Victor Schertzinger

American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1888-1941)

0.78body-of-work score · ranked #1021 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
April 8, 1888 · Mahanoy City
Died
October 26, 1941 · Hollywood
Nationality
United States
Work
director, screenwriter, film producer, composer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Victor Schertzinger
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

    1934 · United States · musical

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1934 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  2. 2

    1939 · United Kingdom · musical, romance, comedy

    Criterion Collection spine #559

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 87 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1917His Mother's Boy
  • 1917Sudden Jim
  • 1917The Clodhopper
  • 1917The Millionaire Vagrant
  • 1917The Pinch Hitter
  • 1917The Son of His Father
  • 1918A Nine O'Clock Town
  • 1918Coals of Fire
  • 1918His Own Home Town
  • 1918Playing the Game
  • 1918Quicksand
  • 1918String Beans
  • 1918The Claws of the Hun
  • 1918The Family Skeleton
  • 1918The Hired Man
  • 1919Extravagance
  • 1919Hard Boiled
  • 1919Jinx
  • 1919Other Men's Wives
  • 1919The Homebreaker
  • 1919The Lady of Red Butte
  • 1919The Peace of Roaring River
  • 1919The Sheriff's Son
  • 1919Upstairs
  • 1919When Doctors Disagree
  • 1920Pinto
  • 1920The Blooming Angel
  • 1920The Slim Princess
  • 1920What Happened to Rosa
  • 1921Beating the Game
  • 1921Made in Heaven
  • 1921The Concert
  • 1922Head over Heels
  • 1922Mr. Barnes of New York
  • 1922The Bootlegger's Daughter
  • 1922The Kingdom Within
  • 1923Chastity
  • 1923Dollar Devils
  • 1923Long Live the King
  • 1923Refuge
  • 1923The Lonely Road
  • 1923The Man Life Passed By
  • 1923The Man Next Door
  • 1923The Scarlet Lily
  • 1924A Boy of Flanders
  • 1924Bread
  • 1925Flaming Love
  • 1925Man and Maid
  • 1925The Golden Strain
  • 1925The Wheel
  • 1925Thunder Mountain
  • 1926Siberia
  • 1926The Lily
  • 1926The Return of Peter Grimm
  • 1927Stage Madness
  • 1927The Heart of Salome
  • 1927The Secret Studio
  • 1928Forgotten Faces
  • 1928The Showdown
  • 1929Fashions in Love
  • 1929Nothing But the Truth
  • 1929Redskin
  • 1929The Laughing Lady
  • 1929The Wheel of Life
  • 1930Heads Up
  • 1930Paramount on Parade
  • 1930Safety in Numbers
  • 1931Friends and Lovers
  • 1931The Woman Between
  • 1932Strange Justice
  • 1932Uptown New York
  • 1933Cocktail Hour
  • 1933My Woman
  • 1933The Constant Woman
  • 1934Beloved
  • 1934One Night of Love
  • 1935Let's Live Tonight
  • 1935Love Me Forever
  • 1936The Music Goes 'Round
  • 1937Something to Sing About
  • 1939The Mikado
  • 1940Rhythm on the River
  • 1940Road to Singapore
  • 1941Birth of the Blues
  • 1941Kiss the Boys Goodbye
  • 1941Road to Zanzibar
  • 1942The Fleet's In