- July 18, 1900
- November 10, 1987 (aged 87)
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Writer, also director and producer
- 19 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
What are Lou Breslow's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 17
Light 17 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 12 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0
Gentle 10 · Charged 8 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 9 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 11
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2
Casual 14 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 17 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 18 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy19
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 Lou Breslow's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Lou Breslow'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
68 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.
Oh! Heavenly Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Home Run Derby(1959)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Crooked Web (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Back at the Front(1952)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Steel Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Reunion in Reno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
You Never Can Tell(1951)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Bedtime for Bonzo(1951)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Never a Dull Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
And Baby Makes Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
An Innocent Affair(1948)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
On Our Merry Way(1948)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Merton of the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Second Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Murder, He Says(1945)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Follow the Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
Good Luck, Mr. Yates(1943)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Something to Shout About(1943)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
A-Haunting We Will Go(1942)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Whispering Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Blondie Goes to College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Great Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Sleepers West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Shooting High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
20,000 Men a Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Pack Up Your Troubles(1939)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Hollywood Cavalcade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
It Could Happen to You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Up the River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Five of a Kind(1938)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
City Streets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Battle of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
International Settlement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Big Town Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Dangerously Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
One Mile from Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Sing and Be Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Midnight Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Time Out for Romance(1937)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Holy Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
15 Maiden Lane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
High Tension (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Little Miss Nobody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Paddy O'Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
36 Hours to Kill(1936)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Music Is Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
This Is the Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Silk Hat Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
$10 Raise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Tripping Through the Tropics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Punch Drunks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
No More Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
It's a Gift(1934)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Sitting Pretty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Rackety Rax (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Doctor's Orders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
No Greater Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Soup to Nuts(1930)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Farmer's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
Plastered in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
The Human Tornado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
Play Ball with Babe Ruth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)
Fatty Joins the Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)
Los tres chiflados (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 65 titles, 64 of them dated from 1913 to 1980.
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 Lou Breslow's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Lou Breslow work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lou Breslow's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sol M. Wurtzel shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Benjamin StoloffShared titles: Home Run Derby (1959), Soup to Nuts (1930)See all 2 shared titles with Benjamin Stoloff
- H. Bruce HumberstoneShared titles: Pack Up Your Troubles (1939), Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)See all 2 shared titles with H. Bruce Humberstone
Writers
- John PatrickShared titles: Five of a Kind (1938), Time Out for Romance (1937), 36 Hours to Kill (1936)See all 3 shared titles with John Patrick
- Helen LoganShared titles: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940), Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)See all 2 shared titles with Helen Logan
- Owen FrancisShared titles: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940), Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)See all 2 shared titles with Owen Francis
- Robert EllisShared titles: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940), Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Ellis
Actors
- Fred MacMurrayShared titles: An Innocent Affair (1948), On Our Merry Way (1948), Murder, He Says (1945)See all 3 shared titles with Fred MacMurray
- Claire TrevorShared titles: Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943), Five of a Kind (1938), Time Out for Romance (1937)See all 3 shared titles with Claire Trevor
- Edward GarganShared titles: Bedtime for Bonzo (1951), A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Gargan
- William DemarestShared titles: On Our Merry Way (1948), Time Out for Romance (1937)See all 2 shared titles with William Demarest
Composers and cinematographers
- John LeipoldShared titles: Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943), Something to Shout About (1943), It's a Gift (1934)See all 3 shared titles with John Leipold
- Samuel KaylinShared titles: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940), Pack Up Your Troubles (1939), Five of a Kind (1938)See all 3 shared titles with Samuel Kaylin
- Hans J. SalterShared titles: You Never Can Tell (1951), An Innocent Affair (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Hans J. Salter
- Edward CronjagerShared titles: An Innocent Affair (1948), On Our Merry Way (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Cronjager
Producers
- Sol M. WurtzelShared titles: A-Haunting We Will Go (1942), The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940), Pack Up Your Troubles (1939), Five of a Kind (1938), 36 Hours to Kill (1936)See all 5 shared titles with Sol M. Wurtzel
- Leonard GoldsteinShared titles: Back at the Front (1952), You Never Can Tell (1951)See all 2 shared titles with Leonard Goldstein
- John StoneShared titles: Pack Up Your Troubles (1939), Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)See all 2 shared titles with John Stone
