Writing · 1900 to 1976

Robert Lord

Best rated: Footlight Parade (7.5)

Films: 38
Avg rating: 6.88
Peak run: 1933’34
7+ run: 3 films

Films: 38
Avg rating: 6.88
Peak run: 1933’34
7+ run: 3 films

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The career

Robert Lord, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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192638 films1940

Current formLast 5: 6.62 vs career 6.88 (−0.26)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Robert by the numbers

Average

6.88

17 rated films

Vote weighted

6.90

bigger films count more

Median

6.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.39

rating spread

Career

15y

1926 to 1940

Total votes

68.6K

across every film

Best

7.5

Footlight Parade

Worst

7.1

Little Caesar

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

1940	'Til We Meet Again	·	882
1937	Black Legion	7.0	4,282
1936	Colleen	·	484
1936	Stage Struck	·	400
1935	Bordertown	6.6	2,147
1935	Dr. Socrates	·	565
1935	Gold Diggers of 1935	6.8	3,176
1935	Page Miss Glory	6.6	1,460
1934	Dames	7.0	2,729
1934	He Was Her Man	·	807
1934	Housewife	6.1	1,285
1934	Merry Wives of Reno	·	344
1933	Footlight Parade	7.5	6,753
1933	Hard to Handle	6.6	1,088
1933	Heroes for Sale	7.3	2,751
1933	The Little Giant	7.0	1,552
1933	Mary Stevens, M.D.	·	675
1933	The Mind Reader	·	694
1932	It's Tough to Be Famous	·	260
1932	Frisco Jenny	6.8	1,360

Better together?

Robert Lord's regulars

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

Takes

On Robert Lord

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1938
Robert Lord
Nominated
Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1934
Robert Lord
Won

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