Norman Reilly Raine

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Norman Reilly Raine
Woodland Hills, California
Years active1933–1955
Spouse(s)Joyce Roberta Pett (divorced)
Elizabeth Prudhomme (1958–1971, his death)

Norman Reilly Raine (23 June 1894 – 19 July 1971) was an American screenwriter, creator of "Tugboat Annie" and winner of an Oscar for the screenplay of The Life of Emile Zola (1937).[1]

Early years

Raine was born in

The Montreal Gazette called an "outstanding statement".[2]
He died in Woodland Hills, California.

Broadway

Raine tried the Broadway stage in 1933. With Frank Butler as collaborator, he wrote Hangman's Whip, a jungle melodrama in which two well-known Hollywood actors, Montagu Love and Barton MacLane, played leading roles. It later became the 1933 film White Woman with Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton.

Hollywood

Raine wrote a series of Tugboat Annie stories for The Saturday Evening Post. In a 1940 news article, it was said he based Tugboat Annie on a female tugboat owner he knew and wanted to write a story about her; however the woman was gentle and Tugboat Annie was not. He also based Tugboat Annie on Marie Dressler after he watched Anna Christie.[3] In 1933 he wrote the screenplay for the film, in which Marie Dressler played Annie and Wallace Beery portrayed Terry, her hard-drinking husband, with whom she traded choice insults.

A 1934 news article said Raine always worked wearing a knit cap and, when he once misplaced it, wore his wife's as a substitute.[4] In 1950, he had been collaborating with writer Guy Gilpatric before he killed himself and his wife after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.[5] In a 1957 article, Raine mentioned that he once wrote a story about the Battle of the Little Bighorn but was rejected by a Hollywood magnate seven times to which Raine said "I'm ready to quit, it's the best I can do. What is there about it that displeases you?" and the magnate responded "I'll tell you, I hate Indians!".[6] He also once wrote for television, three episodes in the series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars.[7]

Subsequently, Raine wrote many other screenplays, among them

Captain Kidd and Captains of the Clouds.[16]

References

  1. ^ "The 10th Academy Awards Memorable Moments". oscars.org. 2014-08-27. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Booze Belt". The Montreal Gazette. December 18, 1924. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  3. Daytona Beach Morning Journal
    . March 22, 1940. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "New York Day By Day". The Miami News. April 5, 1934. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  5. ^ "Writer Kills Cancer-Ridden Wife and Self". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 8, 1950. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  6. ^ "Try and Stop Me - Bennett Cerf". Reading Eagle. October 1, 1957. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  7. ^ "Television". Lewiston Evening Journal. March 21, 1958. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  8. The Evening Independent
    . September 1, 1936. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  9. ^ "Robin Hood Film Here - Errol Flynn Plays Legendary Hero in Palace Picture". The Montreal Gazette. June 3, 1938. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  10. The Milwaukee Sentinel
    . July 28, 1939. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  11. ^ "The Private Lives Of Elizabeth and Essex Sunday at Gorge". Mt. Adams Sun. May 24, 1940. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  12. ^ "Theater Gossip". The Evening Independent. April 15, 1937. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  13. ^ "The Fighting 69th". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. February 11, 1940. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  14. ^ "State Schedules 'Men Are Such Fools'". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. September 4, 1938. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  15. ^ "Strand Films". Lewiston Evening Journal. October 31, 1942. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  16. ^ "Theater Gossip". The Evening Independent. July 9, 1941. Retrieved June 6, 2015.

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