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Harvey Gates

Harvey Gates

Writer · Died November 4, 1948, aged 59 · Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Born
January 19, 1889
Died
November 4, 1948 (aged 59)
From
Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 134 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 7% in 30 days

What are Harvey Gates' films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 6th percentile
: browse their Horror 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
Bonds
39%
Morality
36%
Society
7%
Power
6%
Self
5%
Survival
4%
Ideas
3%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 9 · Dark 1

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

Grounded 13 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 7 · Charged 10 · Intense 1

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

Steady 11 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · 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 14 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Joyful
5
Warm
6
Hopeful
6
Melancholic
4
Other
14

How their films linger

Feel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 Harvey Gates' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on MGM+ (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Harvey Gates' 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

134 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

  • Last Frontier Uprising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Writer

  • Below the Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay

  • Don't Gamble with Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Writer

  • Northwest Trail(1945)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Allotment Wives(1945)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • Mr. Muggs Rides Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • Clancy Street Boys(1943)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge(1942)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Smart Alecks(1942)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Let's Get Tough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Screenplay

  • The Corpse Vanishes(1942)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Black Dragons(1942)

    Original Story · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Wise Guy(1942)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Zis Boom Bah(1941)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Men Without Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay

  • Fugitive at Large (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay

  • Meet Dr. Christian(1939)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Navy Secrets(1939)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Luck of Roaring Camp(1937)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • When's Your Birthday?(1937)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Flying Hostess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Writer

  • The Voice of Bugle Ann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Werewolf of London(1935)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • O'Shaughnessy's Boy(1935)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Band Plays On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • Queen Christina(1933)

    Additional Writing · Writer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Mysterious Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Writer

  • If I Had a Million(1932)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Madame Racketeer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

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

    Writer

  • Hell Divers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Screenplay

  • The Sky Raiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Story

  • What a Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Adaptation

  • Thus is Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Writer

  • In the Next Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Screenplay

  • The Forward Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Story

  • Hearts in Exile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • Say It with Songs(1929)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Glad Rag Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Story

  • From Headquarters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • The Desert Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Screenplay

  • The Redeeming Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Adaptation · Writer

  • Stark Mad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Dialogue · Scenario Writer

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

    Writer

  • The Midnight Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Screenplay

  • Rinty of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Scenario Writer

  • Across the Atlantic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Adaptation

  • Brass Knuckles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • A Sailor's Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Bush Leaguer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Black Diamond Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Brute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Scenario Writer

  • Heaven on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Life of an Actress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • The Barrier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Scenario Writer

  • Driftin' Thru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Scenario Writer

  • Paint and Powder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Adaptation

  • North of Nome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Story

  • The Bad Lands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • Silent Sanderson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Adaptation

  • Soft Shoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • The Flaming Forties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Scenario Writer · Writer

  • A Cafe in Cairo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Writer

  • One Glorious Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Story

  • The Slanderers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Scenario Writer

  • Behind the Curtain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Writer

  • The Fighting American (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Screenstory

  • Fools Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Writer

  • The Breathless Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Story

  • The Clean Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Six-Fifty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Screenplay

  • Skid Proof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Scenario Writer

  • Merry-Go-Round(1923)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Sawdust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Scenario Writer

  • Environment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Story

  • Broad Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Man Under Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Scenario Writer

  • Hurricane's Gal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Story

  • The Jaws of Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Scenario Writer

  • Never Let Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Scenario Writer

  • Belle of Alaska (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Screenplay

  • The Golden Gallows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Scenario Writer

  • Headin' West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Scenario Writer · Story

  • The Fire Eater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • A Daughter of the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • Red Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • The Sting of the Lash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Story

  • The Fighting Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • Blue Streak McCoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • Life's Twist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Fightin' Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Scenario Writer · Story

  • Masked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Story

  • The Luck of Geraldine Laird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Scenario Writer

  • West Is Best (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Story

  • The Screaming Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Wicked Darling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • Beckoning Roads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Face in the Watch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Story

  • Lightning Bryce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Midnight Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Exquisite Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Sealed Envelope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Wildcat of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • After the War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • A Broadway Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Story

  • The Marriage Lie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • A Rich Man's Darling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Story

  • The Wine Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Story

  • The Wife He Bought (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • Madame Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • The Flames of Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Man from Montana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer

  • Society's Driftwood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Story

  • Sands of Sacrifice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Story

  • The Edge of the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Writer

  • The Highway of Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Writer

  • Hell Morgan's Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Story

  • The Fourth Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer

  • Love Never Dies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer · Writer

  • For the Love of a Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Committee on Credentials (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Jackals of a Great City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Three Godfathers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer

  • Her Defiance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer · Writer

  • A Bargain with Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Screenplay

  • Lord John in New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Screenplay

  • Colorado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Writer

  • The Long Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Writer

  • Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Scenario Writer

  • Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Screenplay

  • Concentration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Story

  • I Was Meant for You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Story

Career shape

A full career of 132 titles from 1913 to 1947.

Highest rated

Queen Christina (1933)

Midcredits 92nd

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing131 of 132: 131 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thOther crew1 of 132: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1910s37 · crew1920s61 · crew1930s18 · crew1940s16 · 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 Harvey Gates' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 19 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · writer

Smart Alecks (1942)

57th percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Queen Christina (1933)

Midcredits 92nd · 81% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 18 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 Harvey Gates work with?

People who share at least 2 of Harvey Gates' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sam Katzman shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers