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'''Archie Marshek''' (February 15, 1902 – March 29, 1992) was an American [[Film editor|movie editor]] whose 44-year career |
'''Archie Marshek''' (February 15, 1902 – March 29, 1992) was an American [[Film editor|movie editor]] whose 44-year career spanned six decades. He was a staff editor at [[R.K.O.|R.K.O.-Radio Pictures]] from 1929 to 1936 and at [[Paramount Pictures]] from 1937 to 1967. Born in Cass Lake, Minnesota, he started his career at [[Joseph P. Kennedy]]'s [[Film Booking Offices of America]] (FBO) in 1927. When Kennedy formed R.K.O. in 1929 by merging F.B.O. with the [[Keith-Albee-Orpheum]] vaudeville theater circuit and striking a deal with [[David Sarnoff]] of [[Radio Corporation of America]] in order to access his sound technology patents, Marshek moved to the new studio.<ref name="Archie Marshek">{{cite web|title=Archie Marshek (1902–1992)|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551258/|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> |
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Marshek was the first editor to cut a three-strip, live-action [[Technicolor]] film, the 1934 short ''[[La Cucaracha (1934 film)|La Cucaracha]]''. He also was the first to cut a full-length, three-strip Technicolor feature film, ''[[Becky Sharp]]'' (1935). He worked with directors [[King Vidor]], [[Gregory La Cava]], [[Lewis Milestone]], [[Rouben Mamoulian]], [[Frank Tuttle]], [[Jack Smight]] and the actors [[Anthony Quinn]] and [[Marlon Brando]] when they made their feature-film directing debuts. He cut films featuring the top stars at Paramount, including [[Bing Crosby]], [[Bob Hope]], [[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]], and [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name="Archie Marshek" /> |
Marshek was the first editor to cut a three-strip, live-action [[Technicolor]] film, the 1934 short ''[[La Cucaracha (1934 film)|La Cucaracha]]''. He also was the first to cut a full-length, three-strip Technicolor feature film, ''[[Becky Sharp]]'' (1935). He worked with directors [[King Vidor]], [[Gregory La Cava]], [[Lewis Milestone]], [[Rouben Mamoulian]], [[Frank Tuttle]], [[Jack Smight]] and the actors [[Anthony Quinn]] and [[Marlon Brando]] when they made their feature-film directing debuts. He cut films featuring the top stars at Paramount, including [[Bing Crosby]], [[Bob Hope]], [[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]], and [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name="Archie Marshek" /> |
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Revision as of 13:37, 16 December 2014
Archie Marshek (February 15, 1902 – March 29, 1992) was an American movie editor whose 44-year career spanned six decades. He was a staff editor at R.K.O.-Radio Pictures from 1929 to 1936 and at Paramount Pictures from 1937 to 1967. Born in Cass Lake, Minnesota, he started his career at Joseph P. Kennedy's Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) in 1927. When Kennedy formed R.K.O. in 1929 by merging F.B.O. with the Keith-Albee-Orpheum vaudeville theater circuit and striking a deal with David Sarnoff of Radio Corporation of America in order to access his sound technology patents, Marshek moved to the new studio.[1]
Marshek was the first editor to cut a three-strip, live-action Technicolor film, the 1934 short La Cucaracha. He also was the first to cut a full-length, three-strip Technicolor feature film, Becky Sharp (1935). He worked with directors King Vidor, Gregory La Cava, Lewis Milestone, Rouben Mamoulian, Frank Tuttle, Jack Smight and the actors Anthony Quinn and Marlon Brando when they made their feature-film directing debuts. He cut films featuring the top stars at Paramount, including Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley.[1]
Marshek died at the age of 90 in Lawton, Oklahoma.[1]
Selected filmography
- Shoot Out (1971)
- Rabbit, Run (1970)
- The Illustrated Man (1969)
- No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
- The High Chaparral (TV series)
- Bonanza (TV Series)
- Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
- Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
- One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
- The Buccaneer (1958)
- Pardners (1956)
- Road to Bali (1952)
- The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
- Fancy Pants (1950)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1948)
- Whispering Smith (1948)
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
- The Glass Key (1942)
- This Gun for Hire (1942)
- The Cat and the Canary (1939)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
- Becky Sharp (1935)
- La Cucaracha (1934)
- The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- Bird of Paradise (1932)
- Symphony of Six Million (1932)
- The Air Legion (1929)
- Sally of the Scandals (1928)
- Legionnaires in Paris (1927)
References
- ^ a b c "Archie Marshek (1902–1992)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 3 February 2014.