Ralph Block
American film producer (1889–1974)
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::summary American film producer (1889–1974) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox person"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ralph J. Block |
| image | Ralph Block - Dec 1920 EH.jpg |
| caption | From a 1920 magazine |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Cherokee, Iowa, United States |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Wheaton, Maryland, United States |
| alma_mater | University of Michigan |
| occupation | Journalist |
| Film producer/director | |
| Screenwriter | |
| Editor | |
| Public official | |
| known_for | President of Screen Writers Guild (1934–35) |
| spouse | Mary Greenacre |
| children | Bridget Block |
| parents | E. S. Block |
| Doris Chraplewski | |
| awards | Honorary Academy Award |
| :: |
| name = Ralph J. Block | image = Ralph Block - Dec 1920 EH.jpg | caption = From a 1920 magazine | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Cherokee, Iowa, United States | death_date = | death_place = Wheaton, Maryland, United States | death_cause = | resting_place = | education = | alma_mater = University of Michigan | occupation = Journalist Film producer/director Screenwriter Editor Public official | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = President of Screen Writers Guild (1934–35) | spouse = Mary Greenacre | children = Bridget Block | parents = E. S. Block Doris Chraplewski | awards = Honorary Academy Award
Ralph J. Block (June 21, 1889, Cherokee, Iowa – January 2, 1974, Wheaton, Maryland) was an American film producer in the 1920s and became a full-time screenwriter in 1930. He is most famous for being President of the Screen Writers Guild from 1934 to 1935. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1940 for his dedicated work for the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
Biography
Block was born in the City of Cherokee in the Cherokee County of Iowa to E.S. and Doris Block (née Chraplewski).
Filmography
As producer
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | The Quarterback | Producer |
| 1928 | Let 'Er Go Gallegher | Associate producer |
| Stand and Deliver | Associate producer | |
| The Blue Danube | Associate producer | |
| Skyscraper | Associate producer | |
| ** | Producer | |
| Man-Made Women | Producer | |
| Power | Producer | |
| Celebrity | Producer | |
| Show Folks | Producer | |
| 1929 | High Voltage | Associate producer |
| Big News | Producer | |
| ** | Producer | |
| Rich People | Associate producer | |
| This Thing Called Love | Associate producer | |
| His First Command | Associate producer | |
| 1930 | Officer O'Brien | Associate producer |
| Scotland Yard | Producer | |
| :: |
As Writer
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | The Arizona Kid | Story and screenplay |
| The Sea Wolf | ||
| 1931 | A Holy Terror | Adaptation, in collaboration with Alfred A. Cohn and Myron C. Fagan |
| 1933 | Before Dawn | Screenplay (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Massacre | Screenplay / story |
| Dark Hazard | Screenplay | |
| Gambling Lady | Screenplay | |
| I Am a Thief | Story and screenplay | |
| 1935 | The Right to Live | Screenplay |
| In Caliente | Story and adaptation | |
| The Melody Lingers On | ||
| 1936 | Boulder Dam | Screenplay |
| Nobody's Fool | ||
| 1940 | It's a Date | Original story |
| Spy for a Day | Screenplay collaboration with Anatole de Grunwald, Emeric Pressburger, and Hans Wilhelm | |
| 1945 | Patrick the Great | Story |
| 1950 | Nancy Goes to Rio | Movie based on Block's novel |
| :: |
References
References
- Lacy, Mary A. United States. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Ralph Block Papers: A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, 2009. Web. http://memory.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2009/ms009299.pdf.
- [http://www.actornice.com/ralph-block.html Actornice – catalog of famous artists.]{{dead link. (April 2018)
- {{IMDb name. 0088759
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