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Allen Rivkin

Allen Rivkin

ProducerWriterCrewActor Nov 20 (died age 86) Hayward, Wisconsin, USA 1931–1959 (28 year career)
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Biography

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 …

Known For

Dead Reckoning
Film

Dead Reckoning

Adaptation
Tension
Film

Tension

Screenplay
Dancing Lady
Film

Dancing Lady

Screenplay
The Farmer's Daughter
Film

The Farmer's Daughter

Writer
What Price Hollywood?
Film

What Price Hollywood?

Screenplay
Picture Snatcher
Film

Picture Snatcher

Adaptation
This Is My Affair
Film

This Is My Affair

Screenplay
My Dream Is Yours
Film

My Dream Is Yours

Adaptation

Filmography

Crew (51)

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Movies (50)

The Big Operator

The Big Operator

1959

Screenplay

5.8
Live Fast, Die Young

Live Fast, Die Young

1958

Screenplay

5.7
Girls on the Loose

Girls on the Loose

1958

Screenplay

5.4
Timberjack

Timberjack

1955

Screenplay

3.2
The Road to Denver

The Road to Denver

1955

Screenplay

6.4
The Eternal Sea

The Eternal Sea

1955

Screenplay

6.4
Prisoner of War

Prisoner of War

1954

Writer

3.9
Battle Circus

Battle Circus

1953

Story

5.8
Grounds for Marriage

Grounds for Marriage

1951

Screenplay

4.3
It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

1951

Story

5.3
The Strip

The Strip

1951

Writer

5.6
Gambling House

Gambling House

1950

Screenplay

6.1
Tension

Tension

1949

Screenplay

6.8
My Dream Is Yours

My Dream Is Yours

1949

Adaptation

6.4
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

Writer

6.9
The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947

Writer

5.7
The Thrill of Brazil

The Thrill of Brazil

1946

Screenplay

5.8
Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning

1946

Adaptation

6.8
Till the End of Time

Till the End of Time

1946

Screenplay

6.4
Kid Glove Killer

Kid Glove Killer

1942

Screenplay

6.2
Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith, American

1942

Screenplay

5.8
Sunday Punch

Sunday Punch

1942

Writer

5.0
Singapore Woman

Singapore Woman

1941

Producer

6.6
Singapore Woman

Singapore Woman

1941

Screenplay

6.6
Highway West

Highway West

1941

Screenplay

5.8
Typhoon

Typhoon

1940

Screenplay

5.0
Dancing on a Dime

Dancing on a Dime

1940

Screenplay

4.5
Let Us Live

Let Us Live

1939

Screenplay

6.8
It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You

1939

Writer

1.5
Straight, Place and Show

Straight, Place and Show

1938

Screenplay

6.0
Love Is News

Love Is News

1937

Additional Writing

6.0
This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair

1937

Screenplay

7.3
This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair

1937

Story

7.3
Love Under Fire

Love Under Fire

1937

Writer

4.7
Half Angel

Half Angel

1936

Screenplay

6.0
Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

1936

Screenplay

4.8
Bad Boy

Bad Boy

1935

Screenplay

5.0
Our Little Girl

Our Little Girl

1935

Screenplay

4.3
Black Sheep

Black Sheep

1935

Screenplay

7.0
Cheating Cheaters

Cheating Cheaters

1934

Writer

Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher

1933

Adaptation

6.8
Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

1933

Screenplay

6.8
Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron

1933

Screenplay

4.2
Headline Shooter

Headline Shooter

1933

Screenplay

6.2
Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

1932

Writer

6.2
Night World

Night World

1932

Story

6.7
What Price Hollywood?

What Price Hollywood?

1932

Screenplay

6.7
70,000 Witnesses

70,000 Witnesses

1932

Additional Dialogue

5.0
The Devil Is Driving

The Devil Is Driving

1932

Screenplay

4.9
Is My Face Red?

Is My Face Red?

1932

Theatre Play

4.7