- Directing films
- 18
- Directing avg
- 6.66
- Peak run
- 1941’48
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
H. by the numbers
Average
6.66
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.69
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.63
rating spread
Career
22y
1936 to 1957
Total votes
695
across every film
Best
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
Worst
5.7
Victory Through Air Power
Newest first
Filmography
| 1957 | Top Secret Affair | · | 7 |
| 1955 | Three for the Show | · | 8 |
| 1950 | The Miniver Story | · | 14 |
| 1948 |  You Gotta Stay Happy | · | 18 |
| 1948 |  The Time of Your Life | · | 18 |
| 1948 |  Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | 7.0 | 208 |
| 1947 |  The Farmer's Daughter | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1943 |  Victory Through Air Power | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1943 |  Mr. Lucky | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1941 |  Hellzapoppin' | 7.2 | 115 |
| 1941 |  Second Chorus | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1940 | Congo Maisie | · | 7 |
| 1939 | Blackmail | · | 8 |
| 1939 |  The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1938 |  The Shopworn Angel | · | 21 |
| 1937 | Wings Over Honolulu | · | 5 |
| 1936 | Beloved Enemy | · | 9 |
Better together?
H. C. Potter's regulars
- Edward WardComposer · 3 films
- Joseph A. ValentineCinematographer · 2 films
- Joseph RuttenbergCinematographer · 2 films
- James StewartDirector and actor · 2 films
- Walter PidgeonDirector and actor · 2 films
- Roy WebbComposer · 2 films · 7.20 avg
- Henry StephensonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.55
- Charles BickfordDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.45
- Cary GrantDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.38
- Leigh HarlineComposer · 2 films · 7.05 avg
- Dorothy YostWriter · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.27
- James Wong HoweCinematographer · 2 films · 7.00 avg
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: H. C. Potter and Edward Ward movies · H. C. Potter and Joseph A. Valentine movies · H. C. Potter and Joseph Ruttenberg movies · H. C. Potter and James Stewart movies
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