Gregory La Cava
American film director (1892-1952)
1.53body-of-work score · ranked #620 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 10, 1892 · Towanda
- Died
- March 1, 1952 · Malibu
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, animator, comics artist
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
1936 · United States · comedy, romance
National Film Registry (inducted 1999) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #114
0.694 citations - 2
1937 · United States · drama, comedy
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1937 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.622 citations - 30.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 38 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1918Policy and Pie
- 1919The Breath of a Nation
- 1921His Nibs
- 1923The Pill Pounder
- 1924Restless Wives
- 1924The New School Teacher
- 1925Womanhandled
- 1926Let's Get Married
- 1926Say It Again
- 1926So's Your Old Man
- 1927Paradise for Two
- 1927Running Wild
- 1927Tell It to Sweeney
- 1927The Gay Defender
- 1928Feel My Pulse
- 1928Half a Bride
- 1929Big News
- 1929His First Command
- 1929Saturday's Children
- 1931Laugh and Get Rich
- 1931Smart Woman
- 1932Symphony of Six Million
- 1932The Age of Consent
- 1932The Half-Naked Truth
- 1933Bed of Roses
- 1933Gabriel Over the White House
- 1933Gallant Lady
- 1934The Affairs of Cellini
- 1934What Every Woman Knows
- 1935Private Worlds
- 1935She Married Her Boss
- 1936My Man Godfrey
- 1937Stage Door
- 1939Fifth Avenue Girl
- 1940Primrose Path
- 1941Unfinished Business
- 1942Lady in a Jam
- 1947Living in a Big Way