Allen Rivkin

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Allen Rivkin

Writing November 20, 1903

Hayward, Wisconsin, USA

Allen Rivkin (20 November 1903 – 17 February 1990) was an American screenwriter. Rivkin was a advertising copy writer, who went to Hollywood and joined the RKO Pictures publicity…

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Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning

6.9 1946 Movie
Tension

Tension

6.8 1949 Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

7.0 1976 Movie
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

7.1 1947 Movie
Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

6.9 1933 Movie
What Price Hollywood?

What Price Hollywood?

6.8 1932 Movie
The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters

10.0 1959 TV Show
Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher

6.9 1933 Movie
My Dream Is Yours

My Dream Is Yours

6.5 1949 Movie
Till the End of Time

Till the End of Time

6.4 1946 Movie
Kid Glove Killer

Kid Glove Killer

6.4 1942 Movie
Battle Circus

Battle Circus

6.0 1953 Movie

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Allen Rivkin (20 November 1903 – 17 February 1990) was an American screenwriter. Rivkin was a advertising copy writer, who went to Hollywood and joined the RKO Pictures publicity department. He formed a film writing team with P. J. Wolfson, who got a writer’s contract on the strength of "Bodies Are Dust". They started at Universal Pictures the same day. Through a luncheon conversation that day decided to collaborate on a story. In less than two years the pair wrote ten screen plays. They later wrote for the B. P. Schulberg company at Paramount Pictures. He was one of the co-founders of the Screenwriters Guild, later the Writers Guild of America. He wrote several of his scripts with his wife, Laura Kerr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    Movie Thanks

  2. 1959
    The Troubleshooters

    TV show Producer

  3. 1959
    The Big Operator

    Movie Screenplay

  4. 1958
    Girls on the Loose

    Movie Screenplay

  5. 1958
    Live Fast, Die Young

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 1955
    The Road to Denver

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1955
    The Eternal Sea

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 1955
    Timberjack

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1954
    Prisoner of War

    Movie Writer

  10. 1953
    Battle Circus

    Movie Story

  11. 1951
    It's a Big Country

    Movie Story

  12. 1951
    The Strip

    Movie Writer

  13. 1951
    Grounds for Marriage

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1950
    Gambling House

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1949
    Tension

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1949
    My Dream Is Yours

    Movie Adaptation

More credits
  1. 1947
    The Farmer's Daughter

    Movie Writer

  2. 1947
    The Guilt of Janet Ames

    Movie Writer

  3. 1946
    Dead Reckoning

    Movie Adaptation

  4. 1946
    The Thrill of Brazil

    Movie Screenplay

  5. 1946
    Till the End of Time

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 1942
    Sunday Punch

    Movie Writer

  7. 1942
    Kid Glove Killer

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 1942
    Joe Smith, American

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1941
    Highway West

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1941
    Singapore Woman

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1940
    Dancing on a Dime

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1940
    Typhoon

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1939
    It Could Happen to You

    Movie Writer

  14. 1939
    Let Us Live

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1938
    Straight, Place and Show

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1937
    Love Under Fire

    Movie Writer

  17. 1937
    This Is My Affair

    Movie Story

  18. 1937
    Love Is News

    Movie Additional Writing

  19. 1936
    Half Angel

    Movie Screenplay

  20. 1936
    Champagne Charlie

    Movie Screenplay

  21. 1935
    Bad Boy

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1935
    Black Sheep

    Movie Screenplay

  23. 1935
    Our Little Girl

    Movie Screenplay

  24. 1934
    Cheating Cheaters

    Movie Writer