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Louis King

Louis King

Director · Died September 7, 1962, aged 64 · Christianburg, Virginia, USA

Born
June 28, 1898
Died
September 7, 1962 (aged 64)
From
Christianburg, Virginia, USA
Works as
Director
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 96 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 35% in 30 days

What are Louis King's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
46%
Bonds
36%
Self
7%
Power
6%
Survival
6%
Revenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
5
Warm
6
Tense
4
Melancholic
2
Joyful
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Louis King's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Louis King's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

96 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Swamp Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Deputy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Alcoa Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Goodyear Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Director

  • Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Dangerous Mission(1954)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Sabre Jet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • Powder River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • The Lion and the Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Frenchie(1950)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Mike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Director

  • Sand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Director

  • Green Grass of Wyoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Director

  • Thunder in the Valley(1947)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Smoky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Ladies of Washington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • Chetniks! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • Young America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director

  • Moon Over Burma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • The Way of All Flesh(1940)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Typhoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • Seventeen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • Fifth Avenue Girl(1939)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Undercover Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Director

  • Persons in Hiding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Director

  • Tom Sawyer, Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • Illegal Traffic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • The Lady Objects (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Porter

  • You Can't Take It with You(1938)

    as Man (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Bulldog Drummond in Africa(1938)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Prison Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • Hunted Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • Tip-Off Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • Bulldog Drummond's Revenge(1937)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Bulldog Drummond Comes Back(1937)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Wine, Women and Horses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Director

  • Wild Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Director

  • Draegerman Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Director

  • Melody for Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Director

  • That Man's Here Again(1937)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Bengal Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • The White Angel(1936)

    as Secretary (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Special Investigator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • Road Gang(1936)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Song of the Saddle(1936)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Way Down East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Minister

  • Angelina, o El honor de un brigadier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • Charlie Chan in Egypt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • It's A Small World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Bachelor of Arts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Pursued (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Murder in Trinidad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Una viuda romántica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Life in the Raw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Robbers' Roost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Drifting Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • The Arm of the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • The County Fair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Police Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • The Deceiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • Border Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • The Fighting Sheriff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • The Costume Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Actor

  • Desert Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • Men Without Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Shadow Ranch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • The Lone Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Mexicali Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Dad, the Drunk

  • Pals of the Prairie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • The Little Savage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • The Freckled Rascal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • The Vagabond Cub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • Orphan of the Sage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • Rough Ridin' Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • Young Whirlwind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • Terror Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • The Bantam Cowboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • The Fightin' Redhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • The Pinto Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • The Little Buckaroo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • The Slingshot Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • The Boy Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Is Your Daughter Safe? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Ace of the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director

  • Let's Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Luke Hazey

  • Main Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mr. Volstead

  • The Law Rustlers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • Spawn of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • Sheriff of Sun Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • Peaceful Peters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • Ever Since Eve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Lieutenant Gerald O'Connor

  • The Forbidden Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Stool Pigeon

Career shape

A full career of 96 titles from 1919 to 1959.

Highest rated

Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)

Midcredits 41st

Most popular right now

Frenchie (1950)

Film career

  • 1939Screen debut· Fifth Avenue Girl

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 96: 12 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting84 of 96: 84 only directing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score44th

By decade

1910s1 · acting1920s24 · 4 acting · 20 crew1930s45 · 7 acting · 38 crew1940s13 · crew1950s13 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Louis King's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 13 titles are Broadly Agreed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · director

Thunder in the Valley (1947)

74th percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Midcredits 96th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Louis King work with?

People who share at least 2 of Louis King's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Herman C. McNeile shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers