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Writing

Melville Baker

Career

Active from 1929 to 1943, busiest in 1934 and 1936 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Zoo in Budapest
Zoo in Budapest
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Melville Baker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Melodrama 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

1 title ยท average score 56
Above Suspicion
Above Suspicion (1943)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

1930s

12 titles ยท average score 65
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)

Writer

The First Hundred Years
The First Hundred Years (1938)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Seventh Heaven
Seventh Heaven (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer

Ladies in Love
Ladies in Love (1936)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Next Time We Love
Next Time We Love (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

The Gilded Lily
The Gilded Lily (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

Story

Now and Forever
Now and Forever (1934)
GoodWatch score 66

Story

Mills of the Gods
Mills of the Gods (1934)

Story

Zoo in Budapest
Zoo in Budapest (1933)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer

Downstairs
Downstairs (1932)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

His Woman
His Woman (1931)
GoodWatch score 49

Writer

One Romantic Night
One Romantic Night (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

Adaptation, Screenplay

1920s

2 titles
Darkened Rooms
Darkened Rooms (1929)

Writer

Fashions in Love
Fashions in Love (1929)

Dialogue