- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 7.06
- Peak run
- 1929’37
- 7+ run
- 4 films
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
Morrie by the numbers
Average
7.06
13 rated films
Vote weighted
7.14
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
64y
1929 to 1992
Total votes
200K
across every film
Best
7.9
My Man Godfrey
Worst
6.6
Room Service
Newest first
Filmography
| 1992 | Brain Donors | 6.9 | 5,019 |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey | 6.3 | 1,305 |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | · | 922 |
| 1945 | Where Do We Go from Here? | · | 322 |
| 1943 | Claudia | · | 498 |
| 1943 | The Meanest Man in the World | · | 413 |
| 1941 | Louisiana Purchase | · | 595 |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade | 7.1 | 8,999 |
| 1940 |  His Girl Friday | 7.8 | 68,760 |
| 1939 | Fifth Avenue Girl | 6.8 | 2,072 |
| 1938 | Having Wonderful Time | 6.0 | 1,149 |
| 1938 | Room Service | 6.6 | 5,995 |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman | 6.7 | 1,175 |
| 1937 |  Stage Door | 7.7 | 9,995 |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | · | 876 |
| 1936 |  My Man Godfrey | 7.9 | 29,046 |
| 1935 |  A Night at the Opera | 7.8 | 36,850 |
| 1931 | Palmy Days | · | 739 |
| 1930 |  Animal Crackers | 7.4 | 16,365 |
| 1929 | The Cocoanuts | 6.8 | 8,978 |
Better together?
Morrie Ryskind's regulars
- Gregory La CavaWriter · 3 films · 7.47 avg▲+0.47
- Howard HawksWriter · 2 films · 7.80 avg▲+0.76
- Sam WoodWriter · 2 films · 7.80 avg▲+0.79
- Edmund GouldingWriter · 2 films · 7.80 avg▲+0.77
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Morrie Ryskind
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1938Morris Ryskind, Anthony Veiller
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1937Eric Hatch, Morris Ryskind
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