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Ralph J. Block is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 21 june 1889 at Cherokee (USA)

Ralph J. Block

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Nationality USA
Birth 21 june 1889 at Cherokee (USA)
Death 2 january 1974 (at 84 years) at Wheaton (USA)

Ralph J. Block (June 21, 1889, Cherokee – January 2, 1974, Wheaton) was an American film producer in the 1920s and became a full-time screenwriter in 1930. He is most famous, however, for being President of the Screen Actors 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).

Usually with

Frederick Kohner
Frederick Kohner
(3 films)
Joe Pasternak
Joe Pasternak
(2 films)
Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(4 films)
Norman Krasna
Norman Krasna
(1 films)
Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ralph J. Block (15 films)

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Director

It's a Date
It's a Date (1940)
, 1h43
Directed by Joe Pasternak, William A. Seiter, Norman Krasna, Ralph J. Block, Frederick Kohner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson, S.Z. Sakall
Rating63% 3.1965653.1965653.1965653.1965653.196565
The movie begins with Georgia Drake (Kay Francis) performing on the stage, singing "Gypsy Lullaby" while her daughter, Pamela (Deanna Durbin), watches with her boyfriend Freddie Miller (Lewis Howard). Georgia is an older Broadway actress who was once very famous. Her daughter, Pam, also has great acting skills and hopes to be a successful actress as well. At an after-party celebrating the closing of a play that Georgia was in, Pamela convinces director Sidney Simpson (Samuel S. Hinds) and writer Carl Ober (S.Z. Sakall) to attend one of the plays she is in. After the party ends, Pamela sings "Love is All" with the maid, Sara (Cecilia Loftus), playing piano and her mother listening.

Scriptwriter

A Holy Terror
A Holy Terror (2005)
, 53minutes
Directed by Irving Cummings, Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors George O'Brien, Robert Carlyle, Daniel Mays, Sally Eilers, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Skinner
Rating53% 2.6680452.6680452.6680452.6680452.668045
Polo player Tony Bard (George O'Brien) travels West to investigate his father's murder, and meets Jerry Foster (Sally Eilers) on a Wyoming ranch. After being kidnapped, Tony escapes and discovers his true father (James Kirkwood) and learns that he was raised by another man (Robert Warwick) who was in love with his mother.
Nancy Goes to Rio
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
, 1h40
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern, Scotty Beckett
Rating63% 3.1962453.1962453.1962453.1962453.196245
On the closing night of a Broadway play, leading actress Frances Elliott (Ann Sothern) hosts a party attended by many guests, including her eccentric father Gregory (Louis Calhern), who is also an actor; her seventeen-year-old daughter, Nancy Barklay (Jane Powell), an aspiring actress; and Brazilian playwright Ricardo Domingos, who is considering starring Frances in his next play.
It's a Date
It's a Date (1940)
, 1h43
Directed by Joe Pasternak, William A. Seiter, Norman Krasna, Ralph J. Block, Frederick Kohner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson, S.Z. Sakall
Rating63% 3.1965653.1965653.1965653.1965653.196565
The movie begins with Georgia Drake (Kay Francis) performing on the stage, singing "Gypsy Lullaby" while her daughter, Pamela (Deanna Durbin), watches with her boyfriend Freddie Miller (Lewis Howard). Georgia is an older Broadway actress who was once very famous. Her daughter, Pam, also has great acting skills and hopes to be a successful actress as well. At an after-party celebrating the closing of a play that Georgia was in, Pamela convinces director Sidney Simpson (Samuel S. Hinds) and writer Carl Ober (S.Z. Sakall) to attend one of the plays she is in. After the party ends, Pamela sings "Love is All" with the maid, Sara (Cecilia Loftus), playing piano and her mother listening.
In Caliente
In Caliente (1935)
, 1h24
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Dolores del Río, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Edward Everett Horton, Leo Carrillo, Wini Shaw
Rating59% 2.9540852.9540852.9540852.9540852.954085
Lawrence (Pat O'Brien), critic and full time boozer comes to the cabaret In Caliente in Mexico, to distance from Clara (Glenda Farrell), a woman who wishes to marry him. Lawrence falls in love with the beautiful Mexican dancer Rita Gómez (Dolores del Río), forgetting that he once wrote a scathing review of her.
Gambling Lady
Gambling Lady (1934)
, 1h6
Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O'Brien, Claire Dodd, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Barrat
Rating64% 3.245973.245973.245973.245973.24597
Mike Lee (Robert Barrat) raises his daughter Lady Lee (Barbara Stanwyck) to be as honest a gambler as he is. When he gets too much in debt to the underworld syndicate headed by Jim Fallin, he commits suicide rather than be pressured into running a crooked game. Lady initially goes to work for Fallin, then quits and sets out on her own when he tries to "help" her by providing a dishonest dealer.

Producer

Big News
Big News (1929)
, 1h15
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard, Louis Payne, Wade Boteler, Charles Sellon, Sam Hardy
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.710642.710642.710642.710642.71064
Steve Banks (Armstrong) is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret (Lombard), a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing.
High Voltage
High Voltage (1929)
, 1h3
Directed by Howard Higgin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors William Boyd, Carole Lombard, Owen Moore, Phillips Smalley, Billy Bevan, Shannon Lee
Roles Producer
Rating53% 2.660182.660182.660182.660182.66018
Billie (Carole Lombard) is on a bus, being hauled in to face felony charges, by Detective Dan (Owen Moore). The bus gets stuck in a snowstorm; and, the passengers meet William Boyd, who is already holed up, in a church, waiting out the storm.
The Blue Danube
The Blue Danube (1928)

Directed by Paul Sloane
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Leatrice Joy, Joseph Schildkraut, Nils Asther, Seena Owen, Albert Gran, Frank Reicher
Roles Producer

A romance set in Austria before, during and after World War One.