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Directing · Writing · 1888 to 1941

Victor Schertzinger

Best rated: Road to Zanzibar (6.7)

Films
11
Avg rating
6.50
Oscar noms
1
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Victor Schertzinger, directing career by IMDb rating5-film average
6781930193219341936193819401942Road to Zanzibar 6.7Something to Sing About 6.2Career avg 6.50

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

Victor Schertzinger's career barcodecoolhot
192911 films1942
Current formLast 3: 6.50 vs career 6.50 (0.00)
  1. LSomething to Sing About1937 · 6.2−0.3
  2. WRoad to Singapore1940 · 6.6+0.1
  3. WRoad to Zanzibar1941 · 6.7+0.2
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Victor by the numbers

Average
6.50
3 rated films
Vote weighted
6.52
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.26
rating spread
Career
14y
1929 to 1942
Total votes
13.2K
across every film
Best
6.7
Road to Zanzibar
Worst
6.2
Something to Sing About
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1942The Fleet's In·454
1941Birth of the Blues·496
1941Road to Zanzibar6.73,560
1940Rhythm on the River·456
1940Road to Singapore6.64,313
1939The Mikado·905
1937Something to Sing About6.21,138
1935The Return of Peter Grimm·304
1934One Night of Love·850
1931Friends and Lovers·455
1929Redskin·250
Better together?

Victor Schertzinger's regulars

Takes

On Victor Schertzinger

3 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1938
    Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director (Score by Victor Schertzinger)
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1935
    Victor Schertzinger
    Nominated
  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1935
    Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
    Won

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