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'''Allen Rivkin''' (20 November 1903 – 17 February 1990) was an American screenwriter. |
'''Allen Rivkin''' (20 November 1903 – 17 February 1990) was an American screenwriter. |
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Rivkin was an advertising copy writer, who went to Hollywood and joined the [[RKO Pictures]] publicity department. He formed a film writing team with [[P. J. Wolfson]], who got a writer’s contract on the strength of "Bodies Are Dust".<ref name="cdnc-SP-NP-1932-Hollywood"/> They started at [[Universal Pictures]] the same day.<ref name="cdnc-SP-NP-1932-Hollywood"/> Through a luncheon conversation that day, they decided to collaborate on a story.<ref name="cdnc-SP-NP-1932-Hollywood"/> In less than two years the pair wrote ten screen plays.<ref name="cdnc-SP-NP-1932-Hollywood"/> They later wrote for the [[B. P. Schulberg]] company at [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="cdnc-SP-NP-1932-Hollywood">{{cite news |title=In Hollywood |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19321229.2.155&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22The+Devil+is+Driving%22-ARTICLE------1 |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=[[San Pedro News Pilot]] |date=29 December 1932 |location=San Pedro, CA |page=6 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote= Volume 5, Number 256}}</ref> |
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He was one of the co-founders of the Screenwriters Guild, later the [[Writers Guild of America]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/20/obituaries/allen-rivkin-86-dies-writer-of-screenplays.html "Allen Rivkin, 86, Dies; Writer of Screenplays", ''NY Times'' February 20, 1990] accessed 8 June 2014</ref> He wrote several of his scripts with his wife, [[Laura Kerr]]. |
He was one of the co-founders of the Screenwriters Guild, later the [[Writers Guild of America]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/20/obituaries/allen-rivkin-86-dies-writer-of-screenplays.html "Allen Rivkin, 86, Dies; Writer of Screenplays", ''NY Times'' February 20, 1990] accessed 8 June 2014</ref> He wrote several of his scripts with his wife, [[Laura Kerr]]. |
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 17 May 2024
Allen Rivkin (20 November 1903 – 17 February 1990) was an American screenwriter.
Rivkin was an advertising copy writer, who went to Hollywood and joined the RKO Pictures publicity department. He formed a film writing team with P. J. Wolfson, who got a writer’s contract on the strength of "Bodies Are Dust".[1] They started at Universal Pictures the same day.[1] Through a luncheon conversation that day, they decided to collaborate on a story.[1] In less than two years the pair wrote ten screen plays.[1] They later wrote for the B. P. Schulberg company at Paramount Pictures.[1]
He was one of the co-founders of the Screenwriters Guild, later the Writers Guild of America.[2] He wrote several of his scripts with his wife, Laura Kerr.
Select credits[edit]
- Picture Snatcher (1933)
- Headline Shooter (1933)
- Dancing Lady (1933)
- Highway West (1941)
- Joe Smith, American (1942)
- Kid Glove Killer (1942)
- Till the End of Time (1946)
- The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
- Tension (1950)
- Prisoner of War (1954)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "In Hollywood". San Pedro News Pilot. San Pedro, CA. 29 December 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 5 April 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
Volume 5, Number 256
- ^ "Allen Rivkin, 86, Dies; Writer of Screenplays", NY Times February 20, 1990 accessed 8 June 2014
External links[edit]
- Allen Rivkin at IMDb
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