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Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897 – September 20, 1955) was an American screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Frank Capra.
Mar 6, 2024 · Riskin wrote most of Capra’s best films and established what Capra like to chant endlessly about as “Capra-corn”, including Meet John Doe, You Can’t Take It With You, Lost Horizon and Mr ...
Playwright Robert Riskin, who would become Capra’s most essential collaborator, was one of the writers of Platinum Blonde (1931). Jean Harlow and Loretta Young starred in this comedy of manners, which owed much to Lewis Milestone’s The Front Page (1931) and foreshadowed the romances between female…. Read More.
Robert Riskin was born on the Lower East Side of New York City on March 30, 1897. He was one of five children born to parents Jakob and Bessie, émigrés from tsarist Russia who had escaped to America so Jakob could avoid conscription into the army. Jakob’s aversion to tsarist rule developed out of a way of life that saw him steal horses from ...
Lost Horizon (re-released in 1942 as The Lost Horizon of Shangri-La) is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton . The film exceeded its original budget by more than $776,000 and took five years to earn back its cost.
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).
Biography. A prolific writer who transitioned to film following success on Broadway, Robert Riskin collaborated with Frank Capra on some of the director's most iconic films, eventually earning five Academy Award nominations along the way.
