Biographies: Robert Riskin - Writer

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An Oscar-winning American writer, born in the southeastern part of New York State, in the United States, to immigrant parents escaping forced conscription in Russia. He grew up speaking Yiddish. When he was seventeen years old, he moved to Florida to manage his family's production company. He also participated in acting in one film before he was drafted into the army during World War I. Afterward, he began his career writing for the theater, where he became famous for the play Bless You, Sister and Many a Slip. He continued to perform on Broadway until the stock market crash of 1929 as the Great Depression caused theaters to close. He moved to Hollywood in 1931 after Columbia Pictures bought the rights to many of his plays. His first collaboration with the director Frank Capra was in the movie The Miracle Woman in 19361, which was based on his play Bless You Sister. He received five Oscar nominations for his screenplays and stories.

• 20 February 2024
• farah ashraf