest (1928)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

The Woman Disputed
The Woman Disputed (1928)

Screenplay

Braveheart
Braveheart (1925)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer

Soul of the Beast
Soul of the Beast (1923)

Story

Long Live the King
Long Live the King (1923)

Adaptation, Screenplay

Human Wreckage
Human Wreckage (1923)

Writer

Hail the Woman
Hail the Woman (1921)

Writer

Sex
Sex (1920)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

The Woman in the Suitcase
The Woman in the Suitcase (1920)

Writer

The False Road
The False Road (1920)

Writer

1910s

86 titles ยท average score 59
Sahara
Sahara (1919)

Writer

Wagon Tracks
Wagon Tracks (1919)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Shark Monroe
Shark Monroe (1918)

Screenplay

Hell's Hinges
Hell's Hinges (1916)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

Civilization
Civilization (1916)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer

The Return of Draw Egan
The Return of Draw Egan (1916)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

Peggy
Peggy (1916)

Writer

The Italian
The Italian (1915)
GoodWatch score 64

Story

On the Night Stage
On the Night Stage (1915)

Story

The Wrath of the Gods
The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

The Last of the Line
The Last of the Line (1914)

Writer

The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg (1913)

Writer