- Films
- 18
- Avg rating
- 6.81
- Peak run
- 1932’37
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
Grover by the numbers
Average
6.81
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.84
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.57
rating spread
Career
18y
1929 to 1946
Total votes
42.4K
across every film
Best
7.9
Trouble in Paradise
Worst
5.7
One Million B.C.
Newest first
Filmography
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn | 6.5 | 1,422 |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | · | 610 |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills | 6.9 | 2,986 |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | 7.3 | 2,294 |
| 1940 | Captain Caution | · | 364 |
| 1940 | Dark Command | 6.7 | 3,368 |
| 1940 | One Million B.C. | 5.7 | 1,948 |
| 1939 | Captain Fury | · | 408 |
| 1939 | Lucky Night | · | 701 |
| 1937 | Souls at Sea | 6.8 | 1,007 |
| 1936 | The Milky Way | 6.5 | 1,991 |
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | 6.8 | 1,580 |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | 7.0 | 3,600 |
| 1933 | One Sunday Afternoon | · | 784 |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent | · | 292 |
| 1932 |  Trouble in Paradise | 7.9 | 17,755 |
| 1930 | Tom Sawyer | · | 279 |
| 1929 | The Virginian | · | 995 |
Better together?
Grover Jones's regulars
- Henry HathawayWriter · 4 films · 6.88 avg▲+0.11
- Stephen RobertsWriter · 2 films
- Richard WallaceWriter · 2 films
- John CromwellWriter · 2 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.43
- Norman Z. McLeodWriter · 2 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.30
- Hal RoachWriter · 2 films · 5.70 avg▼−0.94
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Grover Jones
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1936Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah; Adaptation by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
- NominatedBest Original Story · Academy Awards 1932Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
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