Arthur Ripley
Born: 1897-01-12 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1961-02-13
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur DeWitt Ripley (January 12, 1897 – February 13, 1961) was an American film screenwriter, editor, producer and director. In 1923, he joined the Mack Sennett studio as a comedy writer. In the 1920s, he worked closely with Frank Capra churning out screenplays for many movies. After breaking with Capra and the Sennett studio, Ripley again returned to being a gag-writer, screenwriter, and occasional director, making short films with such comedians as W. C. Fields and Edgar Kennedy. His directorial work in the 1940s, Voice in the Wind (1944) and The Chase (1946), were both critical successes, but neither film were boxoffice hits. Ripley entered the world of academia, helping to establish the Film Center at U.C.L.A. while also working occasionally on TV. Ripley returned to directing one more time, at the request of Robert Mitchum, for Thunder Road (1958) before returning to U.C.L.A. and working until his death in 1961.
Filmography
2000
- W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films ... (Director)
1958
- Thunder Road ... (Director)
1955
- Dark Stranger ... (Director)
1951
- Hollywood Honeymoon ... (Story)
1946
- The Chase ... (Director)
1944
- Voice in the Wind ... (Director)
1943
- Hold Your Temper ... (Writer)
1942
- Wedded Blitz ... (Writer)
- Prisoner of Japan ... (Director)
1939
- Waterfront ... (Screenplay)
- Everybody's Hobby ... (Dialogue)
1938
- I Met My Love Again ... (Director)
1936
- Gasoloons ... (Director)
- Will Power ... (Director)
- How to Train a Dog ... (Director)
- How to Behave ... (Director)
1935
- In Love at 40 ... (Director)
- Edgar Hamlet ... (Director)
- The Leather Necker ... (Director)
1934
- Shivers ... (Writer)
- Counsel on De Fence ... (Director)
- Elmer Steps Out ... (Screenplay)
- In the Dog House ... (Screenplay)
1933
- The Wrestler's Bride ... (Director)
- The Pharmacist ... (Director)
- The Barber Shop ... (Director)
1931
- Hold 'er Sheriff ... (Writer)
1930
- Captain of the Guard ... (Adaptation)
- The Bluffer ... (Screenplay)
- Hide-Out ... (Writer)
1928
- Heart Trouble ... (Director)
- The Chaser ... (Story)
1927
- Long Pants ... (Story)
- The Jolly Jilter ... (Writer)
- Fiddlesticks ... (Story)
- Three's a Crowd ... (Story)
- His First Flame ... (Story)
1926
- Tramp, Tramp, Tramp ... (Story)
- The Strong Man ... (Writer)
- Saturday Afternoon ... (Story)
- Hooked at the Altar ... (Director)
1925
- His Marriage Wow ... (Screenplay)
- Boobs in the Wood ... (Writer)
- Remember When? ... (Writer)
- Lucky Stars ... (Story)
1924
- A Lady of Quality ... (Adaptation)
- All Night Long ... (Writer)
- Wandering Waistlines ... (Writer)
1922
- Foolish Wives ... (Editor)
1921
- Life's Darn Funny ... (Scenario Writer)
1920
- The Third Generation ... (Writer)
- Alias Jimmy Valentine ... (Director)
1915
- The Wonderful Adventure ... (Camera Operator)
- Should a Mother Tell ... (Camera Operator)
- A Price for Folly ... (Director of Photography)