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Adele Buffington

Writer · Died November 23, 1973, aged 73 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Born
February 12, 1900
Died
November 23, 1973 (aged 73)
From
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 94 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 6% in 30 days

What are Adele Buffington's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile
: browse their Crime 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
58%
Bonds
16%
Self
13%
Society
8%
Power
5%
Justice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 11 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 9 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 8 · Intense 0

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 6 · 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 9 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Thrilling
6
Hopeful
5
Warm
3
Contemplative
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Fun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet2

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 Adele Buffington's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Adele Buffington'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

94 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • Bullwhip(1958)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Cow Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Screenplay

  • Born to the Saddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Screenplay

  • Overland Telegraph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Screenplay

  • Arizona Territory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay

  • Six Gun Mesa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay

  • Jiggs and Maggie Out West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay

  • Gunslingers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay

  • West of Wyoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay

  • Range Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • Riders of the Dusk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • Western Renegades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • Haunted Trails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • West of El Dorado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • Streets of San Francisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Writer

  • Shadows of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • Crashing Thru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • The Valiant Hombre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Screenplay

  • Crossed Trails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Screenplay

  • Overland Trails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Screenplay

  • Shadows on the Range (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Writer

  • Wild Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Writer

  • Drifting Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Writer

  • Frontier Feud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • The Lost Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • Flame of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • Bad Men of the Border (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Stranger from Santa Fe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • The Navajo Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Story

  • Raiders of the Border(1944)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Outlaws of Stampede Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • Six Gun Gospel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • The Stranger From Pecos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • The Ghost Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • Dawn on the Great Divide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Screenplay

  • West of the Law(1942)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Riders of the West(1942)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Down Texas Way(1942)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Ghost Town Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Writer

  • Below the Border(1942)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Forbidden Trails(1941)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Gunman from Bodie(1941)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Arizona Bound(1941)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Beauty for the Asking(1939)

    Idea

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Tenth Avenue Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Story

  • The Duke Comes Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Screenplay

  • The Sheik Steps Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Screenplay

  • Michael O'Halloran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Screenplay

  • Circus Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Screenplay

  • Hi, Gaucho! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Screenplay

  • Powdersmoke Range (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Screenplay

  • The Keeper of the Bees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Writer

  • The Moonstone(1934)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Beggar's Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Writer

  • When Strangers Meet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Writer

  • The Hell Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Story

  • Marrying Widows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Writer

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

    Adaptation · Dialogue · Screenplay

  • Picture Brides (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Adaptation

  • The Eleventh Commandment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Adaptation

  • The Iron Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Screenplay

  • West of Singapore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Adaptation

  • Haunted Gold(1932)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • A Man's Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • Ghost Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Screenplay · Story

  • High Speed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Adaptation

  • Single-Handed Sanders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Story

  • Forgotten Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Screenplay

  • Freighters of Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

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

    Scenario Writer

  • Extravagance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • Swellhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Dialogue · Scenario Writer

  • Times Square (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • The Phantom City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Scenario Writer

  • The River Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • The Avenging Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Story

  • Midnight Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

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

    Adaptation

  • Queen of the Chorus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Bare Knees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • Coney Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Story

  • Blood Will Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Story

  • Broadway After Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • The Galloping Cowboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Scenario Writer · Story

  • The Test of Donald Norton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Writer

  • The Cowboy and the Countess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Writer

  • Free to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • That Man Jack! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • The Fighting Cub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • Love on the Rio Grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • The Lawful Cheater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • The Bloodhound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • Empty Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Writer

  • L'apache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Story

Career shape

A full career of 94 titles from 1919 to 1958.

Highest rated

Haunted Gold (1932)

Midcredits 22nd

Most popular right now

Forbidden Trails (1941)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing94 of 94: 94 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

By decade

1910s1 · crew1920s21 · crew1930s29 · crew1940s34 · crew1950s9 · 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 Adele Buffington's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

13thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 12 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · writer

Below the Border (1942)

63rd percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

West of the Law (1942)

Midcredits 53rd · 50% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 40/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 11 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 Adele Buffington work with?

People who share at least 2 of Adele Buffington's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Carl Pierson shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers