About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1903-11-20
Place of birth:
Hayward, Wisconsin, USA
Website:
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Allen Rivkin

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1931 Are These Our Children? Actor Minor Role 59
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Writing
1959 The Big Operator Writing Screenplay 59
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1958 Girls on the Loose Writing Screenplay 58
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1958 Live Fast, Die Young Writing Screenplay 59
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1955 The Road to Denver Writing Screenplay 59
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1955 The Eternal Sea Writing Screenplay 58
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1955 Timberjack Writing Screenplay 58
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1954 Prisoner of War Writing Writer 58
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1953 Battle Circus Writing Story 58
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1951 It's a Big Country Writing Story 58
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1951 The Strip Writing Writer 58
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1951 Grounds for Marriage Writing Screenplay 58
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1950 Gambling House Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 Tension Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 My Dream Is Yours Writing Adaptation 59
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1947 The Farmer's Daughter Writing Writer 59
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1947 The Guilt of Janet Ames Writing Writer 58
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1946 Dead Reckoning Writing Adaptation 60
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1946 The Thrill of Brazil Writing Screenplay 59
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1946 Till the End of Time Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 Sunday Punch Writing Writer 58
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1942 Kid Glove Killer Writing Screenplay 58
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1942 Joe Smith, American Writing Screenplay 58
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1941 Highway West Writing Screenplay 59
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1941 Singapore Woman Writing Screenplay 59
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1940 Dancing on a Dime Writing Screenplay 58
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1940 Typhoon Writing Screenplay 59
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1939 It Could Happen to You Writing Writer 58
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1939 Let Us Live Writing Screenplay 59
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1938 Straight, Place and Show Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 Love Under Fire Writing Writer 59
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1937 This Is My Affair Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 This Is My Affair Writing Story 59
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1936 Half Angel Writing Writer N/A
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1936 Champagne Charlie Writing Screenplay 58
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1935 Bad Boy Writing Screenplay 58
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1935 Black Sheep Writing Screenplay 58
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1935 Our Little Girl Writing Screenplay 58
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1934 Cheating Cheaters Writing Writer N/A
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1933 Dancing Lady Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Meet the Baron Writing Screenplay 58
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1933 Headline Shooter Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Picture Snatcher Writing Adaptation 59
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1932 The Devil Is Driving Writing Screenplay 58
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1932 Madison Square Garden Writing Writer 58
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1932 What Price Hollywood? Writing Screenplay 59
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1932 Is My Face Red? Writing Theatre Play 58
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1932 Night World Writing Story 59
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Production
1941 Singapore Woman Production Producer 59
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Crew
1937 Love Is News Crew Additional Writing 59
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1932 70,000 Witnesses Crew Additional Dialogue 58
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