J. Walter Ruben Explained

J. Walter Ruben
Birth Name:	Jacob Walter Ruben
Birth Date:	14 August 1899
Birth Place:	New York City, NY
Death Place:	Hollywood, California
Othername:	Walter Ruben
Yearsactive:	1926–1942
Relatives:	Hutch Dano (great-grandson)

Jacob Walter Ruben^[1] (August 14, 1899  - September 4, 1942)^[2] was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for more than 30 films between 1926 and 1942. He also directed 19 films between 1931 and 1940. His great-grandson is actor Hutch Dano. He was born in New York City and died in Hollywood. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Selected filmography

• Shootin' Irons (1927)
• Under the Tonto Rim (1928)
• Sunset Pass (1929)
• She's My Weakness (1930)
• Shooting Straight (1930)
• Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
• The Public Defender (1931)
• The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
• Ace of Aces (1933)
• Where Sinners Meet (1934)
• Man of Two Worlds (1934)
• Java Head (1934)
• Riffraff (1936)
• Trouble for Two (1936)
• Old Hutch (1936)
• The Good Old Soak (1937)
• The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
• Maisie (1939)
• Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Notes and References

1. News: Virginia Bruce Home, but No Suitors at Depot. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103090106/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414992571.html?dids=414992571:414992571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+24,+1946&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Virginia+Bruce+Home,+but+No+Suitors+at+Depot&pqatl=google . dead . November 3, 2012 . LA Times . March 24, 1946.
2. News: NY Times: J. Walter Ruben . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102124751/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/109180/J-Walter-Ruben/biography . dead . November 2, 2012 . Movies & TV Dept. . . Hal Erickson . Hal Erickson (author) . 2012 . May 10, 2010.