Now, Irving Rapper

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

Now, Irving Rapper — Plot

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
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• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Daniel Kremer

Now, Irving Rapper — Cast

Daniel Kremer Narrator Irving Rapper Self Henry Jaglom Self

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George Feltenstein Self

A

Alan K. Rode Self

N

Nathaniel Thompson Self

D

David Del Valle Self Leonard Maltin Self