From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 - October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include Paramount on Parade (co-director, 1930), Something to Sing About (1937), and the first two "Road" pictures, Road to Singapore (1940) and Road to Zanzibar (1941). His two best-known songs are "I Remember You" and "Tangerine", both with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and both featured in Schertzinger's final film The Fleet's In (1942).
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 8, 1888
- October 26, 1941 (aged 53)
- Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, USA
- Director and composer, also writer and producer
- 13 on Motif · 101 credits in all
What are Victor Schertzinger's films like?
Across their 12 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 10
Light 8 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 10 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 6
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 11 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 12 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Bittersweet3
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 Victor Schertzinger's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 13 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 2 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
- Cohen Media Channel, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- IndieFlix, show their title on IndieFlix
Subscription and free streaming for Victor Schertzinger's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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
101 credits, 13 with a Motif page.
The Woman from Tangier (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)
Gilda(1946)
Motif score: 95th percentile of all films
I Love a Mystery (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1945)
The Fleet's In(1942)
Motif score: 70th percentile of all films
Birth of the Blues (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)
Kiss the Boys Goodbye(1941)
Motif score: 59th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Road to Zanzibar(1941)
Motif score: 74th percentile of all films
Rhythm on the River(1940)
Motif score: 73rd percentile of all films
Road to Singapore(1940)
Motif score: 70th percentile of all films
The Mikado(1939)
Motif score: 58th percentile of all films
Something to Sing About(1937)
Motif score: 48th percentile of all films
The Music Goes 'Round (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)
Love Me Forever (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)
Let's Live Tonight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)
Motif score: 50th percentile of all films
One Night of Love(1934)
Motif score: 25th percentile of all films
Beloved (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1934)
My Woman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)
Cocktail Hour (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)
The Constant Woman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)
Uptown New York(1932)
Motif score: 55th percentile of all films
Strange Justice (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1932)
Friends and Lovers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)
Caught Plastered (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)
The Woman Between (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)
Heads Up (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1930)
Safety in Numbers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1930)
Paramount on Parade (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1930)
The Laughing Lady (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)
The Love Parade (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)
Redskin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)
Fashions in Love (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)
The Wheel of Life (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)
Betrayal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)
Nothing but the Truth (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)
Forgotten Faces (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1928)
The Showdown (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1928)
The Secret Studio (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1927)
The Heart of Salome (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1927)
Stage Madness (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1927)
The Return of Peter Grimm (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1926)
The Lily (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1926)
Siberia (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1926)
The Golden Strain (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1925)
Thunder Mountain (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1925)
The Wheel (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1925)
Zander the Great (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1925)
Man and Maid (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1925)
Flaming Love (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1925)
Bread (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1924)
A Boy of Flanders (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1924)
Chastity (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1923)
The Man Life Passed By (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1923)
Long Live the King (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1923)
The Scarlet Lily (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1923)
The Man Next Door (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1923)
Refuge (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1923)
Dollar Devils (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1923)
The Kingdom Within (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1922)
Scandalous Tongues (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1922)
Robin Hood(1922)
Motif score: 79th percentile of all films
The Bootlegger's Daughter (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1922)
Mr. Barnes of New York (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1922)
Head Over Heels (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1922)
Beating the Game (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1921)
Made in Heaven (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1921)
The Concert (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1921)
What Happened To Rosa (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1920)
The Slim Princess (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1920)
The Blooming Angel (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1920)
Pinto (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1920)
Jinx (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
The Peace of Roaring River (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
Upstairs (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
Other Men's Wives (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
When Doctors Disagree (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
The Lady of Red Butte (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
The Homebreaker (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
The Sheriff's Son (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
Extravagance (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
Hard Boiled (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1919)
Quicksand (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
String Beans (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
Coals of Fire (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
A Nine O'Clock Town (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
The Claws of the Hun (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
His Own Home Town (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
Playing the Game (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
The Family Skeleton (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
The Hired Man (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1918)
His Mother's Boy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1917)
The Son of His Father (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1917)
Sudden Jim (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1917)
The Clodhopper (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1917)
The Millionaire Vagrant (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1917)
The Pinch Hitter (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1917)
Princess of the Dark (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1917)
Civilization (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1916)
Hell's Hinges(1916)
Motif score: 64th percentile of all films
The Three Musketeers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1916)
The Lonely Road (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 100 titles, 99 of them dated from 1916 to 1948.
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 Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Victor Schertzinger's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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 Victor Schertzinger work with?
People who share at least 2 of Victor Schertzinger's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Victor Young shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Barney DeanShared titles: Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 2 shared titles with Barney Dean
- Don HartmanShared titles: Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 2 shared titles with Don Hartman
- Dwight TaylorShared titles: Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941), Rhythm on the River (1940)See all 2 shared titles with Dwight Taylor
- Frank ButlerShared titles: Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Butler
Actors
- Dorothy LamourShared titles: The Fleet's In (1942), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Dorothy Lamour
- Bing CrosbyShared titles: Road to Zanzibar (1941), Rhythm on the River (1940), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Bing Crosby
- Bob HopeShared titles: Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Hope
- Oscar LevantShared titles: Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941), Rhythm on the River (1940)See all 2 shared titles with Oscar Levant
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Victor YoungShared titles: The Fleet's In (1942), Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Rhythm on the River (1940), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 5 shared titles with Victor Young
- Paul WeatherwaxShared titles: The Fleet's In (1942), Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Paul Weatherwax
- Ted TetzlaffShared titles: Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Rhythm on the River (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Ted Tetzlaff
- William C. MellorShared titles: The Fleet's In (1942), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 2 shared titles with William C. Mellor
Producers
- William LeBaronShared titles: Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Rhythm on the River (1940), Road to Singapore (1940)See all 4 shared titles with William LeBaron
- Paul JonesShared titles: The Fleet's In (1942), Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941), Road to Zanzibar (1941)See all 3 shared titles with Paul Jones