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Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 – July 16, 1983) was an American playwright, screenwriter and fiction writer. While working as an advertising executive in New York, he wrote a short story based on the early life of Al Jolson, called The Day of Atonement, which he then converted into a 1925 play, The Jazz Singer.
Samson Raphaelson was born on March 30, 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Suspicion (1941), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He was married to Dorothy Deborah Wegman and Rayna DeCosta Simons.
- March 30, 1896
- July 16, 1983
Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 in New York City – July 16, 1983 in New York City) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in New York City, Raphaelson worked on nine films with Ernst Lubitsch, including Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Shop Around the Corner (1939), Heaven Can Wait (1943), and That Lady in Ermine (1948). He also ...
Samson Raphaelson earned his place in the history of American film as the man who created The Jazz Singer. But did you know that he loved theater so much, he gave up his Hollywood mansion at...
After graduating from the University of Illinois Raphaelson lived for varying periods in Chicago, San Francisco, and New York, working as a journalist and an advertising writer, while trying to establish himself as writer of short stories.
Overview. Samson Raphaelson. (1896—1983) Quick Reference. (1896–1983), playwright. Born in New York and educated at the University of Illinois, he was a journalist and short‐story writer before turning to the theatre. His first play was the ... From: Raphaelson, Samson in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre » Subjects: Music. Reference entries
Apr 28, 2009 · The 'invaluable' Metropolitan Playhouse--2011 Obie Award winner--presents a revival of THE JAZZ SINGER, by Samson Raphaelson. First staged in in 1925 and revived in 1927, the play now receives...
