About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1894-03-30
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Samson Raphaelson

Overview

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Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 in New York City – July 16, 1983 in New York City) was an American screenwriter and playwright.

Born in New York City, Raphaelson worked on nine films with Ernst Lubitsch, including Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Shop Around the Corner (1939), Heaven Can Wait (1943), and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941). He is the author of the play Day of Atonement, which was made into The Jazz Singer (1927), the first talking picture, produced by Warner Brothers in the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Samson Raphaelson was also Ernst Lubitsch's favorite screenwriter.

Samson Raphaelson considered Suspicion to be "in many ways my best screenplay." Raphaelson also co-wrote Lubitsch's only sound-era drama Broken Lullaby (The Man I Killed, 1932). Though praised by playwright Robert E. Sherwood as "the best talking picture that has yet been seen and heard," the film was a box office flop. Aside from his more popular work, Raphaelson also wrote the college fight song for the University of Illinois in 1921. Titled, "Fight, Illini!: The Stadium Song" the music was composed by Rose J. Oltusky.

In 1977 the Writers Guild of America Awards granted him the "Laurel" for lifetime achievement. He taught playwriting at Columbia University until the last years of his life. His wife Dorshka (Dorothy Wegman) (1904-2005) was the author of 'Morning Song' and, until her death in 2005, was the second oldest surviving Ziegfeld Follies dancer. His nephew is filmmaker Bob Rafelson, and his grandson is photographer Paul Raphaelson.

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Known for

Acting
1982 A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson Actor Self N/A
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Directing
1935 Ladies Love Danger Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1998 You've Got Mail Writing Original Film Writer 65
Fair
1980 The Jazz Singer Writing Theatre Play 58
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1959 But Not for Me Writing Theatre Play 58
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1956 Hilda Crane Writing Theatre Play 59
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1953 Main Street to Broadway Writing Writer 58
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1953 The Jazz Singer Writing Theatre Play 58
Average
1951 Bannerline Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1950 Mr. Music Writing Theatre Play 59
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1949 In the Good Old Summertime Writing Original Film Writer 59
Average
1948 That Lady in Ermine Writing Writer 58
Average
1947 The Perfect Marriage Writing Theatre Play 58
Average
1947 Green Dolphin Street Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1946 The Harvey Girls Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1943 Heaven Can Wait Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1941 Suspicion Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
1940 The Shop Around the Corner Writing Screenplay 72
Good
1937 Angel Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1935 Dressed to Thrill Writing Screenplay N/A
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1935 Accent on Youth Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1934 Caravan Writing Writer N/A
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1934 The Merry Widow Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1934 Caravane Writing Writer N/A
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1934 Servants' Entrance Writing Adaptation N/A
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1934 Servants' Entrance Writing Screenplay N/A
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1934 The Queen's Affair Writing Screenplay N/A
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1932 Trouble in Paradise Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
1932 One Hour with You Writing Writer 59
Average
1932 Broken Lullaby Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1931 The Smiling Lieutenant Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1931 The Magnificent Lie Writing Writer N/A
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1927 The Jazz Singer Writing Theatre Play 59
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Crew
1935 The Gay Deception Crew Additional Dialogue 58
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