Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897–September 20, 1955) was an American screenwriter and playwright, best known for his collaborations with director-producer Frank Capra. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frank Capra Frank Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films. ...

Riskin began his career as a playwright, writing for many local New York City playhouses. Two of his plays, Bless You, Sister and Many a Slip, managed to have successful runs on Broadway. He moved to Hollywood in 1931 after Columbia Pictures bought the screen rights to several of his plays. His first collaboration with director Frank Capra came in 1931 with the Jean Harlowe vehicle Platinum Blonde. The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Columbia Pictures logo, since 1996. ... Frank Capra Frank Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films. ... See also: 1930 in film 1931 1932 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights staring Charles Chaplin Academy Awards Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor... Jean Harlow, born as Harlean Carpenter, (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), US film actress, became known as the original blonde bombshell, predating Marilyn Monroe as a blonde sex symbol. ... Plantinum Blonde is a 1931 romantic comedy starring Jean Harlow, Loretta Young and Robert Williams, and directed by Frank Capra. ...

Although Riskin wrote a number of other films for Columbia, it was his string of hit ventures with Capra that brought him acclaim. Riskin received Academy Award nominations for his screenplays for the Capra films Lady for a Day (1933), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It with You (1938), and Here Comes the Groom (1951). He was awarded the Oscar for his much-lauded screenplay for 1934's It Happened One Night. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Lady for a Day is a 1933 film which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... Mr. ... You Cant Take it With You was an important example of the category of end-of-depression heart warming movies made by Frank Capra in the 1930s. ... See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ... It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy in which an elite socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in with a rogue reporter (Clark Gable). ...

By 1941, when Capra directed Riskin's Meet John Doe, the screenwriter had tired of Capra's knack for taking credit for Riskin's work. After several confrontations with the director while working on Meet John Doe, Riskin never willfully collaborated with Capra again. In 1945, Riskin wrote the story for The Thin Man Goes Home and had an uncredited collaboration on the 1946 film noir classic The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. The following year, he wrote and produced the minor James Stewart hit Magic Town. See also: 1940 in film 1941 1942 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films Sergeant York Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello Tobacco Road Academy Awards Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox Best Actor: Gary Cooper - Sergeant York Best Actress... Overview Meet John Doe is a 1941 film where a man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said hed be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins. ... See also: 1944 in film 1945 1946 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper With Rossellinis Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins. ... In The Thin Man Goes Home, Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) Charles (with their dog Asta) leave their kindergartner son at home in new York while they go visit Nicks parents in Sycamore Springs, the town where he grew up, and of course a murder mystery crops... See also: 1945 in film 1946 1947 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Bells of St. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a black-and-white film noir released in the U.S. in 1946. ... Jimmy Stewart, photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was largely reflected in his own... For other meanings, see Magic city. ...

In 1950, Robert Riskin suffered a dibilitating stroke that prevented him from writing additional scripts. His last screenplays, still in the pipeline, were produced between 1950 and 1951. Ironically, Frank Capra was assigned to Riskin's last original story, Here Comes the Groom, which he directed in 1951. After Riskin's death in 1955, Capra directed a previously written but never produced story in 1961: Pocketful of Miracles. The film became Capra's last. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frank Capra Frank Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films. ... See also: 1950 in film 1951 1952 in film 1950s in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati Top grossing films North America David and Bathsheba Show Boat tie The Great Caruso and An... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson Come... Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 film starring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange and Bette Davis. ...

Upon his death on September 20, 1955, Riskin was in the thirteenth year of marriage to actress Fay Wray. Riskin had two children and one adopted daughter with Wray, including Susan (born 1938, adopted 1942), Robert (born 1946), and Victoria (born 1948). September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Publicity photo for King Kong ca 1933 Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress, who was born Vina Fay Wray on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, Canada. ...

Selected filmography

• Platinum Blonde (1931)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
• When You're in Love (1937) also director
• Lost Horizon (1937)
• You Can't Take It with You (1938)
• Meet John Doe (1941)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
• Magic Town (1947) also producer
• Here Comes the Groom (1951)
• Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Plantinum Blonde is a 1931 romantic comedy starring Jean Harlow, Loretta Young and Robert Williams, and directed by Frank Capra. ... It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy in which an elite socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in with a rogue reporter (Clark Gable). ... Mr. ... Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Margo, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, and Sam Jaffe. ... You Cant Take it With You was an important example of the category of end-of-depression heart warming movies made by Frank Capra in the 1930s. ... Overview Meet John Doe is a 1941 film where a man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said hed be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins. ... In The Thin Man Goes Home, Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) Charles (with their dog Asta) leave their kindergartner son at home in new York while they go visit Nicks parents in Sycamore Springs, the town where he grew up, and of course a murder mystery crops... For other meanings, see Magic city. ... Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 film starring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange and Bette Davis. ...

Awards

Academy Awards

Won: Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

• Best Writing, Adaptation (It Happened One Night, 1935)

Nominated: The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy in which an elite socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in with a rogue reporter (Clark Gable). ...

• Best Writing, Adaptation (Lady for a Day, 1934)
• Best Writing, Screenplay (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1937)
• Best Writing, Screenplay (You Can't Take It with You, 1939)
• Best Writing, Motion Picture Story (Here Comes the Groom, 1952)

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External links

• Robert Riskin at the Internet Movie Database