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Morrie Ryskind

Highest Rated: 97% A Night at the Opera (1935)

Lowest Rated: 64% Room Service (1938)

Birthday: Oct 20, 1895

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Collaborated with George S. Kaufman on several Broadway hits including the Marx Brothers vehicle "Coconuts" (1925) and 1932's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Of Thee I Sing" (with Ira Gershwin). A former socialist, he testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947 and later became an extreme rightist and member of the John Birch Society.

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Highest-Rated Movies

97% 90% A Night at the Opera Watchlist 97% 90% My Man Godfrey Watchlist 97% 88% Animal Crackers Watchlist 96% 87% Stage Door Watchlist 95% 69% The Cocoanuts Watchlist 94% 75% Penny Serenade Watchlist 64% 55% Room Service Watchlist 33% Palmy Days Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Penny Serenade 94% 75% 1941 Writer Room Service 64% 55% 1938 Screenwriter Stage Door 96% 87% 1937 Screenwriter My Man Godfrey 97% 90% 1936 Screenwriter A Night at the Opera 97% 90% 1935 Screenwriter Palmy Days 33% 1931 Screenwriter Animal Crackers 97% 88% 1930 Screenwriter The Cocoanuts 95% 69% 1929 Screenwriter
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