Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 57
Movies 56
Writer 53
TV Shows 1
Producer 1
Producer
The Troubleshooters (1959)
TV
Writer
The Big Operator (1959)
Movie
Writer
Girls on the Loose (1958)
Movie
Writer
Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
Movie
Writer
The Road to Denver (1955)
Movie
Writer
The Eternal Sea (1955)
Movie
Writer
Timberjack (1955)
Movie
Writer
Prisoner of War (1954)
Movie
Writer
Battle Circus (1953)
Movie
Story
It's a Big Country (1951)
Movie
Writer
The Strip (1951)
Movie
6
Writer
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Movie
Writer
Gambling House (1950)
Movie
Writer
Tension (1949)
Movie
Writer
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Movie
Writer
The Accused (1949)
Movie
Writer
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Movie
Writer
The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)
Movie
Writer
Dead Reckoning (1947)
Movie
2
Writer
The Thrill of Brazil (1946)
Movie
Writer
Till the End of Time (1946)
Movie
Writer
This Man's Navy (1945)
Movie
Writer
Sunday Punch (1942)
Movie
Writer
Kid Glove Killer (1942)
Movie
Writer
Joe Smith, American (1942)
Movie
Writer
Highway West (1941)
Movie
Writer
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
Movie
Writer
Singapore Woman (1941)
Movie
Writer
Behind the News (1940)
Movie
Writer
Dancing on a Dime (1940)
Movie
Writer
Typhoon (1940)
Movie
Writer
It Could Happen to You (1939)
Movie
Writer
Let Us Live (1939)
Movie
Writer
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
Movie
Writer
Second Honeymoon (1937)
Movie
Writer
Love Under Fire (1937)
Movie
Writer
This Is My Affair (1937)
Movie
Additional Writing
Love Is News (1937)
Movie
Writer
Half Angel (1936)
Movie
Writer
Champagne Charlie (1936)
Movie
Writer
Under Two Flags (1936)
Movie
Writer
Bad Boy (1935)
Movie
Writer
Black Sheep (1935)
Movie
Writer
Our Little Girl (1935)
Movie
Writer
Cheating Cheaters (1934)
Movie
Writer
Dancing Lady (1933)
Movie
Writer
Meet the Baron (1933)
Movie
Writer
Headline Shooter (1933)
Movie
Writer
Melody Cruise (1933)
Movie
Writer
The Girl in 419 (1933)
Movie
Writer
Picture Snatcher (1933)
Movie
Writer
The Devil Is Driving (1932)
Movie
Writer
Madison Square Garden (1932)
Movie
Writer
70,000 Witnesses (1932)
Movie
Writer
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Movie
Writer
Night World (1932)
Movie
Minor Role
Are These Our Children? (1931)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1903-11-20
Deathday1990-02-17 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceHayward, Wisconsin, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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