Now, Irving Rapper

Now, Irving Rapper (2026)

He never asked for the moon. He had the stars.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2026-03-20
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Daniel Kremer

Summary

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.

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  • Daniel Kremer

    as Narrator
  • Irving Rapper

    as Self
  • Henry Jaglom

    as Self
  • George Feltenstein

    as Self
  • Alan K. Rode

    as Self
  • Nathaniel Thompson

    as Self
  • David Del Valle

    as Self
Directing Daniel Kremer Director
Writing Daniel Kremer Writer
Editing Daniel Kremer Editor

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