Charles MacArthur

Writer. Born 5 November 1895 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 21 April 1956.

Titles on Fi1m1 acting · 5 writing

Average Fi1m scoreas writer · 5 titles

Oscar1 won · 2 nominated

Born

5 November 1895, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

21 April 1956

Active

1938–1974

Frequently works with

Ben Hecht

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

77Fi1m

73Critics

We rate Charles’s work 4 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above2

60 to 793

Under 600

Of 5 reviewed titles as writer.

In numbers

Reviewed: 5 films
Screen time: 9 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $20m across 3 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won · 2 nominated
Active: 1938–1974

Genres

Comedy3
Crime2
Drama2
Romance2
Action1
Adventure1

Best and worst on Fi1m

90BestHis Girl Friday1940

60WorstThe Front Page1974

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

221930s

71940s

31950s

21960s

11970s

11980s

Awards

Academy Awards1 won · 2 nominated

Nominated1940Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · Wuthering Heights
Won1936Best Story · The Scoundrel
Nominated1934Best Story · Rasputin and the Empress

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.

Charles MacArthur