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Writing · 1897 to 1958

Herbert Fields

Best rated: Hands Across the Table (6.9)

Films
19
Avg rating
6.43
Peak run
1940’55
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Herbert Fields, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1940 to 1955, 6.4867819351940194519501955Hands Across the Table 6.9Hollywood Party 5.9Career avg 6.43

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Herbert Fields's career barcodecoolhot
193119 films1955
Current formLast 5: 6.48 vs career 6.43 (+0.05)
  1. WStrike Up the Band1940 · 6.8+0.4
  2. LDu Barry Was a Lady1943 · 6.1−0.3
  3. LMexican Hayride1948 · 6.2−0.2
  4. WAnnie Get Your Gun1950 · 6.8+0.4
  5. WHit the Deck1955 · 6.5+0.1
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Herbert by the numbers

Average
6.43
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.44
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.38
rating spread
Career
25y
1931 to 1955
Total votes
22.9K
across every film
Best
6.9
Hands Across the Table
Worst
5.9
Hollywood Party
Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography
1955Hit the Deck6.51,103
1950Annie Get Your Gun6.85,784
1949Slightly French·405
1948Mexican Hayride6.21,415
1948Up in Central Park·304
1944Something for the Boys·402
1943Du Barry Was a Lady6.11,912
1942Panama Hattie·648
1941Father Takes a Wife·694
1940Strike Up the Band6.82,162
1939Dancing Co-Ed·584
1939Honolulu·874
1938Fools for Scandal·670
1936Love Before Breakfast6.21,023
1935Hands Across the Table6.92,413
1935Mississippi·659
1934Down to Their Last Yacht·333
1934Hollywood Party5.91,213
1931The Hot Heiress·276
Better together?

Herbert Fields's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Herbert Fields

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