Name Arthur Ripley | Role Film Editor | |
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Died February 13, 1961, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies Thunder Road, The Chase, Siren of Atlantis, Voice in the Wind, I Met My Love Again Similar People James Mitchum, Harry Edwards, Robert Cummings, Elise Cavanna, Steve Cochran | ||
Voice in the Wind (Arthur Ripley, 1944) Sharks
Arthur DeWitt Ripley (January 12, 1897 – February 13, 1961) was an American film screenwriter, editor, producer and director.
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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.