- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 6.73
- Peak run
- 1933’38
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.73
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.74
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.40
rating spread
Career
19y
1930 to 1948
Total votes
35.8K
across every film
Best
7.3
The Valley of Decision
Worst
6.0
Kismet
Newest first
Filmography
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | · | 675 |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | 7.3 | 2,803 |
| 1944 | Kismet | 6.0 | 1,470 |
| 1940 | Seven Sinners | 6.5 | 2,034 |
| 1938 | Boys Town | 7.2 | 7,003 |
| 1937 | Madame X | · | 606 |
| 1937 | Wings of the Morning | · | 405 |
| 1936 | His Brother's Wife | · | 775 |
| 1935 | Peter Ibbetson | 6.9 | 2,965 |
| 1934 | The Painted Veil | 6.5 | 1,894 |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | 6.9 | 2,010 |
| 1934 | What Every Woman Knows | · | 497 |
| 1933 | The Prizefighter and the Lady | 6.3 | 1,163 |
| 1933 | Stage Mother | · | 282 |
| 1933 | When Ladies Meet | 6.8 | 1,324 |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton | · | 816 |
| 1931 | The Miracle Woman | 7.2 | 2,785 |
| 1931 | The Phantom of Paris | 6.5 | 1,440 |
| 1931 | This Modern Age | · | 642 |
| 1930 | The Divorcee | 6.6 | 4,212 |
Better together?
John Meehan's regulars
- Clarence BrownWriter · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.16
- Tay GarnettWriter · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.08
- Robert Z. LeonardWriter · 2 films · 6.70 avg●−0.02
- W.S. Van DykeWriter · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.51
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John Meehan
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1939John Meehan, Dore Schary
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1930(John Meehan)
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