Hotmail
Robert Riskin
:
Overview
 Avg.User Rating:  0 RatingRate this person:
Screenwriter, Play Author Born: March 30, 1897 in New York City, NY Death: September 20, 1955 in California Biography:Screenwriter "Robert Riskin" entered the film business as a teenager, at a time (1914) when anyone with a glimmer of talent was allowed to work on what were then called scenarios. During the 1920's, Robertson kept busy on Broadway, penning such popular plays as "Illicit" and Bless You Sister. On the Columbia Pictures payroll in 1931, Riskin found himself adapting many of his own works for the screen -- including Bless You Sister, which ended up as the "Frank Capra" production "The Miracle Woman". Riskin and Capra liked each other's work, and, as a result, Riskin contributed the wisecracking dialogue for Capra's "Platinum Blonde" (1931). Future Riskin/Capra collaborations included "American Madness" (1932), "Lady for a Day" (1933), "It Happened One Night" (1934) (which won Riskin an Oscar), "Broadway Bill" (1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" (1936), "Lost Horizon" (1937) and "You Can't Take It With... Full Biography
| ||||||||||||
| advertisement |
Movie data provided by:
