Stanley Rubin
Stanley Creamer Rubin (October 8, 1917 – March 2, 2014) was an American screenwriter and film and television producer born in New York City. He was the recipient of the
Career
His initial scripts for the big screen were for three 1940 films: South to Karanga, Diamond Frontier, and San Francisco Docks, all written in collaboration with Edmund L. Hartmann. He wrote, in collaboration with Bernard C. Schoenfeld, the film-noir adventure Macao (1952), starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell.
Rubin was a producer for
Personal life and death
Rubin attended
During World War II he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces where he served in the First Motion Picture Unit. He was posted to Saipan to document the first B-29 mission to bomb Tokyo.[3]
After his retirement from the entertainment industry, he returned to finish those units and received a degree from the
Rubin was married to actress Kathleen Hughes from 1954 until his death.[5] They had four children. He is the subject of the documentary film Stanley Rubin: A Work in Progress (2008), written and directed by Kellett Tighe.
He died on March 2, 2014, from
References
- ^ A (Very) Personal History of the First Sponsored Film Series on National Television
- ^ Pryor, Thomas M. (October 26, 1953). "TRACY IS SOUGHT FOR KOREA FILM". The New York Times. p. 26. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "World War II: The Movie".
- ^ "Old School". UCLA Magazine. January 1, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Kathleen Hughes - Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen
- ^ Pool, Bob (March 4, 2014). "Stanley Rubin dies at 96; prolific writer-producer of TV and film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
