Ralph J. Block (June 21, 1889,
Cherokee
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...
– January 2, 1974,
Wheaton)
was an American film producer in the 1920s and became a full-time screenwriter in 1930. He is most famous for being President of the
Screen Writers Guild
The Screen Writers Guild was an organization of Hollywood screenplay authors, formed as a union in 1933. In 1954, it became two different organizations: Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East.
Founding
Screenwriter ...
from 1934 to 1935. He received an
Honorary Academy Award
The Academy Honorary Award – instituted in 1950 for the 23rd Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award, which was first presented at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929) – is given annually by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Moti ...
in 1940 for his dedicated work for the
Motion Picture Relief Fund.
Biography
Block was born in the
City of Cherokee in the
Cherokee County Cherokee County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
* Cherokee County, Alabama
* Cherokee County, Georgia
* Cherokee County, Iowa
* Cherokee County, Kansas
* Cherokee County, North Carolina
* Cherokee County, Oklahoma
* Cherokee Co ...
of
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
to E.S. and Doris Block (née Chraplewski).
Filmography
As producer
As Writer
References
External links
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1889 births
1974 deaths
American film producers
Academy Honorary Award recipients
Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild
American male screenwriters
University of Michigan alumni
American male non-fiction writers
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters