- Along with Budd Schulberg, Rapf was the inspiration for the character of Cecelia Brady in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Last Tycoon".
- Blacklisted by Hollywood during the McArthy era, and never worked there again.
- Blacklisted in 1947 because of his support for the Communist Party and his union work, Rapf later moved east with his family, settled in Norwich, Vermont, and helped establish the Dartmouth Film Society, the country's first college film society.
- Son of producer Harry Rapf, brother of Matthew Rapf.
- Lectured at Dartmouth during the sixties, and eventually founded the college's film studies program.
- Returned to Dartmouth in 1967 where he began a long career as a teacher of film.
- Became an advocate for the rights of screenwriters and helped found the Screen Writers Guild, later renamed the Writers Guild of America.
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