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Maurice Rapf

Writer, Additional Credits
Born May 19, 1914Died April 15, 2003 (88 years)
Maurice Harry Rapf was an American screenwriter and professor of film studies. His work includes the screenplays for early Disney live-action features Song of the South (1946) and So Dear to My Heart (1949), uncredited work on the screenplay for the animated feature Cinderella (1950), and several films of the late 1930s. He was a co-founder of the Screen Writers Guild. He was blacklisted in 1947 due to his association with the Communist Party USA. He later taught film studies at Dartmouth College.

Known For

  • Cinderella
  • Song of the South
  • Gnomes
  • The Detective
  • So Dear to My Heart
  • Call of the Canyon
  • Winter Carnival
  • Disneyland

Filmography

1980
1954
Disneyland (TV Series)
1954
The Detective · as Screenplay
1950
1946
Song of the South · as Screenplay
1939
Winter Carnival · as Screenplay
1937
They Gave Him a Gun · as Screenplay

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