Ralph Block


Ralph J. Block was an American film producer in the 1920s and became a full-time screenwriter in 1930. He is most famous, however, 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.

Filmography

As producer

As Writer