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Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 – July 16, 1983) was an American playwright, screenwriter and fiction writer. While working as an advertising executive in New York, he wrote a short story based on the early life of Al Jolson, called The Day of Atonement, which he then converted into a 1925 play, The Jazz Singer.
Jul 17, 1983 · Samson Raphaelson, who wrote such plays as ''The Jazz Singer'' and ''Skylark'' and screenplays for such movies as Alfred Hitchcock's thriller ''Suspicion,'' died yesterday in his sleep...
Samson Raphaelson was born on 30 March 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Suspicion (1941), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He was married to Dorothy Deborah Wegman and Rayna DeCosta Simons.
Samson Raphaelson was born on 30 March 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Suspicion (1941), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and That Lady in Ermine (1948).
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).
Contents. Samson Raphaelson. screenwriter. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Lubitsch. In Ernst Lubitsch: Transition to sound. …contributors to the screenplay was Samson Raphaelson, who would collaborate frequently with Lubitsch throughout the director’s career.
Writer. Nationality: American. Born: New York City, 30 March 1896. Education: Attended Lewis Institute, Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana, B.A., 1917. Family: Married 1) Raina (Raphaelson), 1918 (divorced); 2) Dorothy Wegman, 1927; one son and one daughter.
