Dudley Murphy

American film director (1897–1968)

1.06body-of-work score · ranked #816 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
July 10, 1897 · Winchester
Died
February 22, 1968 · Mexico City
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Dudley Murphy
Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1933 · United States · drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 1999) · Criterion Collection spine #370

    0.392 citations
  2. 2

    1929 · United States · musical

    National Film Registry (inducted 2015) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.342 citations
  3. 3

    1929 · United States · musical, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2006)

    0.231 citation
  4. 4

    1924 · France · silent, action, animation

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 16 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1922Danse Macabre
  • 1924Ballet Mécanique
  • 1928Alex the Great
  • 1928Stocks and Blondes
  • 1929Black and Tan
  • 1929St. Louis Blues
  • 1930What a Widow!
  • 1931Confessions of a Co-Ed
  • 1932The Sport Parade
  • 1933The Emperor Jones
  • 1935The Night is Young
  • 1936Don't Gamble with Love
  • 1939...One Third of a Nation...
  • 1939Main Street Lawyer
  • 1942Yolanda
  • 1944Alma de bronce