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Gregg Toland

Career

Active from 1926 to 1948, busiest in 1935 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gregg Toland Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Romantic Comedy 5
  • Forbidden Love 5
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Class Conflict 5
  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Period Piece 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Melodramatic 3
  • Classic Romance 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Classic Western 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

16 titles · average score 74
A Song Is Born
A Song Is Born (1948)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89

Director of Photography

Song of the South
Song of the South (1946)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

The Kid from Brooklyn
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

The Outlaw
The Outlaw (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane (1941)
GoodWatch score 91

as Interviewer

The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes (1941)
GoodWatch score 90

Director of Photography

Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire (1941)
GoodWatch score 83

Director of Photography

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
GoodWatch score 90

Director of Photography

The Westerner
The Westerner (1940)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
GoodWatch score 84

Director of Photography

1930s

37 titles · average score 67
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1939)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Intermezzo: A Love Story
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

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

Director of Photography

Dead End
Dead End (1937)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography

History Is Made at Night
History Is Made at Night (1937)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

These Three
These Three (1936)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

Mad Love
Mad Love (1935)
GoodWatch score 87

Director of Photography

Les Misérables
Les Misérables (1935)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

The Dark Angel
The Dark Angel (1935)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Forsaking All Others
Forsaking All Others (1934)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Man Wanted
Man Wanted (1932)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

Palmy Days
Palmy Days (1931)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

1920s

9 titles · average score 65
The Trespasser
The Trespasser (1929)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Condemned!
Condemned! (1929)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

This Is Heaven
This Is Heaven (1929)

Director of Photography

Queen Kelly
Queen Kelly (1929)
GoodWatch score 85

Cinematography

The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra
The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra (1928)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

The Winning of Barbara Worth
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

The Bat
The Bat (1926)
GoodWatch score 58

Assistant Camera

Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond (1922)

Cinematography