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Born January 12, 1897 · New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur DeWitt Ripley (January 12, 1897 – February 13, 1961) was an American film screenwriter, editor, producer and director. In 1923, he joined the Mack Sennett studio as a comedy writer. In the 1920s, he worked closely with Frank Capra churning out screenplays for many movies. After breaking with Capra and the Sennett studio, Ripley again returned to being a gag-writer, screenwriter, and occasional director, making short films with such comedians as W. C. Fields and Edgar Kennedy. His directorial work in the 1940s, Voice in the Wind (1944) and The Chase (1946), were both critical successes, but neither film were boxoffice hits. Ripley entered the world of academia, helping to establish the Film Center at U.C.L.A. while also working occasionally on TV. Ripley returned to directing one more time, at the request of Robert Mitchum, for Thunder Road (1958) before returning to U.C.L.A. and working until his death in 1961.

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
2000

Thunder Road
1958

Dark Stranger
1955

The Chase
1946

Voice in the Wind
1944

Prisoner of Japan
1942

I Met My Love Again
1938

How to Train a Dog
1936

How to Behave
1936

Will Power
1936
Gasoloons
1936
In Love at 40
1935
Edgar Hamlet
1935

The Leather Necker
1935
Shivers
1934
In the Dog House
1934

Counsel on De Fence
1934

The Barber Shop
1933

The Pharmacist
1933

The Wrestler's Bride
1933

Heart Trouble
1928

Hooked at the Altar
1926

Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920