Samson Raphaelson
Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 – July 16, 1983) was a leading American playwright, screenwriter and fiction writer.
Samson Raphaelson | |
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| Born | March 30, 1894 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | July 16, 1983 (aged 89) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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| Years active | 1925–1965 |
| Spouse | Dorothy Wegman Raphaelson (m.1927) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Bob Rafelson (nephew) Paul Raphaelson (grandson) |
While working as an advertising executive in New York, he wrote a short story based on the early life of Al Jolson, called The Day of Atonement, which he then converted into a 1925 play, The Jazz Singer. In 1927 this would become the first talking picture, with Jolson as its star. He then worked as a screenwriter with Ernst Lubitsch on sophisticated comedies like Trouble in Paradise, The Shop Around the Corner, and Heaven Can Wait and with Alfred Hitchcock on Suspicion. His short stories appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and other leading magazines, and he taught creative writing at the University of Illinois.
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