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| | Robert Riskin |
 | | Riskin cowrote a snappy comedy that Capra directed, PLATINUM BLONDE (1931), then penned MEN ARE LIKE THAT, MEN IN HER LIFE (both 1931), and THE BIG TIMER (1932) -- routine programmers -- all before beginning his collaboration with Capra, Columbia's directorial ace, in earnest by writing the original story for AMERICAN MADNESS (1932). |
| | Although he continued to script other Columbia films, Riskin is best known for his string of top screenplays for Capra: Three of them, LADY FOR A DAY (1933), MR. |
| | Riskin, whose innate sense of commercial dramatic structure, plot, and characterization enabled him to write directorproof scripts, eventually chafed under Capra's repeated assertions that he was the principal creative talent behind his pictures. |
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