Ralph Block
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Ralph J. Block (June 21, 1889, Cherokee, Iowa – January 2, 1974, Wheaton, Maryland)[1] 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).[2]
Filmography
As producer
| 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 | |
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| Man-Made Women | Producer | |
| Power | Producer | |
| Celebrity | Producer | |
| Show Folks | Producer | |
| 1929 | High Voltage | Associate producer |
| Big News | Producer | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 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
| 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
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External links
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- 1889 births
- 1974 deaths
- Film producers from Iowa
- Academy Honorary Award recipients
- Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild
- American male screenwriters
- University of Michigan alumni
- American male non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters