Ralph J. Block

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Ralph J. Block

Ralph J. Block (born June 21, 1889 in Cherokee , Iowa , † January 2, 1974 in Wheaton , Maryland ) was an American film producer , screenwriter and president of the Screen Actors Guild .

Life

In the 1920s, Block attracted attention as a film producer. His first film as a producer was the athletic drama The Quarterback (1926) directed by Fred C. Newmeyer . Barton MacLane played his first film role in it. The films Skyscraper and The Cop , produced by Block, were nominated for an Oscar in 1930 in the "Best Screenplay" category.

From 1930 onwards he shifted his engagement mainly to writing scripts. He wrote his first screenplay for the 1930 film The Arizona Kid with Warner Baxter and Carole Lombard in the leading roles. In 1934 he wrote the screenplay for the film The player ( Gambling Lady ), in which Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea very front were on the cast list. For Nancy Goes to Rio , based on a story by Sidney Sheldon , he contributed his work on the script in 1950.

From 1934 to 1935 Block was president of the Screen Actors Guild, which earned him great fame in the industry. In 1940, Block was awarded an honorary Oscar for his dedicated work for the Motion Picture Relief Fund , a fund that raises money for needy workers in the film industry.

In 1910, Block married Mary Greenacre, who died in 1972. Ralph J. Block also died two years later.

Filmography (selection)

producer

  • 1926: The Quarterback
  • 1928: skyscrapers (skyscraper)
  • 1928: The Cop
  • 1929: The Racketeer
  • 1929: Rich People
  • 1929: His First Command
  • 1931: Girls Demand Excitement

Screenwriter

  • 1930: The Arizona Kid
  • 1930: The Sea Wolf
  • 1931: A Holy Terror
  • 1933: Before Dawn
  • 1934: Massacre
  • 1934: The Gambling Lady
  • 1935: The Right to Live
  • 1936: Boulder Dam
  • 1940: It's a date
  • 1945: Patrick the Great
  • 1950: Nancy Goes to Rio

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ralph J. Block ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ovguide.com. Retrieved January 11, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ovguide.com
  2. ^ Motion Picture Relief Fund (MPRF) at filmlexikon.uni-kiel.de. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ Ralph Block Papers at memory.loc.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Block, Ralph J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer and screenwriter, and president of the Screen Actors Guild
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Cherokee , Iowa , United States
DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 1974
Place of death Wheaton , Maryland , United States