Robert Riskin

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Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897–September 20, 1955) was an American screenwriter and playwright, best known for his collaborations with director-producer Frank Capra.

Most Popular Robert Riskin Trailers

Total trailers found: 39

Here Comes the Groom Trailer (1951)

20 September 1951

Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.

The Thin Man Goes Home Trailer (1944)

24 December 1944

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Illicit Trailer (1931)

14 February 1931

Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.

Mr. Deeds Trailer (2002)

28 June 2002

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough.

Broadway Bill Trailer (1934)

30 November 1934

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that.

Mister 880 Trailer (1950)

29 September 1950

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr.

Pocketful of Miracles Trailer (1961)

18 December 1961

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

It Happened One Night Trailer (1934)

22 February 1934

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Trailer (1936)

09 April 1936

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone.

Carnival Trailer (1935)

15 February 1935

"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy.

You Can't Take It with You Trailer (1938)

01 September 1938

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match.

The Cowboy and the Lady Trailer (1938)

17 November 1938

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby.

Meet John Doe Trailer (1941)

14 March 1941

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills.

The Big Timer Trailer (1932)

10 March 1932

Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

American Madness Trailer (1932)

15 August 1932

Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair.

Magic Town Trailer (1947)

07 October 1947

Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country.

Ex-Lady Trailer (1933)

15 May 1933

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.

The Real Glory Trailer (1939)

29 September 1939

Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous attacks of the ruthless Alisang and his fanatical followers.

Men in Her Life Trailer (1931)

10 November 1931

A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke.

The Night Club Lady Trailer (1932)

27 August 1932

A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.

Shopworn Trailer (1932)

25 March 1932

A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

The Whole Town's Talking Trailer (1935)

22 February 1935

Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him.

Riding High Trailer (1950)

12 April 1950

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

Lady for a Day Trailer (1933)

13 September 1933

Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant.

Arizona Trailer (1931)

27 June 1931

A West Point graduate jilts his girlfriend but runs into her later at an Army outpost.

Lost Horizon Trailer (1937)

03 March 1937

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La.

You Can't Run Away from It Trailer (1956)

30 October 1956

A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.

Three Wise Girls Trailer (1932)

10 February 1932

Fed up with her tiny hometown, Cassie Barnes moves to New York City to find a job. She and her two friends, Dot and Gladys, soon have romantic troubles.

The Miracle Woman Trailer (1931)

17 July 1931

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man.

Virtue Trailer (1932)

25 October 1932

A relationship gradually develops between a savvy New York City street girl and a good-hearted cab driver, but other matters keep getting in their way, including financial problems and a murder.

Platinum Blonde Trailer (1931)

31 October 1931

Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways.

Many a Slip Trailer (1931)

02 March 1931

Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.

Rough and Ready Reggie Trailer (1917)

01 January 1917

After effeminate Reggie is picked on by the men at his club, a rough and ready ancestor appears to him and inspires him to become the ultimate he-man.

They Shall Have Music Trailer (1939)

18 August 1939

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

Half Angel Trailer (1951)

05 May 1951

Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day.

When You're in Love Trailer (1937)

12 February 1937

An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.

Ann Carver's Profession Trailer (1933)

26 May 1933

Newlyweds experience marital problems when the wife's highly successful job as an attorney overshadows her husband's stagnant career.

The Cummington Story Trailer (1945)

12 December 1945

Produced by the U.S. Office of War Information, this short dramatizes the uneasy but ultimately hopeful integration of European war refugees into the small town of Cummington, Massachusetts.

Library of Congress Trailer (1945)

01 January 1945

A 1945 Oscar nominated short documentary about the Library of Congress. It is one of 26 documentary shorts produced between 1942 and 1945 by the U.