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    Harry Rapf (16 October 1880 in New York City – 6 February 1949 in Los Angeles), was an American film producer. Born to a Jewish family, Rapf began his...
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    Freaks (1932 film) (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    setting—originally France—was relocated to the United States. Both Thalberg and Harry Rapf served as uncredited co-producers on the film. Victor McLaglen was considered...
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    success of the studio's film Why Girls Leave Home; The film's director, Harry Rapf, became the studio's new head producer. On April 4, 1923, following the...
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    The Hollywood Revue (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    feature-length musical, and one of their earliest sound films. Produced by Harry Rapf and Irving Thalberg and directed by Charles Reisner, it features nearly...
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  • Maurice Harry Rapf (May 19, 1914 – April 15, 2003) was an American screenwriter and professor of film studies. His work includes the screenplays for early...
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    her with singer Harry Richman's act and arranged for her to do a screen test, which he sent to producer Harry Rapf in Hollywood. Rapf notified Granlund...
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  • producer) The Hollywood Revue Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Irving Thalberg & Harry Rapf, producers) In Old Arizona Fox (Winfield Sheehan, producer) The Patriot...
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  • beat The Harlem Globe Trotters in 1952 Carmel Myers (1899–1980), actress Harry Rapf (1880–1949), motion picture producer and studio executive Joseph Rosenberg...
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    production. More success came after Ernst Lubitsch was hired as head director; Harry Rapf left the studio to join Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Lubitsch's film The Marriage...
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    Stablemates (1938), starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney. Film producer Harry Rapf arranged a deal whereby he could film the $50,000 Hollywood Gold Cup,...
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  • Ben Casey, and Kojak. Matthew Rapf was born in New York City on October 22, 1920, the son of MGM film producer Harry Rapf. His brother Maurice was a screenwriter...
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    Home. As a result of the financial success of the film, its director, Harry Rapf, was appointed the studio's new head producer. On April 4, 1923, following...
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  • studio's film Why Girls Leave Home. With the film's success, director Harry Rapf was appointed the studio's new head producer. On April 4, 1923, following...
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    leave Los Angeles, she received a call from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer producer Harry Rapf, who offered her a screen test. Producer and director Hal Roach saw Vélez's...
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  • Hollywood Party (1934 film) (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    like the studio's successful The Hollywood Revue of 1929 produced by Harry Rapf. Rapf's 1933 revue would star Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Marie Dressler,...
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  • The Champ (1931 film) (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    Vidor Written by Frances Marion Leonard Praskins Produced by King Vidor Harry Rapf (uncredited) Irving Thalberg (uncredited) Starring Wallace Beery Jackie...
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  • Levee Louis B. Mayer Joseph M. Schenck Irving Thalberg Harry Warner Jack L. Warner Harry Rapf Technicians J. Arthur Ball Cedric Gibbons Roy Pomeroy Writers...
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    Gruen and Milton Merlin with uncredited contributions from Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Dalton Trumbo. A modest box office success, the film was a significant...
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  • Scene of the Crime (1949 film) (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    sold by Martin to be made into a film. Scene of the Crime was producer Harry Rapf's last film of his thirty-plus year career; he died of a heart attack a...
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  • originally titled Hollywood Revue of 1930 and was conceived by producer Harry Rapf as a follow-up to MGM's The Hollywood Revue of 1929, which he had also...
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    Min and Bill (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    Based on Dark Star 1929 novel by Lorna Moon Produced by George W. Hill Harry Rapf Starring Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Cinematography Harold Wenstrom Edited...
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  • for United Artists The Hollywood Revue of 1929 – Irving Thalberg and Harry Rapf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In Old Arizona – Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film...
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    Broadway to Hollywood (film) (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    American pre-Code musical film directed by Willard Mack, produced by Harry Rapf, cinematography by Norbert Brodine and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
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  • Divorce in the Family (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    Charles Reisner Screenplay by Delmer Daves Story by Maurice Rapf Delmer Daves Produced by Harry Rapf Starring Jackie Cooper Conrad Nagel Lewis Stone Lois Wilson...
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    Whipsaw (film) (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    produced by Harry Rapf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was released on December 18, 1935, in the United States. Thieves Ed Dexter and Harry Ames are trying...
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  • The Night Is Young (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    Woolf Franz Schulz Based on From the story by Vicki Baum Produced by Harry Rapf Starring Ramon Novarro Evelyn Laye Cinematography James Wong Howe Edited...
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  • Possessed (1931 film) (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    Based on The Mirage 1920 play by Edgar Selwyn Produced by Clarence Brown Harry Rapf Irving Thalberg Starring Joan Crawford Clark Gable Wallace Ford Cinematography...
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    The Ice Follies of 1939 (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    Nugent in The New York Times commented, "Far be it from us to rap one of Mr. Rapf's more glittering productions; what we mildly object to is the fact that the...
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    Emma (1932 film) (category Films produced by Harry Rapf)
    by Leonard Praskins Story by Frances Marion Produced by Clarence Brown Harry Rapf Starring Marie Dressler Richard Cromwell Jean Hersholt Myrna Loy Cinematography...
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  • Freedom Ring Directed by Jack Conway Written by Ben Hecht Produced by Harry Rapf Starring Nelson Eddy Virginia Bruce Victor McLaglen Cinematography Sidney...
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