Ralph J. Block (June 21, 1889, Cherokee, Iowa – January 2, 1974, Wheaton, Maryland) 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 from 1934 to 1935. He received an Honorary Academy Award 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 of Iowa to E.S. and Doris Block (née Chraplewski).
Filmography
As producer + Film Year Title Notes 1926 The Quarterback Producer 1928 Let 'Er Go Gallegher Associate producer Stand and Deliver Associate producer The Blue Danube Associate producer Skyscraper Associate producer Producer Man-Made Women Producer Power Producer Celebrity Producer Show Folks Producer 1929 High Voltage Associate producer Big News Producer Producer Rich People Associate producer This Thing Called Love Associate producer His First Command Associate producer 1930 Officer O'Brien Associate producer Scotland Yard Producer
As Writer + Film Year Title Notes 1930 The Arizona Kid Story and screenplay The Sea Wolf 1931 A Holy Terror Adaptation, in collaboration with Alfred A. Cohn and Myron C. Fagan 1933 Before Dawn Screenplay (uncredited) 1934 Massacre Screenplay / story Dark Hazard Screenplay Gambling Lady Screenplay I Am a Thief Story and screenplay 1935 The Right to Live Screenplay In Caliente Story and adaptation The Melody Lingers On 1936 Boulder Dam Screenplay Nobody's Fool 1940 It's a Date Original story Spy for a Day Screenplay collaboration with Anatole de Grunwald, Emeric Pressburger, and Hans Wilhelm 1945 Patrick the Great Story 1950 Nancy Goes to Rio Movie based on Block's novel
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