Arthur Ripley

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-01-12 (64 years old)

Deathday

1961-02-13

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Arthur Ripley

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 neithe...

Production

1927

1930

Hide-Out

as Writer

1946

The Chase

as Director

1944

Voice in the Wind

as Original Story

1944

1933

The Pharmacist

as Director

1933

The Barber Shop

as Director

1958

Thunder Road

as Director

1958

Thunder Road

as Producer

1926

1934

In the Dog House

as Screenplay

1926

1935

1936

Will Power

as Director

1934

In the Dog House

as Director

1936

1925

His Marriage Wow

as Screenplay

1936

How to Behave

as Director

1930

The Bluffer

as Screenplay

1939

Waterfront

as Screenplay

1920

1925

Lucky Stars

as Story

1942

1925

1942

Wedded Blitz

as Writer

1926

1936

Gasoloons

as Director

1928

The Chaser

as Story

1927

Fiddlesticks

as Story

1927

1922

Foolish Wives

as Editor

1927

1933

1942

Prisoner of Japan

as Screenplay

1926

1927

Long Pants

as Story

1934

1935

Edgar Hamlet

as Director

1935

In Love at 40

as Director

1938

1943

1955

Dark Stranger

as Director

1935

1934

Shivers

as Writer

1931

1928

Heart Trouble

as Director

1934

Shivers

as Director

1939

1930

1924

A Lady of Quality

as Adaptation

1934

Elmer Steps Out

as Screenplay

1924

1925

1915

The Wonderful Adventure

as Camera Operator

1915

Should a Mother Tell

as Camera Operator

1921

Life's Darn Funny

as Scenario Writer

1915

A Price for Folly

as Director of Photography

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