- Films
- 16
- Avg rating
- 7.17
- Peak run
- 1935’38
- 7+ run
- 2 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
W.P. by the numbers
Average
7.17
6 rated films
Vote weighted
7.21
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
27y
1931 to 1957
Total votes
31.2K
across every film
Best
7.8
A Tale of Two Cities
Worst
5.8
The Garden of Allah
Newest first
Filmography
| 1957 | Robbery Under Arms | · | 337 |
| 1956 | A Town Like Alice | 7.2 | 2,195 |
| 1946 | Beware of Pity | · | 321 |
| 1938 |  Pygmalion | 7.7 | 10,642 |
| 1936 | The Garden of Allah | 5.8 | 1,856 |
| 1936 | Lloyd's of London | 6.9 | 1,309 |
| 1936 | A Message to Garcia | · | 376 |
| 1936 | Under Two Flags | · | 565 |
| 1935 | Cardinal Richelieu | · | 261 |
| 1935 | Clive of India | · | 497 |
| 1935 | Les Misérables | 7.6 | 4,274 |
| 1935 | A Tale of Two Cities | 7.8 | 7,022 |
| 1933 | The Good Companions | · | 257 |
| 1933 | I Was a Spy | · | 261 |
| 1932 | The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case | · | 707 |
| 1931 | The Speckled Band | · | 358 |
Better together?
W.P. Lipscomb's regulars
- Richard BoleslawskiWriter · 3 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.19
- Victor SavilleWriter · 2 films
- Jack LeeWriter · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.09
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On W.P. Lipscomb
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1939Screenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple
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