---
name: "Harry Rapf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-rapf"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 October 1880"
died: "6 February 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T21:46:56.035051+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harry Rapf

Producer. Born 16 October 1880 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 6 February 1949.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 October 1880, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 6 February 1949
- **Active:** 1929–1931
- **Frequently works with:** [Irving Thalberg](https://film.one/person/irving-thalberg.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 61 (2), 1930s 72 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Music 2, Comedy 1, Family 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rapf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2237800, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120305

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Hollywood Revue of 1929*](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) (62)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Broadway Melody*](https://film.one/film/the-broadway-melody.md) (60)

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## Biography

Harry Rapf (16 October 1880 – 6 February 1949) was an American film producer. Born in New York City, he began his career in 1917 and joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924 as a production manager, later becoming a staff producer.

Rapf produced *The Broadway Melody* (1929) and *The Hollywood Revue of 1929*. He created the comedic duo of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur in the late 1920s. He was one of the founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His sons Maurice Rapf and Matthew Rapf also worked in film and television.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Champ* (1931), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-champ.md)
- *The Broadway Melody* (1929), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-broadway-melody.md)
- *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Scene of the Crime* (1949), Producer
- *Gallant Bess* (1946), Producer
- *Lassie Come Home* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Joe Smith, American* (1942), Executive Producer
- *The Ice Follies of 1939* (1939), Producer
- *Let Freedom Ring* (1939), Producer
- *The Girl Downstairs* (1938), Producer
- *Everybody Sing* (1938), Producer
- *The Bad Man of Brimstone* (1937), Producer
- *Thoroughbreds Don't Cry* (1937), Producer
- *Live, Love and Learn* (1937), Producer
- *They Gave Him a Gun* (1937), Producer
- *The Good Old Soak* (1937), Producer
- *Espionage* (1937), Producer
- *Mad Holiday* (1936), Producer
- *Tough Guy* (1936), Producer
- *Whipsaw* (1935), Producer
- *Trained Hoofs* (1935), Producer
- *The Murder Man* (1935), Producer
- *Donkey Baseball* (1935), Producer
- *The Night Is Young* (1935), Producer
- *A Wicked Woman* (1934), Producer
- *The Chief* (1933), Producer
- *Tugboat Annie* (1933), Associate Producer
- *Hollywood Premiere* (1933), Scenario Writer
- *New Morals for Old* (1932), Producer
- *The Passionate Plumber* (1932), Producer
- *The Champ* (1931), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-champ.md)
- *Possessed* (1931), Producer
- *New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford* (1931), Producer
- *Min and Bill* (1930), Producer
- *Manhattan Serenade* (1929), Producer
- *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md)
- *The Broadway Melody* (1929), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-broadway-melody.md)
- *After Midnight* (1927), Producer
- *Dance Madness* (1926), Executive Producer
- *Greed* (1924), Production Manager
- *Lucretia Lombard* (1923), Producer
- *Where the North Begins* (1923), Producer
- *Brass* (1923), Producer
- *Rags to Riches* (1922), Producer
- *Your Best Friend* (1922), Producer
- *School Days* (1921), Supervising Producer
- *Why Girls Leave Home* (1921), Producer
- *The Palace of Darkened Windows* (1920), Production Manager
- *Blind Youth* (1920), Production Manager
- *The Sins of the Children* (1918), Producer
- *The Accidental Honeymoon* (1918), Producer

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