Allen Rivkin
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 wrote for the B. P. Schulberg company at Paramount Pictures. He was one of the co-founders of the Screenwriters Guild, later the Writers Guild of America. He wrote several of his scripts with his wife, Laura Kerr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known for
WritingBirthday
November 20, 1903Deathday
February 17, 1990Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
48Place of birth
Hayward, Wisconsin, USACast credits
Crew credits
My Dream Is Yours
AdaptationTension
ScreenplayThe Farmer's Daughter
WriterDancing Lady
ScreenplayThe Guilt of Janet Ames
WriterGambling House
ScreenplayLet Us Live
ScreenplayKid Glove Killer
ScreenplayHighway West
ScreenplayPicture Snatcher
AdaptationIt's a Big Country
StoryBattle Circus
StoryBlack Sheep
ScreenplayTyphoon
ScreenplayPrisoner of War
WriterDancing on a Dime
ScreenplayThe Thrill of Brazil
ScreenplayThe Eternal Sea
ScreenplayThe Devil Is Driving
ScreenplayNight World
StoryMadison Square Garden
Writer