Portrait of Delmer Daves

Directing

Delmer Daves

Career

Active from 1929 to 1965, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Jubal
Jubal
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Delmer Daves Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Dark Humor
    1.6, average 2.8
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 6
  • Classic Hollywood 6
  • Coming-of-Age 6
  • Western 5
  • Melodrama 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Romance 3
  • Moral Conflict 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title ยท average score 42
Love Affair
Love Affair (1994)
GoodWatch score 42

Original Film Writer

1960s

6 titles ยท average score 60
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)
GoodWatch score 51

Director, Writer

Youngblood Hawke
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
GoodWatch score 69

Producer, Director

Spencer's Mountain
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Producer

Rome Adventure
Rome Adventure (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

Producer, Screenplay

Parrish
Parrish (1961)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Producer

Susan Slade
Susan Slade (1961)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Producer

1950s

17 titles ยท average score 68
A Summer Place
A Summer Place (1959)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Producer

The Hanging Tree
The Hanging Tree (1959)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Cowboy
Cowboy (1958)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Badlanders
The Badlanders (1958)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
GoodWatch score 81

Director

An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

Jubal
Jubal (1956)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Screenplay

The Last Wagon
The Last Wagon (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

White Feather
White Feather (1955)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Demetrius and the Gladiators
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Drum Beat
Drum Beat (1954)
GoodWatch score 45

Story, Director

Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow (1950)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

1940s

16 titles ยท average score 68
Task Force
Task Force (1949)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

A Kiss in the Dark
A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

To the Victor
To the Victor (1948)

Director

Dark Passage
Dark Passage (1947)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay, Director

The Red House
The Red House (1947)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Screenplay

Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines (1945)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

Hollywood Canteen
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Screenplay

The Very Thought of You
The Very Thought of You (1944)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay, Director

Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Screenplay

Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
GoodWatch score 86

Screenplay

The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter (1940)

Story

1930s

16 titles ยท average score 65
Love Affair
Love Affair (1939)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

$1,000 a Touchdown
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)

Story, Screenplay

Professor Beware
Professor Beware (1938)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

The Singing Marine
The Singing Marine (1937)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

The Go-Getter
The Go-Getter (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

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

Screenplay

Page Miss Glory
Page Miss Glory (1935)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

Stranded
Stranded (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Shipmates Forever
Shipmates Forever (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

Story, Screenplay

Dames
Dames (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

Story, Screenplay

Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk (1934)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Story, Screenplay

Divorce In The Family
Divorce In The Family (1932)

as Mr. Humphries

1920s

5 titles ยท average score 52
So This Is College
So This Is College (1929)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay

The Duke Steps Out
The Duke Steps Out (1929)
GoodWatch score 48

as Bossy Edwards

A Man's Man
A Man's Man (1929)

as Delmar Daves (uncredited)

The Bishop Murder Case
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
GoodWatch score 46

as Raymond Sperling

The Mating Call
The Mating Call (1928)
GoodWatch score 63

as Undetermined Role