Irving Rapper

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irving Rapper (16 January 1898, or 1902 – 20 December 1999) was an England-born American film director. Born to a Jewish family in London, England, Rapper emigrated to the United States and became an actor and stage director on Broadway while studying at New York University. In 1936, he went to Hollywood, where he was hired by Warner Bros. as an assistant director and dialogue coach. He proved invaluable in translating and mediating for non-native English-speaking directors. By the early 1940s, he had metamorphosed into one of the hottest directors on the Warner Bros. lot. He made his directing debut with the 1941 film Shining Victory, in which his friend Bette Davis appeared as a show of support for him. He would go on to direct her in four more films, Now, Voyager (1942), The Corn Is Green (1945), Deception (1946), and Another Man's Poison (1952). In later years, Rapper admitted that he found Davis very difficult to work with and that she would, "...hold the whole set hostage, stopping production for a day, because of her mood." Rapper's film One Foot in Heaven (1941) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film. Perhaps his best fil…

Directed

1. Now, Voyager (1942) — Director
2. Another Man's Poison (1951) — Director
3. Deception (1946) — Director
4. The Corn Is Green (1945) — Director
5. One Foot in Heaven (1941) — Director
6. The Glass Menagerie (1950) — Director
7. Marjorie Morningstar (1958) — Director
8. Rhapsody in Blue (1945) — Director
9. The Brave One (1956) — Director
10. Forever Female (1953) — Director
11. Bad for Each Other (1953) — Director
12. The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970) — Director
13. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) — Director
14. Joseph and His Brethren (1961) — Director
15. The Voice of the Turtle (1947) — Director
16. The Gay Sisters (1942) — Director
17. The Miracle (1959) — Director
18. Shining Victory (1941) — Director
19. Strange Intruder (1956) — Director
20. Pontius Pilate (1962) — Director
21. Anna Lucasta (1949) — Director
22. Born Again (1978) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Now, Irving Rapper (2026) — Self