Allen Rivkin (1903–1990) was an American screenwriter. Rivkin was a advertising copy writer, who went to Hollywood and joined the RKO Pictures publicity department. He formed a film writing team with P. J. Wolfson, who got a writer’s contract on the strength of "Bodies Are Dust". They started at Universal Pictures the same day. Through a luncheon conversation that day decided to collaborate on a story. In less than two years the pair wrote ten screen plays. They later wrote for the B. P. Schulberg company at Paramount Pictures. He was one of the co-founders of the Screenwriters Guild, later the Writers Guild of America."Allen Rivkin, 86, Dies; Writer of Screenplays", ''NY Times'' February 20, 1990
accessed 8 June 2014 He wrote several of his scripts with his wife, Laura Kerr.

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*''Picture Snatcher'' (1933) *''Headline Shooter'' (1933) *''Dancing Lady'' (1933) * ''Highway West'' (1941) *''Joe Smith, American'' (1942) *''Kid Glove Killer'' (1942) *''Till the End of Time (film), Till the End of Time'' (1946) *''The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film), The Farmer's Daughter'' (1947) *''Tension (film), Tension'' (1950) *''Prisoner of War (film), Prisoner of War'' (1954)

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* American male screenwriters 1903 births 1990 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-stub