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Composer · 1898 to 1937

George Gershwin

Best rated (music): Shall We Dance (7.3)

Music films
14
Music avg
6.69
Peak run
1949’00
Music films, by TMDB rating

The career

George Gershwin, music career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1949 to 2000, 6.8356781940195019601970198019902000Shall We Dance 7.3Girl Crazy 5.7Career avg 6.69

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

George Gershwin's career barcodecoolhot
193114 films2000
Current formLast 5: 6.83 vs career 6.69 (+0.14)
  1. WThe Barkleys of Broadway1949 · 6.9+0.2
  2. WAn American in Paris1951 · 7.0+0.3
  3. WFunny Face1957 · 7.0+0.3
  4. LPorgy and Bess1959 · 6.3−0.4
  5. WFantasia 20002000 · 7.0+0.3
As a composer, films with 25+ votes

George by the numbers

Average
6.69
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.78
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.48
rating spread
Career
70y
1931 to 2000
Total votes
3.19K
across every film
Best
7.3
Shall We Dance
Worst
5.7
Girl Crazy
Newest first

Filmography

Music filmography
2000Fantasia 2000 posterFantasia 20007.01,399
1959Porgy and Bess posterPorgy and Bess6.327
1957Funny Face posterFunny Face7.0757
1951An American in Paris posterAn American in Paris7.0678
1949The Barkleys of Broadway posterThe Barkleys of Broadway6.954
1947The Shocking Miss Pilgrim posterThe Shocking Miss Pilgrim·7
1945Rhapsody in Blue posterRhapsody in Blue·18
1943Girl Crazy posterGirl Crazy5.725
1941Lady Be Good posterLady Be Good·15
1940Strike Up the Band posterStrike Up the Band6.627
1938The Goldwyn Follies posterThe Goldwyn Follies·14
1937A Damsel in Distress posterA Damsel in Distress6.539
1937Shall We Dance posterShall We Dance7.3124
1931Delicious posterDelicious·5
Better together?

George Gershwin's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Busby Berkeley and George Gershwin movies

Takes

On George Gershwin

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1938
    Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

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