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  1. Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897 – September 20, 1955) [1] was an American screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Frank Capra.

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    Robert Riskin. Robert Riskin was born on 30 March 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). He was married to Fay Wray. He died on 20 September 1955 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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    • New York City, New York, USA
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    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  3. Robert Riskin. Writer: It Happened One Night. Robert Riskin was born on 30 March 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). He was married to Fay Wray. He died on 20 September 1955 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

    • March 30, 1897
    • September 20, 1955
  4. Sep 11, 2023 · In 1930, Riskin headed to California with the promise of a job at Columbia, a major studio. “Riskin’s sense of sleek, tight dialogue was a perfect match for the emerging sound the need to tell stories with an economy of effort,” writes Scott. Robert Riskin and the actress Glenda Farrell at the 1934 Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood

  5. Author Ian Scott provides a unique perspective on Riskin and the ways in which his brilliant, pithy style was realized in Capra's enduring films. Riskin's impact on cinema extended far beyond these films as he articulated his vision of a changing America and helped spread Hollywood cinema abroad. 978-0-8131-9625-1.

  6. Mar 2, 2019 · Without Riskin, there was no Capracorn. As Pat McGilligan writes in the intro to “Six Screenplays by Robert Riskin” (all films directed by Capra), “Capra was certainly ‘the name above the title,’ but Riskin was the man who provided the story or script, without which these would have been nothing but a title.”

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  8. Apr 11, 2016 · Robert Riskin. Robert Riskin was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 30, 1897, (incidentally, just 7 weeks prior to Frank Capra who was born on May 18, 1897 in Sicily). As a young teen, Riskin would sneak into vaudeville shows and transcribe the jokes and sketches he heard on stage.

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