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Irving Rapper
Director 1898 - 1999

Irving Rapper

London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irving Rapper (16 January 1898, or 1902 – 20 December 1999) was an England-born American film director. Born to a Jewish family in London, England, Rapper emigrated to the United States and became an actor and stage director on Broadway... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

12 titles
The Christine Jorgensen Story

The Christine Jorgensen Story

Irving Rapper 1970 1h 38m

In the 1950s, a young American man goes to Denmark and makes headlines for having the first sex-change operation.

Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli

Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli

Irving Rapper, Luciano Ricci 1961 1h 39m

"...his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and she said, lie with me..." (Genesis 39:7)

The Miracle

The Miracle

Irving Rapper 1959 2h 1m

A novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.

Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morningstar

Irving Rapper 1958 2h 3m 6.0

While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater.

The Brave One

The Brave One

Irving Rapper 1956 1h 40m

A young Mexican boy tirelessly tries to save his pet bull from death at the hands of a celebrated matador.

Bad for Each Other

Bad for Each Other

Irving Rapper 1953 1h 23m

A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between setting up a glamorous practice and helping the poor.

Another Man's Poison

Another Man's Poison

Irving Rapper 1951 1h 30m

Novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary's fiancé and when her estranged husband unexpectedly appears, Janet poisons him, but just as she's about to dispose of the body, one of her husband's criminal cohorts also shows up.

Deception

Deception

Irving Rapper 1946 1h 50m 9.0

Davis and Rains shine in a romantic melodrama set in the world of concert music. Davis is a pianist torn between her wealthy, jealous patron and her cellist husband.

The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green

Irving Rapper 1945 1h 55m 6.0

When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believes that Morgan is smart enough to attend Oxford.

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

Irving Rapper 1945 2h 41m

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

Now, Voyager

Now, Voyager

Irving Rapper 1942 1h 57m 10.0

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and from an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven

Irving Rapper 1941 1h 48m

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

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