From Wikipedia Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14, 1968) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer and one of the founders of the Directors Guild of America. His career spanned over 50 years, during which he worked with Mack Sennett and D. W. Griffith. Shyer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Hattie (Schwarzenberg) and Charles Richard Shyer. His family was of German Jewish background. His son is writer and director Charles Shyer.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 28, 1895
- September 14, 1968 (aged 72)
- Memphis - Tennessee - USA
- Director and producer
- 28 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
What are Melville Shyer's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Melville Shyer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).
- Scarlet Street (1945) · assistant director · free
- Terror by Night (1946) · assistant director · free
- The Woman in Green (1945) · assistant director · free
- Symphony of Living (1935) · assistant director · free
- Son of Dracula (1943) · assistant director · free
- The Criminal Within (1935) · assistant director · free
- The Ghost Walks (1934) · assistant director · free
- By Appointment Only (1933) · assistant director · free
- The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932) · assistant director · free
- Slander House (1938) · producer · free
- Green Eyes (1934) · assistant director · free
- Condemned to Live (1935) · assistant director · free
- +3 more
- Scarlet Street (1945) · assistant director
- Terror by Night (1946) · assistant director
- The Woman in Green (1945) · assistant director
- Symphony of Living (1935) · assistant director
- The Ghost Walks (1934) · assistant director
- By Appointment Only (1933) · assistant director
- Dance, Girl, Dance (1933) · assistant director
- Green Eyes (1934) · assistant director
- Condemned to Live (1935) · assistant director
- Mad Youth (1939) · director
- In the Money (1933) · assistant director
Subscription and free streaming for Melville Shyer'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
87 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page.
Beginning of the End(1957)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Night Holds Terror(1955)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Maverick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Montana Incident (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Man from the Black Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
The Longhorn(1951)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Man from Sonora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Cherokee Uprising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
I Shot Billy the Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Arizona Territory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Arson, Inc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Jungle Goddess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Smart Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Smart Politics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
The Killers(1946)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Cat Creeps(1946)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Terror by Night(1946)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Scarlet Street(1945)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Woman in Green(1945)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all filmsBlonde Ransom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Gun Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Gypsy Wildcat(1944)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Jungle Woman(1944)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Son of Dracula(1943)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Confessions of a Vice Baron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
All by Myself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Captive Wild Woman(1943)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
It Comes Up Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Bombay Clipper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
South of Panama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Souls in Pawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
Mad Youth(1939)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Slander House(1938)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Smashing the Vice Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Below the Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
The Criminal Within(1935)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Dark Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
The Bridge of Sighs(1936)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all filmsTango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
False Pretenses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
The Lady in Scarlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Happiness C.O.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
The Girl Who Came Back(1935)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Condemned to Live(1935)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Death from a Distance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Gun Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Circumstantial Evidence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
A Shot in the Dark(1935)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Symphony of Living(1935)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sons of Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
The Ghost Walks(1934)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Port of Lost Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
The Man from Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Fugitive Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Fifteen Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Green Eyes(1934)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Murder in the Museum(1934)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Road to Ruin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
In Love with Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
City Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Stolen Sweets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Murder on the Campus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Twin Husbands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
In the Money(1933)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
A Man of Sentiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Dance, Girl, Dance(1933)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Notorious But Nice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
By Appointment Only(1933)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
I Have Lived (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Sucker Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Forgotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
The Wyoming Whirlwind(1932)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Secrets of Wu Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
A Scarlet Week-End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Women Won't Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The King Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The Midnight Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Probation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Cross-Examination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The Drifter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The Hurricane Horseman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Grief Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Lady from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Ladies in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Career shape
A full career of 87 titles from 1930 to 1957.
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 Melville Shyer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 20th percentile, the median of all 28; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 14th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th15
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 28 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed10
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the atmosphere 53/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Melville Shyer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Melville Shyer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Donald Kerr shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Donald KerrShared titles: Mad Youth (1939), The Murder in the Museum (1934)See all 2 shared titles with Donald Kerr
Editors
- S. Roy LubyShared titles: Slander House (1938), The Murder in the Museum (1934)See all 2 shared titles with S. Roy Luby
Producers
- Willis KentShared titles: Mad Youth (1939), The Murder in the Museum (1934)See all 2 shared titles with Willis Kent