Everett Riskin (1895–1982) was an American film producer, best known for his work at Columbia and
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered ...
, where he specialised in comedies.
He was the brother of screenwriter
Robert Riskin.
Patrick McGilligan, "Introduction", ''Six Screenplays by Robert Riskin'', Edited and Introduced by Pat McGilligan UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford 199
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Partial filmography
*''The Awful Truth
''The Awful Truth'' is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1922 play ''The Awful Truth'' by Arthur Richman, the film recounts a distrustful rich couple who begin ...
'' (1937)
*'' I Am the Law'' (1938)
*''Holiday'' (1938)
*'' The Amazing Mr. Williams'' (1939)
*''Here Comes Mr. Jordan
''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'' is a 1941 American Fantasy film, fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall, in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to Heaven before his time, is given a second chance back on Earth. It stars Robert Montgomery ...
'' (1941)
*'' A Guy Named Joe'' (1943)
*'' Kismet'' (1944)
*'' The Thin Man Goes Home'' (1945)
*'' High Barbaree'' (1947)
*'' Julia Misbehaves'' (1948)
*'' Thunder in the East'' (1952)
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American film producers
1895 births
1982 deaths
20th-century American Jews