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(1899-1953) Screenwriter, author. Rian James was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Newport Beach, California.

Full Name

Rian James

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1899

BIRTH

Rian James was born Julian Herbert Rothschild in Manhattan, New York, on October 3, 1899.

1928

OTHER

Mr. James wrote for the Brooklyn Eagle from about 1928 to 1935.

1931

LITWORK

Dining In New York
John Day Company

Nonfiction.

1931

LITWORK

Love Is A Racket
Grosset & Dunlap

Novel.

1933

LITWORK

42nd Street


Screenplay by Rian James and James Seymour.

1939

LITWORK

The Housekeeper's Daughter


Screenplay by Rian James and Gordon Douglas.

1939

LITWORK

The Gorilla


Screenplay by Rian James and Sid Silvers.

1941

LITWORK

Broadway Limited


Screenplay.

1942

LITWORK

Parachute Nurse


Screenplay.

1942

LITWORK

Not a Ladies' Man


Screenplay.

1942

LITWORK

This Time for Keeps


Screenplay by Muriel Roy Bolton and Rian James.

1947

LITWORK

Whispering City


Screenplay by Rian James and Leonard Lee.

1953

DEATH

Rian James died in Newport Beach, California, on April 26, 1953.

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