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George Gershwin

George Gershwin

Composer · Died July 11, 1937, aged 38 · New York City, New York, USA

George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 26, 1898
Died
July 11, 1937 (aged 38)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 57 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 23% in 30 days

What are George Gershwin's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
45%
Self
26%
Society
12%
Ideas
6%
Power
5%
Survival
5%
Romantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

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

Steady 2 · 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 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Romantic
4
Joyful
3
Melancholic
2
Triumphant
2
Absurd
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 George Gershwin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for George Gershwin'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

57 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Badineries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Compositor

  • Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Compositor

  • The Chicken Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Magic Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Compositor

  • Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Summertime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Maestro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Music Producer

  • The Director's Cut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Compositor

  • Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Compositor

  • Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • George Gershwin Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer · Songs

  • Ritorno alla musica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Gershwin: The American Classic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • An American in Paris: The Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer · Musical

  • Manhattan Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Songs

  • Butterfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Compositor

  • Porgy and Bess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • Fantasia 2000(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Crazy for You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Musical

  • Porgy and Bess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer · Songs

  • A Strange Love Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Composer

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Contact (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Putting on the Ritz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • The Jazz Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Kiss Me, Stupid(1964)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Porgy and Bess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer · Songs

  • Funny Face(1957)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Paris in the Springtime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Songs

  • An American in Paris(1951)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Barkleys of Broadway(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Shocking Miss Pilgrim(1947)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Ziegfeld Follies(1945)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Rhapsody in Blue(1945)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Girl Crazy(1943)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Lady Be Good(1941)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Strike Up the Band(1940)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Goldwyn Follies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer · Songs

  • A Damsel in Distress(1937)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Shall We Dance(1937)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Girl Crazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Songs

  • Delicious (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer · Songs

  • The Song of the Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Songs

  • King of Jazz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Additional Music

  • Concerto Bernstein-Gershwin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 57 titles, 56 of them dated from 1930 to 2025.

Biggest box office

An American in Paris (1951)

$277K worldwide

Highest rated

An American in Paris (1951)

Midcredits 85th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 57: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleWriting2 of 57: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleMusic43 of 57: 28 only music, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score76thOther crew26 of 57: 12 only other crew, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

57 titles, 15 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 14 of them.

By decade

1930s7 · crew1940s7 · crew1950s4 · crew1960s2 · crew1970s2 · crew1980s2 · crew1990s2 · crew2000s4 · crew2010s5 · 1 acting · 4 crew2020s21 · 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 George Gershwin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 14; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th7

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser12

Most divisive · composer

Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet (2023)

79th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Shall We Dance (1937)

Midcredits 92nd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 89/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 93, detractors 75. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

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 George Gershwin work with?

People who share at least 2 of George Gershwin's MovieCove titles; Oscar Levant shares the most, 2.