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Clarence E. Mulford

Writer

Works as
Writer
Titles
27 on Motif · 66 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 23% in 30 days

What are Clarence E. Mulford's films like?

Across their 27 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
63%
Bonds
15%
Society
13%
Power
8%
Self
1%
Survival
1%
Justice25 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 27 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 23 · Serious 4 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 21 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 22 · Intense 0

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

Steady 24 · Shifting 3 · 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 22 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 17 · 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 24 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Thrilling
17
Warm
9
Hopeful
10
Triumphant
7
Other
8

How their films linger

Feel-good19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy25
  • 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 Clarence E. Mulford's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 27 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on MGM+ (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Clarence E. Mulford's titles on Motif; 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

66 credits, 27 with a Motif page.

  • Strange Gamble (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    Characters

  • False Paradise (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    Characters

  • Borrowed Trouble (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    Characters

  • Sinister Journey (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    Characters

  • The Dead Don't Dream (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    Characters

  • Silent Conflict (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    Characters

  • Hoppy's Holiday (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    Characters

  • The Marauders (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    Characters

  • Dangerous Venture (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    Characters

  • Unexpected Guest (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    Characters

  • The Devil's Playground (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    Characters

  • Fool's Gold (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    Characters

  • Forty Thieves (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)

    Characters

  • Mystery Man (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)

    Characters

  • Lumberjack(1944)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Texas Masquerade(1944)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Riders of the Deadline(1943)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • False Colors (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    Characters

  • Leather Burners(1943)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Border Patrol(1943)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Hoppy Serves a Writ(1943)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Bar 20(1943)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Lost Canyon(1942)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Undercover Man (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    Characters

  • Secret of the Wastelands (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    Characters

  • Outlaws of the Desert(1941)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Twilight on the Trail (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    Characters

  • Riders of the Timberline (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    Characters

  • Stick to Your Guns (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    Novel

  • Pirates on Horseback(1941)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Border Vigilantes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    Characters

  • Doomed Caravan(1941)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Wide Open Town(1941)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Three Men from Texas(1940)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Stagecoach War (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    Characters

  • Hidden Gold(1940)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Showdown (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    Characters

  • Santa Fe Marshal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    Characters

  • Law of the Pampas(1939)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Range War(1939)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Renegade Trail(1939)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Silver on the Sage (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    Story

  • Sunset Trail(1938)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Frontiersmen (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    Characters

  • In Old Mexico(1938)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Pride of the West(1938)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Bar 20 Justice(1938)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Heart of Arizona (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    Story

  • Cassidy of Bar 20 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    Story

  • Partners of the Plains(1938)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Texas Trail(1937)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Hopalong Rides Again (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    Story

  • Rustlers' Valley (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    Characters

  • North of the Rio Grande (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    Story

  • Hills of Old Wyoming (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    Story

  • Borderland(1937)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Trail Dust (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    Novel

  • Hopalong Cassidy Returns(1936)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Three on the Trail(1936)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Call of the Prairie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    Story

  • Heart of the West (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    Story

  • Bar 20 Rides Again (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    Original Story

  • The Eagle's Brood (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    Novel

  • Hop-a-Long Cassidy(1935)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Deadwood Coach (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1924)

    Novel

  • The Orphan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1920)

    Novel

Career shape

A full career of 63 titles from 1920 to 1948.

Most popular right now

Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing63 of 63: 63 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score54th

By decade

1920s2 · crew1930s26 · crew1940s35 · 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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Clarence E. Mulford's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Reach · how many have seen their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th7

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · writer

Outlaws of the Desert (1941)

68th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)

Midcredits 77th · 67% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 53/100 and the plot and story 50/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Clarence E. Mulford work with?

People who share at least 2 of Clarence E. Mulford's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; William Boyd shares the most, 27.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • William Boyd27 titles    See newest 12 of 27 shared titles with William Boyd
  • Russell Hayden14 titles    See newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Russell Hayden
  • Andy Clyde13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Andy Clyde
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with George 'Gabby' Hayes

Cinematographers and editors

Producers