page_title: Ralph Block
hierarchical_section_title: Ralph Block
caption_attribution_description: English: Screenwriter Ralph Block, on page 41 of the December 18, 1920 Exhibitors Herald.
context_page_description: Ralph J. Block was an American film producer in the 1920s and became a full-time screenwriter in 1930. He is most famous, however, for being President of the Screen Writers Guild from 1934 to 1935. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1940 for his dedicated work for the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
context_section_description: Ralph J. Block (June 21, 1889, Cherokee – January 2, 1974, Wheaton) was an American film producer in the 1920s and became a full-time screenwriter in 1930. He is most famous, however, for being President of the Screen Writers Guild from 1934 to 1935. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1940 for his dedicated work for the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
caption: From a 1920 magazine
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