Samson Raphaelson
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 30, 1894, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- July 16, 1983
- Movies
- 22
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Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 in New York City – July 16, 1983 in New York City) was an American screenwriter and playwright.
Born in New York City, Raphaelson worked on nine films with Ernst Lubitsch, including Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Shop Around the Corner (1939), Heaven Can Wait (1943), and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941). He is the author of the play Day of Atonement, which was made into The Jazz Singer (1927), the first talking picture, produced by Warner Brothers in the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Samson Raphaelson was also Ernst Lubitsch's favorite screenwriter.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1982 | A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Writer |
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Screenplay |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street | Screenplay |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls | Screenplay |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Screenplay |
| 1941 | Suspicion | Screenplay |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner | Screenplay |
| 1937 | Angel | Screenplay |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Screenplay |
| 1935 | Dressed to Thrill | Screenplay |
| 1935 | Ladies Love Danger | Director |
| 1934 | Caravan | Writer |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Screenplay |
| 1934 | Caravane | Writer |
| 1934 | Servants' Entrance | Screenplay |
| 1934 | The Queen's Affair | Screenplay |
| 1932 | Trouble in Paradise | Screenplay |
| 1932 | One Hour with You | Writer |
| 1932 | Broken Lullaby | Screenplay |
| 1931 | The Smiling Lieutenant | Screenplay |
| 1931 | The Magnificent Lie | Writer |
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