Highest rated movie: The Barber Shop (1933)
Lowest rated movie: The Chase (1946)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Arthur Ripley? Cinafilm has a total of 60 reviews across 4 movies directed by Arthur Ripley.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 62%.
The Barber Shop is Arthur Ripley's highest rated movie, with a score of 65% based on 4 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Arthur Ripley is The Chase, with a score of 56% based on 8 reviews.
Arthur DeWitt Ripley (January 12, 1897 – February 13, 1961) was an American film screenwriter, editor, producer and director. In 1923, he joined the Mack Sennett studio as a comedy writer. In the 1920s, he worked closely with Frank Capra churning out screenplays for many movies. After breaking with Capra and the Sennett studio, Ripley again returned to being a gag-writer, screenwriter, and occasional director, making short films with such comedians as W. C. Fields and Edgar Kennedy. His directorial work in the 1940s, Voice in the Wind (1944) and The Chase (1946), were both critical successes, but neither film were boxoffice hits.
Ripley entered the world of academia, helping to establish the Film Center at U.C.L.A. while also working occasionally on TV. Ripley returned to directing one more time, at the request of Robert Mitchum, for Thunder Road (1958) before returning to U.C.L.A. and working until his death in 1961.
Arthur Ripley has directed films starring W.C. Fields, Elise Cavanna, Robert Mitchum and Shirley O'Hara.
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