Now, Irving Rapper (2026)

Movie review: Now, Irving Rapper

Now, Irving Rapper is a film from 2026. It is catalogued under Documentary. Its listed tagline is “He never asked for the moon. He had the stars.”

Story

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.

Audience reaction

TMDB records an audience rating of 0.0/10.

Production

Release date: March 20, 2026 · Original language: English

Cast

Daniel KremerNarratorIrving RapperSelfHenry JaglomSelf

G

George FeltensteinSelf

A

Alan K. RodeSelf

N

Nathaniel ThompsonSelf

D

David Del ValleSelfLeonard MaltinSelfIlleana DouglasSelf

F

Foster HirschSelf