JWR
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Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer
A.K.A.
Jacob Walter Ruben
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
14 August 1899(New York City, New York, U.S.A.)
Death:
4 September 1942(Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California)
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Spouse(s):
Virginia Bruce
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jacob Walter Ruben (August 14, 1899 – September 4, 1942) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for 35 films between 1926 and 1942. He also directed 19 films between 1931 and 1940. His great-grandson is actor Hutch Dano.
He was born in New York City and died in Hollywood. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Selected filmography
- She's My Weakness (1930)
- Shooting Straight (1930)
- Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
- The Public Defender (1931)
- The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
- Man of Two Worlds (1934)
- Java Head (1934)
- Riffraff (1936)
- Trouble for Two (1936)
- Old Hutch (1936)
- The Good Old Soak (1937)
- The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
- Maisie (1939)
- Tennessee Johnson (1942)