Arthur Ripley
Arthur Ripley was born on Jan 12, 1897 in USA. Arthur Ripley's big-screen debut came with A Lady of Quality directed by Hobart Henley in 1924. Arthur Ripley is known for Soldier Man directed by Harry Edwards, Harry Langdon stars as The Soldier and Natalie Kingston as The Soldier's Wife. The upcoming new movie Arthur Ripley plays is Thunder Road which will be released on May 10, 1958.
Arthur Ripley started his movie career as an apprentice at Kalem Pictures and then worked for several studios, including Vitagraph and Metro. By early 1920s he had become a gag writer for Mack Sennett. In 1923 Sennett signed vaudeville comic Harry Langdon and gave his writers the job of developing something for Langdon's character. Ripley and fellow Sennett gagman Frank Capra created the perfect story lines for the pantomime of Langdon and soon his two-reel comedies were hugely popular. For the next few years Sennett cranked out film after film with Langdon, written by Ripley and Capra and directed by Harry Edwards. The last film on the Sennett lot was Saturday Afternoon (1926), which was released as a three-reeler.In 1926 Langdon left Sennett to form his own company, the Harry Langdon Corporation, and took Edwards, Capra and Ripley with him. The first picture they made together was Plein les bottes (1926), which became a big hit. After one film Edwards left and Capra became director, although still writing with Ripley. Capra directed the next two films, L'athlète incomplet (1926) and Sa dernière culotte (1927), and then he also departed, leaving Ripley as head writer and Langdon not only starring but taking over as director. Without Capra, however, the next three films flopped and Ripley was soon looking for another job. During the 1930s he would work as gag writer in a number of shorts, not unlike the job he held a decade before. He would also occasionally direct and in the 1940s he would add producer to his credits.
Birthday
Jan 12, 1897Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Movies & TV Shows
- 1958
producer, director
6.6 - 1946
director
6.5 - 1944
producer, director, writer
5.4 - 1943
writer
5.9 - 1942
director, writer
4.5 - 1938
director
5.5 - 1936
director
6.6 - 1936
writer
5.7 - 1935
director, writer
5.6 - 1934
director
6.8 - 1934
writer
6.1 - 1933
director
6.7 - 1933
director
6.5 - 1932
writer
4.2 - 1931
writer
- 1930
writer
7.0 - 1928
director, writer
- 1928
writer
6.0 - 1927
writer
6.3 - 1927
writer
6.2 - 1927
writer
- 1926
writer
6.6 - 1926
writer
7.3 - 1926
writer
6.3 - 1926
writer
6.3 - 1925
writer
7.1 - 1925
writer
6.3 - 1924
writer
6.3 - 1924
writer