
Arthur Ripley
Biography
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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.
Directing (23 movies)

The Chase
1946

Voice in the Wind
1944

The Barber Shop
1933

The Pharmacist
1933

Thunder Road
1958

Hooked at the Altar
1926

The Leather Necker
1935

Will Power
1936
In the Dog House
1934

How to Train a Dog
1936

How to Behave
1936

Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920

Prisoner of Japan
1942
Gasoloons
1936

The Wrestler's Bride
1933

Counsel on De Fence
1934
Edgar Hamlet
1935
In Love at 40
1935

I Met My Love Again
1938

Dark Stranger
1955

Heart Trouble
1928
Shivers
1934

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
2000
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Wandering Waistlines | 1924 | Writer | 
| All Night Long | 1924 | Writer | 
| Boobs in the Wood | 1925 | Writer | 
| His Marriage Wow | 1925 | Screenplay | 
| Remember When? | 1925 | Writer | 
| The Strong Man | 1926 | Writer | 
| The Jolly Jilter | 1927 | Writer | 
| Hide-Out | 1930 | Writer | 
| The Bluffer | 1930 | Screenplay | 
| Hold 'er Sheriff | 1931 | Writer | 
| The Wrestler's Bride | 1933 | Writer | 
| Elmer Steps Out | 1934 | Screenplay | 
| In the Dog House | 1934 | Screenplay | 
| Shivers | 1934 | Writer | 
| The Leather Necker | 1935 | Writer | 
| Waterfront | 1939 | Screenplay | 
| Wedded Blitz | 1942 | Writer | 
| Prisoner of Japan | 1942 | Screenplay | 
| Hold Your Temper | 1943 | Writer | 
| Thunder Road | 1958 | Producer |