Ralph Block

출생 : 1889-06-21, Cherokee, Iowa, USA

사망 : 1974-01-02

참여 작품

Nancy Goes to Rio
Story
Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Patrick the Great
Story
A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware his teenage son has already been given the part.
Spy for a Day
Writer
During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.
It's a Date
Story
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
Nobody's Fool
Writer
A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers.
Boulder Dam
Screenplay
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.
In Caliente
Story
At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.
The Right to Live
Screenplay
A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother.
I Am a Thief
Screenplay
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
I Am a Thief
Story
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
Gambling Lady
Screenplay
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
Dark Hazard
Screenplay
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.
Massacre
Screenplay
Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his people are dying of various diseases and are being systematically cheated of their possessions and basic rights by crooked Indian agents. He heads to Washington in hopes of righting these wrongs, only to experience prejudice and hatred all along the way.
Massacre
Story
Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his people are dying of various diseases and are being systematically cheated of their possessions and basic rights by crooked Indian agents. He heads to Washington in hopes of righting these wrongs, only to experience prejudice and hatred all along the way.
Before Dawn
Screenplay
After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.
Girls Demand Excitement
Associate Producer
Peter Brooks is a hard-working, hard-up college student whose dislike of women attending college weakens under the amorous advances of spoiled socialite coed Joan Madison.
Scotland Yard
Producer
A soldier is wounded in action. His face is restored by a plastic surgeon to resemble someone else.
The Sea Wolf
Screenplay
George, Ruth and Humphrey go for a boat ride with Wolf Larsen.
The Arizona Kid
Screenplay
The Arizona Kid (Warner Baxter) carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and carefree miner. He falls for an eastern girl, Virginia Hoyt (Carole Lombard), accompanied by presumably her brother, Dick Hoyt (Theodore von Eltz), actually her husband. The Kid's mine is raided and two of his friends are killed and he learns that Dick and Virginia are the culprits...
The Arizona Kid
Story
The Arizona Kid (Warner Baxter) carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and carefree miner. He falls for an eastern girl, Virginia Hoyt (Carole Lombard), accompanied by presumably her brother, Dick Hoyt (Theodore von Eltz), actually her husband. The Kid's mine is raided and two of his friends are killed and he learns that Dick and Virginia are the culprits...
The Racketeer
Producer
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
Big News
Producer
A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.
Man-Made Women
Producer
The man who loved her showed her how to hold the man she loved. A novel picture story packed with drama, thrills and laughs.
Celebrity
Producer
a prizefighter poses as a poet as a publicity ploy. As an actress hired to impersonate his high-class love interest, she can’t help falling for the big lug, leading to an elegantly understated climax.
A Gentleman of Paris
Editor
Le Marquis de Marignan is a French aristocrat and seducer who flirts with every Parisian girl he meets. If dallying with youngster fräuleins isn't enough to keep him busy, the Marquis also has to cope with an unexpected visit from his fiancée and her father.
The Quarterback
Supervising Editor
Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University. Twenty-seven years later, Elmer is still in school and is a classmate of his son, Jack. Other than driving a milk wagon in his spare time, Jack is also the quarterback of the football team. A matter of his eligibility comes up but he is cleared and goes out to do-or-die for Colton against State University. Maybe they will win The Big Game, and Jack's father can get a life...and a job.
The Quarterback
Producer
Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University. Twenty-seven years later, Elmer is still in school and is a classmate of his son, Jack. Other than driving a milk wagon in his spare time, Jack is also the quarterback of the football team. A matter of his eligibility comes up but he is cleared and goes out to do-or-die for Colton against State University. Maybe they will win The Big Game, and Jack's father can get a life...and a job.
The Show Off
Supervising Editor
A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to the brink of ruin.
Watch Your Step
Editor
Elmer Slocum has just served a jail sentence for speeding. On his first day of liberty he encounters a physician whose car has broken down and offers to take him to his patient; he is pursued by motorcops for speeding, wrecks his car in a closed street, and knocks down and believes he has killed a policeman. Elmer boards a freight train and makes his way to a small town in Iowa, where he meets Margaret Andrews.....