Samson Raphaelson

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-03-30 (89 years old)

Deathday

1983-07-16

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Samson Raphaelson

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 in New York City – July 16, 1983 in New York City) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in New York City, Raphaelson worked on nine films with Ernst Lubitsch, including Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Shop Around the Corner (1939), Heaven Can Wait (1943), and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941). He is the author of the play Day of Atonement, which was made into The Jazz Singer (1927), the first talking picture, produced by Warner Brothers in the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Samson Rapha...

Production

1941

Suspicion

as Screenplay

1931

1932

1934

The Merry Widow

as Screenplay

1943

Heaven Can Wait

as Screenplay

1959

But Not for Me

as Theatre Play

1947

1950

Mr. Music

as Theatre Play

1935

1953

The Jazz Singer

as Theatre Play

1937

Angel

as Screenplay

1934

Caravane

as Writer

1934

The Queen's Affair

as Screenplay

1946

The Harvey Girls

as Screenplay

1931

1998

You've Got Mail

as Original Film Writer

1951

Bannerline

as Theatre Play

1932

Broken Lullaby

as Screenplay

1934

Servants' Entrance

as Adaptation

1949

In the Good Old Summertime

as Original Film Writer

1937

1980

The Jazz Singer

as Theatre Play

1947

The Perfect Marriage

as Theatre Play

1935

Accent on Youth

as Theatre Play

1927

The Jazz Singer

as Theatre Play

1956

Hilda Crane

as Theatre Play

1948

1934

Servants' Entrance

as Screenplay

1935

Dressed to Thrill

as Screenplay

1934

Caravan

as Writer

1932

Trouble in Paradise

as Screenplay

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