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february 13 , 1961 new york city , usa 210px january 12 , 1897 arthur ripley.jpg arthur ripley
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arthur ripley

arthur dewitt ripley -lrb- january 12 , 1897 -- february 13 , 1961 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 1944 -rrb- and `` the chase '' -lrb- 1946 -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- 1958 -rrb- before returning to u.c.l.a. and working until his death in 1961 .
