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 ... (Original Story)
1943
- Hold Your Temper ... (Writer)
1942
- Prisoner of Japan ... (Director)
- Wedded Blitz ... (Writer)
1939
- Waterfront ... (Screenplay)
- Everybody's Hobby ... (Dialogue)
1938
- I Met My Love Again ... (Director)
1936
- Gasoloons ... (Director)
- How to Train a Dog ... (Director)
- How to Behave ... (Director)
- Will Power ... (Director)
1935
- Edgar Hamlet ... (Director)
- In Love at 40 ... (Director)
- The Leather Necker ... (Director)
1934
- Elmer Steps Out ... (Screenplay)
- In the Dog House ... (Screenplay)
- Shivers ... (Writer)
- Counsel on De Fence ... (Director)
1933
- The Pharmacist ... (Director)
- The Barber Shop ... (Director)
- The Wrestler's Bride ... (Writer)
1931
- Hold 'er Sheriff ... (Writer)
1930
- Hide-Out ... (Writer)
- Captain of the Guard ... (Adaptation)
- The Bluffer ... (Screenplay)
1928
- Heart Trouble ... (Director)
- The Chaser ... (Story)
1927
- Fiddlesticks ... (Story)
- Three's a Crowd ... (Story)
- The Jolly Jilter ... (Writer)
- His First Flame ... (Story)
- Long Pants ... (Story)
1926
- Saturday Afternoon ... (Story)
- The Strong Man ... (Writer)
- Hooked at the Altar ... (Director)
- Tramp, Tramp, Tramp ... (Story)
1925
- Lucky Stars ... (Story)
- His Marriage Wow ... (Screenplay)
- Remember When? ... (Writer)
- Boobs in the Wood ... (Writer)
1924
- Wandering Waistlines ... (Writer)
- A Lady of Quality ... (Adaptation)
- All Night Long ... (Writer)
1922
- Foolish Wives ... (Editor)
1921
- Life's Darn Funny ... (Scenario Writer)
1920
- Alias Jimmy Valentine ... (Director)
1915
- A Price for Folly ... (Director of Photography)
- The Wonderful Adventure ... (Camera Operator)
- Should a Mother Tell ... (Camera Operator)