Composer, songwriter, actor, author and director, educated at City College of New York. He appeared in vaudeville, Broadway musicals and films and wrote special material for films, as well as serving as dialogue director. One of his jobs was as publicity director for Yonkers Raceway. Joining ASCAP in 1923, his chief musical collaborators included Walter Donaldson, James Hanley, Al Bryan, Harry Tierney, Harry Akst, and Milton Ager. His popular-song compositions included "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I", "Round on the End, High in the Middle", "Far Far Away in Rockaway", "I'd Love to Be a Monkey in the Zoo", "Four Little Walls and Me", "Omaha", and "Vamping Rose".
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Biography from IMDb.
- August 18, 1890
- January 1, 1972 (aged 81)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Actor and writer
- 16 on MovieCove · 34 credits in all
What are Bert Hanlon's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Jake in Me and My Gal (1932)
- Tricksteras Nick in Park Avenue Logger (1937)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Tragic1
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 Bert Hanlon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Bert Hanlon'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
34 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
Force of Evil(1948)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
All the King's Men(1949)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Great Sinner(1949)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
High Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Specter of the Rose(1946)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Salty O'Rourke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Gentleman Jim(1942)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Big Street(1942)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Farmer's Daughter(1940)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Invisible Stripes(1939)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Roaring Twenties(1939)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Naughty But Nice(1939)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Sweepstakes Winner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Boy Meets Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
A Slight Case of Murder(1938)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Double or Nothing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Park Avenue Logger(1937)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Straight from the Shoulder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Spendthrift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Big Brown Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Klondike Annie(1936)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Mary Burns, Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Two for Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Chinatown Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Baby Face Harrington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Handy Andy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Sailor's Luck(1933)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Me and My Gal(1932)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Too Busy to Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The Golden West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Society Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Careless Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Career shape
Star power in the 76th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles from 1932 to 1950.
Film career
- 1932Screen debut· Me and My Gal
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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Bert Hanlon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Bert Hanlon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bert Hanlon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Raoul Walsh shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Raoul WalshShared titles: Klondike Annie (1936), Sailor's Luck (1933), Me and My Gal (1932)See all 3 shared titles with Raoul Walsh
Cinematographers and editors
- Arthur C. MillerShared titles: Sailor's Luck (1933), Me and My Gal (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Arthur C. Miller
- Jack MurrayShared titles: Sailor's Luck (1933), Me and My Gal (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Murray