Samson Raphaelson Movies

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for...

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Dressed to Thrill is a 1935 American musical film directed by Harry Lachman and written by Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Tutta Rolf, Clive Brook,...

Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca,...

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.

A nightclub singer, taking pity on a blind soldier, pretends that she is the woman he once loved before he was wounded.

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda...

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he...

A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss' son falls for her.

'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film Catalogue)

A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary...

Fox comedy about an adventurous young woman

An interview with playwright and screenwriter Samson Raphaelson. First aired on PBS's "Creativity with Bill Moyers".