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Robert Riskin

American screenwriter
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Robert Riskin was an American screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with director Frank Capra. He penned the screenplays for several of Capra's most acclaimed films, including It Happened One Night (1934), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Riskin also wrote Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), and You Can't Take It with You (1938). His work often featured populist themes and optimistic portrayals of ordinary people triumphing over adversity, which became a hallmark of the "Capra-corn" style.12

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