Arthur Ripley

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Arthur DeWitt Ripley January 12 1897 February 13 1961 was an American film screenwriter editor producer and director In 1923 he joined the Mack Sennett studio as a comedy writer In the 1920s he worked closely with Frank Capra churning out screenplays for many movies After breaking with Capra and the Sennett studio Ripley again returned to being a gagwriter screenwriter and occasional director making short films with such comedians as W C Fields and Edgar Kennedy His directorial work in the 1940s Voice in the Wind 1944 and The Chase 1946 were both critical successes but neither film were boxoffice hits Ripley entered the world of academia helping to establish the Film Center at UCLA while also working occasionally on TV Ripley returned to directing one more time at the request of Robert Mitchum for Thunder Road 1958 before returning to UCLA and working until his death in 1961