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shirt-manufacturing firm, Heidenheim and Levy. The partners of this firm had a sideline business, investing in the new film industry. They sent the seventeen-year-old Riskin to
Florida to run a production company for them. Riskin turned out one- and two-reel films until his enlistment in the Army during World War I.
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stage, the teen-age Riskin took every opportunity to sneak into the theatre and catch the shows. He was a particular fan of the comedians who performed there, and he habitually transcribed their jokes into a notebook he carried with him. While still a teen-ager, Riskin took a job with a
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and his wife remained devoted visitors. Conspicuously absent was Frank Capra, who never visited Riskin during the five years of his illness. Swerling was pained by Capra's behavior, but Riskin refused to disparage Capra. He remained loyal to the man, calling him “his best friend”. The
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Six Screen Plays by Robert Riskin, Edited and
Introduced by Pat McGilligan, Berkeley: University of California Press, c1997 1997 - Free Online - UC Press E-Books Collection
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covered Riskin's funeral in
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In Capra’s Shadow: The Life and Career of
Screenwriter Robert Riskin
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In Capra’s Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin
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In Capra’s Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin
869:"Robert Riskin, Who Won 'Oscar' For 'It Happened Ohe Night,' Dies."
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In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin
367:(1951) before the stroke. Ironically, Capra was assigned to direct
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University of Kentucky Press, 2006, Prologue: "The Three Act Play"
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nominations for his screenplays and stories for five Capra films:
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has a similar flavor and tone to Riskin's Capra-directed films.
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Riskin returned to Hollywood in 1945, with the screenplay for
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to Jewish parents, Bessie and Jakob, who had emigrated from
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Motion Picture & Television Country Home and Hospital
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in 1942, where he organized the OWI's overseas division.
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He was an invalid until he died on September 20, 1955.
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302:Riskin then became an associate producer for
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538:A biography by Ian Scott,
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306:. When the U.S. entered
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502:Riskin married actress
490:, with a screenplay by
483:A Pocketful of Miracles
202:1929 stock market crash
160:. An enthusiast of the
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689:The Thin Man Goes Home
646:Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
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257:Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
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740:Pocketful of Miracles
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535:, written by Robert.
524:Inglewood, California
518:at Riskin's funeral.
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180:It Happened One Night
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1948:, David Rabinowitz,
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1285:Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1181:Donald Ogden Stewart
820:Here Comes the Groom
732:Here Comes the Groom
550:Selected filmography
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369:Here Comes the Groom
365:Here Comes the Groom
285:Here Comes the Groom
1970:Christopher Hampton
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1647:Bernardo Bertolucci
1460:Stirling Silliphant
1165:George Bernard Shaw
1145:Norman Reilly Raine
873:September 22, 1955.
654:When You're in Love
393:When You're in Love
380:When You're in Love
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