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Bess Meredyth

Bess Meredyth

Writer · Died July 13, 1969, aged 79 · Buffalo, New York, USA

Born
February 12, 1890
Died
July 13, 1969 (aged 79)
From
Buffalo, New York, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
22 on MovieCove · 90 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 14% in 30 days

What are Bess Meredyth's films like?

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

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action 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
41%
Morality
32%
Power
12%
Self
8%
Society
4%
Survival
3%
Romantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

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

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 4 · Dark 4

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

Grounded 5 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 8 · Intense 6

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 3

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 3

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 13 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Romantic
10
Melancholic
6
Joyful
6
Thrilling
5
Other
12

How their films linger

Feel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet5
  • 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 Bess Meredyth's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Bess Meredyth'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

90 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Mark of Zorro(1974)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Unsuspected(1947)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • That Night in Rio(1941)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Mark of Zorro(1940)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Drums Along the Mohawk(1939)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Susannah of the Mounties(1939)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Great Hospital Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Screenplay

  • Half Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Charlie Chan at the Opera(1936)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Metropolitan(1935)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Folies Bergère de Paris(1935)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Mighty Barnum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay · Theatre Play

  • The Iron Duke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Writer

  • The Affairs of Cellini(1934)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Looking Forward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Writer

  • Strange Interlude(1932)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Red-Headed Woman(1932)

    Additional Writing · Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Polly of the Circus(1932)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • West of Broadway(1931)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Cuban Love Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Screenplay

  • Laughing Sinners(1931)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Prodigal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Romance(1930)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Our Blushing Brides (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Dialogue · Writer

  • The Sea Bat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Writer

  • In Gay Madrid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Dialogue

  • Chasing Rainbows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Story · Writer

  • Wonder of Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Screenplay

  • A Woman of Affairs(1928)

    Continuity · Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Mysterious Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Adaptation · Treatment

  • The Scarlet Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Adaptation

  • The Yellow Lily (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • Sailors' Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • Rose of the Golden West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Adaptation · Writer

  • The Magic Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • When a Man Loves(1927)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Irish Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Adaptation

  • Don Juan(1926)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Sea Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Writer

  • The Third Degree(1926)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ(1925)

    Continuity

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Love Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • A Slave of Fashion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • The Red Lily(1924)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Thy Name Is Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • Strangers of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • The Dangerous Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • Rose o' the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Scenario Writer

  • One Clear Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Screenplay

  • The Woman He Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Writer

  • Grand Larceny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Writer

  • The Song of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Grim Comedian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

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

    Writer

  • The Jackeroo of Coolabong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Story

  • The Girl from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director · Story

  • The Big Little Person (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Man Who Wouldn't Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • A Pair of Pink Pajamas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director

  • The Romance of Tarzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Scenario Writer

  • That Devil, Bateese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Story

  • The Red, Red Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Adaptation

  • Morgan's Raiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director · Writer

  • Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Writer

  • Pay Me! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Writer

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

    Story

  • The Little Orphan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • Bringing Home Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • It Sounded Like a Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Heart of a Show Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Wedding Guest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Scenario Writer

  • Stronger Than Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Writer

  • The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Screenplay

  • The Trey o' Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Screenplay

  • The Severed Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Story

  • The Forbidden Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Writer

  • Women and Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Scenario Writer

  • Cupid Incognito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Story

  • The Way of a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Voice of the Viola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Countess Betty's Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Scenario Writer

  • Cross Purposes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Gratitude of Wanda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Widow and the Widower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as One of the Children

  • A Sailor’s Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as The Sailor's 1st Sweetheart

  • The Modern Prodigal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 84 titles from 1910 to 1947.

Biggest box office

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

$10K worldwide

Highest rated

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Midcredits 92nd

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 84: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting3 of 84: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting79 of 84: 75 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thOther crew4 of 84: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

84 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and other crew overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1910s32 · 2 acting · 30 crew1920s30 · crew1930s19 · crew1940s3 · 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 Bess Meredyth's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · writer

Laughing Sinners (1931)

65th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Midcredits 92nd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 46/100 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 Bess Meredyth work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bess Meredyth's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Darryl F. Zanuck shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers