Robert Riskin: The Life and Times of a Hollywood Screenwriter

by Ian Scott

Book Overview

Because screenwriter Robert Riskin spent most of his career collaborating with legendary Hollywood director Frank Capra, his own unique contributions to film have been largely overshadowed. With five Academy Award nominations to his credit for the monumental films Lady for a Day, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Here Comes the Groom, and It Happened One Night (for which he won the Oscar), Riskin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081318052X
• ISBN13: 9780813180526
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"