Irving Rapper

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-01-16 (101 years old)

Deathday

1999-02-20

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Irving Rapper

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irving Rapper (16 January 1898, or 1902 – 20 December 1999) was an England-born American film director. Born to a Jewish family in London, England, Rapper emigrated to the United States and became an actor and stage director on Broadway while studying at New York University. In 1936, he went to Hollywood, where he was hired by Warner Bros. as an assistant director and dialogue coach. He proved invaluable in translating and mediating for non-native English-speaking directors. By the early 1940s, he had metamorphosed into one of the hottest directors on the Warner Bros. lot. He made his directing debut w...

Production

1939

Juarez

as Dialogue Coach

1942

Now, Voyager

as Director

1946

Deception

as Director

1958

1945

Rhapsody in Blue

as Director

1945

1950

1941

1951

1953

1941

1942

The Gay Sisters

as Director

1956

The Brave One

as Director

1956

Strange Intruder

as Director

1953

Forever Female

as Director

1959

The Miracle

as Director

1949

Anna Lucasta

as Director

1941

Shining Victory

as Director

1962

Pontius Pilate

as Director

1929

The Hole in the Wall

as Assistant Director

1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur

as Assistant Director

1938

The Sisters

as Assistant Director

1940

All This, and Heaven Too

as Assistant Director

1978

Born Again

as Director

1937

Kid Galahad

as Assistant Director

1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

as Assistant Director

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as Script Supervisor

1937

The Life of Emile Zola

as Dialogue Coach

1939

Off the Record

as Dialogue

1936

Stage Struck

as Dialogue

1937

The Go-Getter

as Dialogue Coach

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Dialogue Coach

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