- Films
- 12
- Avg rating
- 6.54
- Peak run
- 1959’68
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 director, films with 1,000+ votes
Melville by the numbers
Average
6.54
7 rated films
Vote weighted
6.56
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.50
rating spread
Career
20y
1955 to 1974
Total votes
39.3K
across every film
Best
7.1
Yours, Mine and Ours
Worst
5.7
A New Kind of Love
Newest first
Filmography
| 1974 | Mixed Company | · | 286 |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | · | 963 |
| 1968 |  Yours, Mine and Ours | 7.1 | 11,219 |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | 6.3 | 4,494 |
| 1963 | A New Kind of Love | 5.7 | 1,950 |
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | · | 511 |
| 1961 | On the Double | · | 979 |
| 1960 | It Started in Naples | 6.3 | 3,725 |
| 1959 | The Five Pennies | 7.1 | 2,367 |
| 1958 |  Houseboat | 6.6 | 10,599 |
| 1957 | Beau James | · | 509 |
| 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | 6.7 | 1,741 |
Better together?
Melville Shavelson's regulars
- Jack RoseWriter · 6 films · 6.68 avg▲+0.08
- David ButlerWriter · 4 films · 6.37 avg▼−0.17
- Harry GuardinoDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.85 avg▲+0.27
- Sidney LanfieldWriter · 3 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.11
- Leith StevensComposer · 3 films · 6.40 avg
- Daniel L. FappCinematographer · 3 films · 6.40 avg
- Barbara HarrisDirector and actor · 2 films
- Lisa GerritsenDirector and actor · 2 films
- Fred KarlinComposer · 2 films · 7.10 avg
- Danny KayeDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.40
- Tom BosleyDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.90
- Charles F. WheelerCinematographer · 2 films · 7.10 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Melville Shavelson
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1959Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1956Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
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