FILM DIRECTOR

Delmer Daves

1904 - 1977

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Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially Broken Arrow (1950), The Last Wagon (1956), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Hanging Tree (1959). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Delmer Daves has received more than 223,671 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Delmer Daves is the 435th most popular film director (down from 415th in 2019), the 2,763rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,721st in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Delmer Daves by language

Over the past year Delmer Daves has had the most page views in the with 31,907 views, followed by Italian (5,620), and French (5,607). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (242.55%), Croatian (182.35%), and Finnish (165.52%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Delmer Daves ranks 435 out of 2,041. Before him are Oskar Fischinger, Maurice Pialat, David Yates, Takashi Miike, Walter Lantz, and Bo Widerberg. After him are Yuri Norstein, Ariane Mnouchkine, Arthur Hiller, Thomas Vinterberg, Jacques Tourneur, and Louis Feuillade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Delmer Daves ranks 103. Before him are Mihai Antonescu, Christopher Isherwood, Christian-Jaque, Tadao Takayama, Karl Ernst, and Achille Varzi. After him are Nikolai Berzarin, Alexandrina of Balazar, Jacques Tourneur, Wang Ming, Margaret Bourke-White, and Greer Garson. Among people deceased in 1977, Delmer Daves ranks 88. Before him are Carl Zuckmayer, James M. Cain, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Giorgio Pessina, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Marie-Thérèse Walter. After him are Shogo Kamo, Jacques Tourneur, Alexander Rodimtsev, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Pierre Clastres, and Erroll Garner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Delmer Daves ranks 2,763 out of 20,380. Before him are Tito Jackson (1953), Tom Fogerty (1941), Chris Kyle (1974), Scottie Pippen (1965), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), and Alfred Bester (1913). After him are Karl Malone (1963), Melissa Gilbert (1964), Erich Segal (1937), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Brian Weiss (1944), and Audre Lorde (1934).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Delmer Daves ranks 114. Before him are J. J. Abrams (1966), Merian C. Cooper (1893), Richard Brooks (1912), Taylor Hackford (1944), Chuck Lorre (1952), and Walter Lantz (1899). After him are Don Bluth (1937), William A. Wellman (1896), Nick Castle (1947), Delbert Mann (1920), John Lasseter (1957), and Tom Holland (1943).

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Filmography

The Petrified Forest
Director
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
Feb 8o 19367.034 / 10
Dark Passage
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A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
Sep 5o 19477.3 / 10
An Affair to Remember
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A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Jul 11o 19577.379 / 10