Portrait of Sonya Levien

Writing

Sonya Levien

Career

Active from 1919 to 1960, busiest in 1929 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bhowani Junction
Bhowani Junction
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sonya Levien Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.7, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Dark Humor
    1.2, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 6
  • Classic Hollywood 6
  • Romance 6
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Sentimental 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Technicolor Spectacle 3
  • Silent Era Drama 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 44
State Fair
State Fair (1962)
GoodWatch score 33

Adaptation

Pepe
Pepe (1960)
GoodWatch score 56

Story

1950s

8 titles ยท average score 66
Jeanne Eagels
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Bhowani Junction
Bhowani Junction (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (1955)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Hit the Deck
Hit the Deck (1955)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Interrupted Melody
Interrupted Melody (1955)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

The Student Prince
The Student Prince (1954)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow (1952)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay

Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay

1940s

8 titles ยท average score 62
Three Daring Daughters
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Cass Timberlane
Cass Timberlane (1947)
GoodWatch score 62

Adaptation

The Green Years
The Green Years (1946)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

The Valley of Decision
The Valley of Decision (1945)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay

Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
GoodWatch score 46

Story

State Fair
State Fair (1945)
GoodWatch score 68

Adaptation

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

Story

Ziegfeld Girl
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

1930s

30 titles ยท average score 61
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay

In Old Chicago
In Old Chicago (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Four Men and a Prayer
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

Kidnapped
Kidnapped (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Writer

Mr. Skitch
Mr. Skitch (1933)

Writer

State Fair
State Fair (1933)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square (1933)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

The Brat
The Brat (1931)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer

Liliom
Liliom (1930)
GoodWatch score 66

Dialogue, Screenplay

So This Is London
So This Is London (1930)

Screenplay

1920s

21 titles ยท average score 57
Lucky Star
Lucky Star (1929)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer

The Younger Generation
The Younger Generation (1929)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Behind That Curtain
Behind That Curtain (1929)
GoodWatch score 44

Writer

Frozen Justice
Frozen Justice (1929)

Writer

Trial Marriage
Trial Marriage (1929)

Screenplay

The Power of the Press
The Power of the Press (1928)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

A Ship Comes In
A Ship Comes In (1928)
GoodWatch score 50

Writer

The Princess from Hoboken
The Princess from Hoboken (1927)

Writer

Why Girls Go Back Home
Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)

Screenplay

Salome of the Tenements
Salome of the Tenements (1925)

Writer

First Love
First Love (1921)

Story

Cheated Love
Cheated Love (1921)

Writer

1910s

1 title
Who Will Marry Me?
Who Will Marry Me? (1919)

Story