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Marie Dressler (1868-1934) was a Canadian-American Oscar® winning actress. After success on stage in vaudeville and comic operas, she became even more successful in film. In 1914, she was in Charlie Chaplin’s first full-length film comedy, Tillie’s Punctured Romance. In 1931, she won the Oscar® for Best Actress for Min and Bill (1930). Marie Dressler’s IMDb page shows 30 acting credits from 1914-1933. The following table lists 23 Marie Dressler movies and are ranked by 6 different columns of sortable information.
Marie Dressler Movies Ranked By Combination of Box Office, Reviews and Awards (UMR Score) *Classic UMR Table (the one with all the stats is the second table)
CreditRank
Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
UMR Score
S
CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links UMR Score S
3
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Jean Harlow &
Lionel Barrymore96.6
1
Tugboat Annie (1933)
Wallace Beery &
Robert Young96.5
2
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Charles Chaplin &
Mabel Normand94.7
4
Min and Bill (1930)
AA Best Actress WinWallace Beery
94.1
5
Emma (1932)
Myrna Loy
94.0
7
The Girl Said No (1930)
William Haines
91.6
8
Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915)
Colin Campbell
91.4
9
Anna Christie (1930)
Greta Garbo
91.1
10
Reducing (1931)
Polly Moran
90.3
11
Tillie Wakes Up (1917)
Johnny Hines
89.1
10
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
AA Best Picture NomJoan Crawford &
Norma Shearer89.0
12
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
Bessie Love
88.4
14
Prosperity (1932)
Polly Moran
87.8
15
Caught Short (1930)
Polly Moran
87.6
13
The Patsy (1928)
Marion Davies
87.5
17
Politics (1931)
Polly Moran
87.0
17
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
Norma Shearer
86.6
18
Christopher Bean (1933)
Lionel Barrymore
78.4
19
The Divine Lady (1928)
Corinne Griffith
68.7
20
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
Rudy Vallee
65.3
22
The Callahans and the Murphys (1927)
Polly Moran
48.0
21
The Joy Girl (1927)
Olive Borden
39.5
23
One Romantic Night (1930)
Lillian Gish
28.6
Marie Dressler Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- If movie title is a blue, then there is a Marie Dressler movie trailer attached to the page link
- Sort Marie Dressler movies by co-stars or in some cases directors
- Sort Marie Dressler movies by adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Marie Dressler movies by box office rank in the year of release
- Sort Marie Dressler movies by how the movie was received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Marie Dressler movie received.
- Sort Marie Dressler movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the search and sort buttons to make this table very interactive.
R
Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)
Review
Oscar Nom / Win
UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
3
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Jean Harlow &
Lionel Barrymore4.00
187.2
288.70
12
80
00 / 00
96.6
1
Tugboat Annie (1933)
Wallace Beery &
Robert Young5.50
256.7
344.40
6
76
00 / 00
96.5
2
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Charles Chaplin &
Mabel Normand3.20
289.3
289.30
1
68
00 / 00
94.7
4
Min and Bill (1930)
AA Best Actress WinWallace Beery
3.80
202.8
291.90
11
64
01 / 01
94.1
5
Emma (1932)
Myrna Loy
4.00
197.3
276.10
6
66
01 / 00
94.0
7
The Girl Said No (1930)
William Haines
2.70
145.1
145.10
30
75
00 / 00
91.6
8
Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915)
Colin Campbell
1.90
159.9
159.90
2
70
00 / 00
91.4
9
Anna Christie (1930)
Greta Garbo
3.10
168.0
248.60
18
64
03 / 00
91.1
10
Reducing (1931)
Polly Moran
3.30
171.9
228.60
17
63
00 / 00
90.3
11
Tillie Wakes Up (1917)
Johnny Hines
2.50
168.9
168.90
5
60
00 / 00
89.1
10
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
AA Best Picture NomJoan Crawford &
Norma Shearer4.90
150.3
238.20
12
59
01 / 00
89.0
12
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
Bessie Love
2.80
151.3
151.30
27
64
