Directing
Roy Del Ruth
- Titles
- 101movies3TV shows
- Career
Active from 1920 to 1960, busiest in 1924 and 1933 with 6 main titles each.
- Directed
- 101titles as director
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
It Happened on Fifth Avenue73/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.4average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.3average 3.6
- Showbiz3.2average 1.2
- Situational Comedy4.2average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Romance5.2average 3.8
- Physical Comedy3.5average 2.5
- Satire & Parody3.1average 2.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.3, average 5.2
- Psychological4.2, average 5.6
- Violence3.0, average 4.3
- Melancholy3.6, average 4.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 8
- Mystery 5
- Nostalgic 4
- Historical Drama 3
- Class Conflict 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Intrigue 3
- Crime Drama 3
- Musical Comedy 3
- Situational Humor 3
- Atmospheric 2
- 1930s 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- BBarney McGillCinematographerFolies Bergère, Bureau of Missing Persons, Beauty and the Boss, Folies Bergère, Three Faces East, +7 more
Andy ClydeActorHere We Go Again, Flip Flops, The Hollywood Kid, Smile Please, Hard Knocks and Love Taps, +5 more
Kewpie MorganActorBe Reasonable, Skylarking, The Aviator, Gymnasium Jim, Nip and Tuck, +5 more
Billy BevanActorBe Reasonable, Gymnasium Jim, One Cylinder Love, Nip and Tuck, The Duck Hunter, +4 more
Allen McNeilEditorFolies Bergère, Tail Spin, Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, It Had to Happen, My Lucky Star, +4 more
Louise FazendaActorFive and Ten Cent Annie, The Terror, Footloose Widows, Ham and Eggs at the Front, The Desert Song, +2 more
Jack CooperActorFlip Flops, The Hollywood Kid, Gymnasium Jim, Smile Please, The Duck Hunter, +2 more
Mildred JuneActorBe Reasonable, Gymnasium Jim, Nip and Tuck, The Duck Hunter, Love and Doughnuts, +2 more- JJ. Peverell MarleyCinematographerPhantom of the Rue Morgue, Folies Bergère, Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, Folies Bergère, It Had to Happen, +2 more
Tiny WardActorSmile Please, The Cat's Meow, One Cylinder Love, His New Mamma, When Summer Comes, +1 more- JJames GibbonEditorBureau of Missing Persons, Taxi!, Employees' Entrance, Blessed Event, Side Show, +1 more
- RRalph DawsonEditorBlonde Crazy, Five and Ten Cent Annie, If I Were Single, My Past, The Desert Song, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
1001960s
1 title
Why Must I Die (1960)
Director
1950s
9 titles · average score 56
56
The Alligator People (1959)
Director
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
Director
55
Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
Director
42
About Face (1952)
Director
Here We Go Again (1952)
Director
66
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Director
57
Starlift (1951)
Director
60
The West Point Story (1950)
Director
1940s
13 titles · average score 60
61
Red Light (1949)
Producer, Director
55
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
Producer, Director
73
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Director, Producer
62
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Director
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
Director
63
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Director
53
I Married an Angel (1942)
Director
64
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Director
65
Topper Returns (1941)
Director
61
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
Director
56
He Married His Wife (1940)
Director
1930s
36 titles · average score 62
64
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Director
64
Born to Dance (1936)
Director
65
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Director
65
Kid Millions (1934)
Director
69
The Little Giant (1933)
Director
69
Lady Killer (1933)
Director
67
Employees' Entrance (1933)
Director
69
Beauty and the Boss (1932)
Director
66
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Director
70
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Director
67
Taxi! (1931)
Director
1920s
40 titles · average score 62
The Desert Song (1929)
Director
The Aviator (1929)
Director
The Terror (1928)
Director
54
The First Auto (1927)
Director
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Director
The Little Irish Girl (1926)
Director
Across the Pacific (1926)
Director
The Hollywood Kid (1924)
Director
His New Mamma (1924)
Director
Skylarking (1923)
Director
Gymnasium Jim (1922)
Director
1910s
1 title · average score 52
52
Wife and Auto Trouble (1916)
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