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Arthur A. Ross

Career

Active from 1917 to 1980, with a break from 1918 to 1945, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Arthur A. Ross Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Film Noir 2
  • Corruption 2
  • Nostalgic Charm 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 44
Satan's School for Girls
Satan's School for Girls (2000)
GoodWatch score 44

Original Film Writer

1980s

1 title ยท average score 67
Brubaker
Brubaker (1980)
GoodWatch score 67

Story

1970s

3 titles ยท average score 42
Love Is Not Enough
Love Is Not Enough (1978)

Writer

The Desperate Miles
The Desperate Miles (1975)

Story, Screenplay

Satan's School for Girls
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
GoodWatch score 42

Writer

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 72
The Great Race
The Great Race (1965)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Story, Screenplay

Once Upon a Tractor
Once Upon a Tractor (1965)

Story

Funny Side of Life
Funny Side of Life (1963)

Writer

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

1950s

6 titles ยท average score 57
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

The Creature Walks Among Us
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
GoodWatch score 44

Story, Screenplay

Creature from the Black Lagoon
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

The Stand at Apache River
The Stand at Apache River (1953)
GoodWatch score 60

Story, Screenplay

Okinawa
Okinawa (1952)
GoodWatch score 54

Story, Screenplay

Revenue Agent
Revenue Agent (1950)

Writer

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 46
Port of New York
Port of New York (1949)
GoodWatch score 47

Story

Kazan
Kazan (1949)

Screenplay

Rusty Leads the Way
Rusty Leads the Way (1948)

Screenplay

Beat the Band
Beat the Band (1947)

Adaptation

San Quentin
San Quentin (1946)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay

Vacation in Reno
Vacation in Reno (1946)

Screenplay

1910s

1 title
A Wife by Proxy
A Wife by Proxy (1917)

Director of Photography