Harry Rapf

Harry Rapf

출생 : 1880-10-16, New York City, New York, USA

사망 : 1949-02-06

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Harry Rapf (16 October 1880 – 6 February 1949) was an American film producer. Rapf began his career in 1917, and during a 20-year career became a well-known producer of films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He created the comedic duo Dane & Arthur featuring Karl Dane and George K. Arthur in the late 1920s. Rapf was one of the founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Scene of the Crime
Producer
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
Gallant Bess
Producer
Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues during WWII. (Not to be confused with "Adventures of Gallant Bess", another film released two years later.)
래시 컴 홈
Executive Producer
Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.
Joe Smith, American
Executive Producer
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
The Ice Follies of 1939
Producer
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
Let Freedom Ring
Producer
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
The Girl Downstairs
Producer
A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falling in love with him.
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Producer
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Producer
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. A young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race.
Live, Love and Learn
Producer
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can buy.
They Gave Him a Gun
Producer
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
The Good Old Soak
Producer
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
Espionage
Producer
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
Himself
This short film chronicles various events associated with MGM's 1937 convention for the studio's national sales and distribution staff.
Mad Holiday
Producer
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Tough Guy
Producer
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
Whipsaw
Producer
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
Trained Hoofs
Producer
This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.
The Murder Man
Producer
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
Donkey Baseball
Producer
This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.
The Night Is Young
Producer
Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.
A Wicked Woman
Producer
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.
The Chief
Producer
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
Tugboat Annie
Associate Producer
Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Valiant Dressler keeps things moving even as hubby ruins their tugboat business.
Hollywood Premiere
Scenario Writer
Two strip Technicolor short film. While the film is considered lost, the Library of Congress has acquired a musical sequence from the film.
New Morals for Old
Producer
Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.
The Passionate Plumber
Producer
Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.
챔프
Producer
왕년의 복싱 챔피언 챔프는 술과 도박의 방탕한 생활을 하다가 아내 린다 마저 떠나버리고 이제는 아들 딩크와 단 둘이 사는 챔프는 지금도 술과 도박에 빠져 아들에게도 실망을 주지만 언젠가 아빠가 다시 챔피언이 될 것이라고 믿으며 아빠를 챔프라고 부른다. 하지만 나이도 나이거니와 아빠 챔프는 다시 복귀할 의지가 없다. 어느 날 패션 디자이너로 성공한 린다가 그들 앞에 나타나 딩크에게 접근한다. 어릴 적에 떠나버린 엄마 린다를 기억 못하는 딩크는 아빠 친구로 알고, 자신에게 무척 잘해주는 린다를 따르는데 그 모습을 지켜보는 챔프는 묘한 질투와 희망을 차차 품게 된다. 린다의 성공과 여전히 자신이 최고 인줄 아는 딩크의 응원에 자극을 받은 챔프는 다시 복싱을 하겠다는 결심을 하고 옛 트레이너를 찾아가 훈련을 도와 달라고 청한다. 챔프는 투지를 불태우며 훈련에 돌입하고 그 옆에서 딩크는 열심으로 응원한다. 드디어 챔프의 복귀전이 열리고 복서의 나이로서는 사양길에 접어든 챔프는 죽을 힘을 다해 경기를 치르지만... 챔피언이었던 전직 복서 앤디는 술과 도박에 빠져 지금은 밑바닥 생활을 한다. 앤디는 훈련을 계속해 재기하려 하지만, 매번 술 때문에 일을 망쳐버린다. 하지만 그의 8살 난 아들 딩크는 계속된 실패에도 결코 아빠에 대한 믿음을 잃지 않는다. 어느 날, 경마장에 갔던 앤디와 딩크는 딩크의 엄마 린다를 만나게 된다. 진한 부성애를 느끼게 하는 감동 드라마로, 비더는 희망에 대한 믿음과 가족의 가치에 대한 의미심장한 메시지를 던진다. 능청스러우면서도 천진한 딩크 역의 재키 쿠퍼는 어린 나이에도 타고난 연기력을 선보인다. 1952년과 1979년에 리메이크되기도 했다. * 1932 아카데미 남우주연상, 각본상 (2015 영화의 전당 - 킹 비더 특별전)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Producer
Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years.
참극의 선착장
Producer
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Producer
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
브로드웨이 멜로디
Producer
성공을 찾아 떠나는 두 자매의 이야기를 다룬 뮤지컬 영화. 토키 시대(유성영화)로 접어들어 제작된 이 영화는 '100% 유성영화, 100% 노래와 춤'이라는 이색 포스터를 걸고 무려 400만 달러라는 거액을 투입하였다.
Dance Madness
Executive Producer
May s married to Roger, an alcoholic hell-raiser. During one of their riotous parties, she tests his fidelity by impersonating a notorious masked dancer and trying to seduce him.
탐욕
Production Manager
존은 샌프란시스코의 한 평범한 치과의사로, 아내 트리나는 복권에 당첨되어 뜻하지 않게 부를 얻게 된다. 등장인물들은 갑작스럽게 얻은 부에 대한 욕망과 집착 때문에 치명적인 선택을 하게 되는데… 무성영화 시대의 거장 에리히 폰 스트로하임이 무려 8시간으로 연출했으나 제작사와의 문제로 편집되고 만 비운의 걸작. 성공과 돈 앞에서 어쩔 수 없이 나약해지는 인간의 심성을 리얼리즘 형식으로 담아냈다.
Where the North Begins
Producer
Action adventure set in the wilds of Alaska
Rags to Riches
Producer
A rich young boy has to prove his worth to the gang he has just joined by during all sorts of hardships, including a kidnap attempt, before they'll accept him. -from IMDB.com
Your Best Friend
Producer
A Jewish mother in New York finds herself at odds with her son's new wife, a pretty Gentile girl.