A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Born:
March 30, 1894
Died:
July 16, 1983
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 in New York City – July 16, 1983 in New York City) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in New York City, Raphaelson worked on nine films with Ernst Lubitsch, including Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Shop Around the Corner (1939), Heaven Can Wait (1943), and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941). He is the author of the play Day of Atonement, which was made into The Jazz Singer (1927), the first talking picture, produced by Warner Brothers in the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Samson Raphaelson was also Ernst Lubitsch's favorite screenwriter. Samson Raphaelson considered Suspicion to be "in many ways my best screenplay." Raphaelson also co-wrote Lubitsch's only sound-era drama Broken Lullaby (The Man I Killed, 1932). Though praised by playwright Robert E. Sherwood as "the best talking picture that has yet been seen and heard," the film was a box office flop. Aside from his more popular work, Raphaelson also wrote the college fight song for the University of Illinois in 1921. Titled, "Fight, Illini!: The Stadium Song" the music was composed by Rose J. Oltusky. In 1977 the Writers Guild of America Awards granted him the "Laurel" for lifetime achievement. He taught playwriting at Columbia University until the last years of his life. His wife Dorshka (Dorothy Wegman) (1904-2005) was the author of 'Morning Song' and, until her death in 2005, was the second oldest surviving Ziegfeld Follies dancer. His nephew is filmmaker Bob Rafelson, and his grandson is photographer Paul Raphaelson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samson Raphaelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Adaptation:
1934 Servants' Entrance
Additional Dialogue:
1934 Servants' Entrance
1935 The Gay Deception
Director:
1934 Servants' Entrance
1935 Ladies Love Danger
1935 The Gay Deception
Original Film Writer:
1934 Servants' Entrance
1935 Ladies Love Danger
1935 The Gay Deception
1949 In the Good Old Summertime
1998 You've Got Mail
Screenplay:
1931 The Smiling Lieutenant
1932 Broken Lullaby
1932 Trouble in Paradise
1934 Servants' Entrance
1934 The Merry Widow
1934 The Queen's Affair
1935 Dressed to Thrill
1935 Ladies Love Danger
1935 The Gay Deception
1937 Angel
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1940 The Shop Around the Corner
1941 Suspicion
1943 Heaven Can Wait
1946 The Harvey Girls
1947 Green Dolphin Street
1949 In the Good Old Summertime
1998 You've Got Mail
Theatre Play:
1927 The Jazz Singer
1931 The Smiling Lieutenant
1932 Broken Lullaby
1932 Trouble in Paradise
1934 Servants' Entrance
1934 The Merry Widow
1934 The Queen's Affair
1935 Accent on Youth
1935 Dressed to Thrill
1935 Ladies Love Danger
1935 The Gay Deception
1937 Angel
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1940 The Shop Around the Corner
1941 Suspicion
1943 Heaven Can Wait
1946 The Harvey Girls
1947 Green Dolphin Street
1947 The Perfect Marriage
1949 In the Good Old Summertime
1950 Mr. Music
1951 Bannerline
1953 The Jazz Singer
1956 Hilda Crane
1959 But Not for Me
1980 The Jazz Singer
1998 You've Got Mail
Writer:
1927 The Jazz Singer
1931 The Magnificent Lie
1931 The Smiling Lieutenant
1932 Broken Lullaby
1932 One Hour with You
1932 Trouble in Paradise
1934 Caravan
1934 Caravane
1934 Servants' Entrance
1934 The Merry Widow
1934 The Queen's Affair
1935 Accent on Youth
1935 Dressed to Thrill
1935 Ladies Love Danger
1935 The Gay Deception
1937 Angel
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1940 The Shop Around the Corner
1941 Suspicion
1943 Heaven Can Wait
1946 The Harvey Girls
1947 Green Dolphin Street
1947 The Perfect Marriage
1948 That Lady in Ermine
1949 In the Good Old Summertime
1950 Mr. Music
1951 Bannerline
1953 Main Street to Broadway
1953 The Jazz Singer
1956 Hilda Crane
1959 But Not for Me
1980 The Jazz Singer
1998 You've Got Mail
Writer:
1955 Matinee Theater
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