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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.
Birth Name
Arthur DeWitt Ripley
Born
Tuesday, 12 January 1897
Died
Monday, 13 February 1961
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Thunder Road | 1958 |
Colt .45 | 1957 |
The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1956 |
The Star and the Story | 1955 |
General Electric Theater | 1953 |
Your Jeweler's Showcase | 1952 |
Cavalcade of America | 1952 |
Siren of Atlantis | 1949 |
The Chase | 1946 |
Voice in the Wind | 1944 |
Prisoner of Japan | 1942 |
I Met My Love Again | 1938 |
How to Train a Dog | 1936 |
How to Behave | 1936 |
Will Power | 1936 |
Gasoloons | 1936 |
Edgar Hamlet | 1935 |
The Leather Necker | 1935 |
In the Dog House | 1934 |
Counsel on De Fence | 1934 |
The Barber Shop | 1933 |
The Pharmacist | 1933 |
Heart Trouble | 1928 |
Hooked at the Altar | 1926 |
Alias Jimmy Valentine | 1920 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Thunder Road | 1958 |
General Electric Theater | 1953 |
Your Jeweler's Showcase | 1952 |
Cavalcade of America | 1952 |
Voice in the Wind | 1944 |
Behind Prison Walls | 1943 |