00 / 00
88.4
14
Prosperity (1932)
Polly Moran
3.30
163.2
212.00
10
58
00 / 00
87.8
15
Caught Short (1930)
Polly Moran
2.80
148.7
148.70
28
62
00 / 00
87.6
13
The Patsy (1928)
Marion Davies
3.20
102.0
102.00
18
77
00 / 00
87.5
17
Politics (1931)
Polly Moran
3.20
164.2
207.60
19
56
00 / 00
87.0
17
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
Norma Shearer
2.60
137.5
198.80
38
63
00 / 00
86.6
18
Christopher Bean (1933)
Lionel Barrymore
1.80
85.7
85.70
41
64
00 / 00
78.4
19
The Divine Lady (1928)
Corinne Griffith
2.70
84.5
84.50
31
51
03 / 01
68.7
20
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
Rudy Vallee
2.10
66.0
74.40
61
58
00 / 00
65.3
22
The Callahans and the Murphys (1927)
Polly Moran
1.00
34.5
34.50
60
58
00 / 00
48.0
21
The Joy Girl (1927)
Olive Borden
0.90
30.9
30.90
71
55
00 / 00
39.5
23
One Romantic Night (1930)
Lillian Gish
0.70
35.7
35.70
150
48
00 / 00
28.6
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Marie Dressler is another actress of whom I have long known but have never seen one of her films.
I did once though catch a glimpse of a TV clip from 1933’s Dinner at Eight in which Marie playfully chided Harlow about the loose morals of the great Jean’s screen character.
Marie, who also had a great silent movie career dating as partially demonstrated in the table and comments above way back to 1909, was very popular right up until her death in 1934 being listed as one of the Top US Box Office stars in the Quigley annual polls in for example the 3 consecutive years 1932, 1933 and 1934 and indeed was ranked No 1 in 1932 and 1933.
A considerable achievement for an actress whose appeal did not depend on creating a sexy image on screen.
In view of that and because of other things that I have read about her it seems obvious that Marie was another talented Canuck/American and she therefore well deserves this Cogerson new page.
Hey Bob
1. Thanks for checking out our Marie Dressler page.
2. She might be the least likely movie superstar of all-time. I think today you might be able to compare her to Melissa McCathey or John Candy….though neither of those two stars ever reached the heights that Dressler did.
3. Her career was a serious of ups and downs (really talked about in the trivia section)…but she went out on top.
4. When she won her Oscar she was the third straight Canuck to win the Best Actress award.
5. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Ms. Dressler.
I tell you the internet connection at the Hard Rock Hotel in Biloxi is terrible, this is the first time in days I can access the site. Now I’m sending from Orange Beach, Alabama. Yep Marie has a ton of connections a whole 3 from the original list in 2000.
273 GEORGE COULOURIS Christopher Bean (1933)
515 BESSIE LOVE Chasing Rainbows (1930)
515 BESSIE LOVE The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
663 MILTON BERLE Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914)
Get that 1914 credit for her and Milton Berle when he was 5 or 6.
Marie actually appeared with more Oscar winners then her connections, 4!!!
JOAN CRAWFORD The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Christopher Bean (1933)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Dinner at Eight (1933)
LIONEL BARRYMORE The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
NORMA SHEARER Let Us Be Gay (1930)
NORMA SHEARER The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
WALLACE BEERY Dinner at Eight (1933)
WALLACE BEERY Min and Bill (1930)
WALLACE BEERY Tugboat Annie (1933)
great share. way to fight through the internet Dan the man. shortest list ever? much appreciated
Hey Bob cox…agree with you 100%.
Hey Dan
1. Sorry you are having internet issues.
2. Glad you found some service in Alabama.
3. We are now having the same issue as we are back on the road this weekend…the hotel’s wi-fi is very spotty.
4. I figured this would be a very short list…..her last movie was 85 years ago…or 14 American Presidents ago.
5. Milton was a baby when the first Tillie was made.
6. Might be a first…more Oscar winners….than Oracle people.
Good information as always.