FILM DIRECTOR

Charles Barton

1902 - 1981

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Charles Barton (May 25, 1902 – December 5, 1981) was an American film and vaudeville actor and film director. He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Barton has received more than 13,041 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Barton is the 1,578th most popular film director (down from 1,501st in 2019), the 11,428th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,433rd in 2019) and the 442nd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles Bartons by language

Over the past year Charles Barton has had the most page views in the with 1,381 views, followed by French (1,252), and English (1,108). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (90.16%), Arabic (38.90%), and Ukrainian (38.07%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Charles Barton ranks 1,578 out of 2,041. Before him are McG, Stéphane Brizé, Chris Weitz, Peter Chelsom, Allison Anders, and H. Bruce Humberstone. After him are Bert I. Gordon, Rithy Panh, Sándor Sára, David Silverman, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, and Gerardo Vera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Charles Barton ranks 325. Before him are Rudolf Schoeller, Mary Nolan, William Cockburn, Leon Ames, Eddie Lang, and Walter Dietrich. After him are Stella Gibbons, Esther Ralston, Egon Orowan, Leo Losert, Nora Swinburne, and Douglas Lowe. Among people deceased in 1981, Charles Barton ranks 276. Before him are Harry Chapin, Yip Harburg, Kazimierz Kordylewski, Yefim Dzigan, Leopold Wohlrab, and Vittorio Tamagnini. After him are Mauri Rose, Ivan Udodov, James Corson, Cuth Harrison, Irving Jaffee, and Roy Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Barton ranks 11,428 out of 20,380. Before him are H. Bruce Humberstone (1901), Lauren Tom (1961), Meg White (1974), Michael Harney (1956), Josh Charles (1971), and Tim Mayotte (1960). After him are Marcus Mumford (1987), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Hap Sharp (1928), George Dole (1885), Norman Dello Joio (1913), and Doris Belack (1926).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Charles Barton ranks 442. Before him are Phil Alden Robinson (1950), Oscar Micheaux (1884), McG (1968), Chris Weitz (1969), Allison Anders (1954), and H. Bruce Humberstone (1901). After him are Bert I. Gordon (1922), David Silverman (1957), Susan Seidelman (1952), Charles Shyer (1951), Penelope Spheeris (1946), and Joe Carnahan (1969).

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Filmography

Spellbound
Director
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
Nov 8o 19457.417 / 10
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Director
Two hapless freight handlers find themselves encountering Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and the Wolf Man.
Jun 15o 19487.091 / 10
Zorro
Director
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
7.6 / 10