Now, Irving Rapper
He never asked for the moon. He had the stars.
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Irving Rapper is, in many ways, Hollywood's forgotten man. After getting his start as a "dialogue director" at Warner Bros. in the mid 30's, he became synonymous with the studio's "women's pictures" and rose in prominence as one of Bette Davis's most consistent collaborators, including on her biggest commercial success, Now Voyager (1942). He was a rebel who led the studio in suspensions for chronically refusing to direct the scripts handed to him by the brass, waiting instead for material that better suited his interests and thematic preoccupations. He was also one in a secretive fraternity of gay directors who had to conceal their identities and shield their private lives from potential public ruination. Daniel Kremer takes you through an unexamined and misunderstood life of a man of great artistic inclination who expressed his innermost yearnings covertly through his work in motion pictures.
- Release date
- March 20, 2026
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Illeana Douglas as Self
- Randal Kleiser as Self
- Henry Jaglom as Self
- Irving Rapper as Self
- Leonard Maltin as Self
- David Del Valle as Self
- Daniel Kremer as Narrator
- George Feltenstein as Self
- Julie Kirgo as Self
- Alonso Duralde as Self
Crew
- Daniel Kremer · Director
- Daniel Kremer · Writer
- Costas Dafnis · Composer
- Daniel Kremer · Editor