Stanley Rubin
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Stanley Creamer Rubin is an American screenwriter and film and television producer born in New York City, New York. He was the recipient of the Television Academy
's first Emmy
in 1949 for writing and producing (in collaboration) an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant
's The Diamond Necklace.
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. In 1952 he wrote, in collaboration with Bernard C. Schoenfeld, the film-noir adventure Macao
starring Robert Mitchum
and Jane Russell
.
Rubin's feature film producing credits include 1952's The Narrow Margin
, 1954's River of No Return
starring Marilyn Monroe
, the 1967 comedy Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
starring Rosalind Russell
, and the 1990 Clint Eastwood
adventure drama White Hunter Black Heart
. His television producing credits include the series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
(1968–1970) with Hope Lange
and The Man and the City
(1971–1972) with Anthony Quinn
. For the former, he received an Emmy nomination as the producer of the Best Comedy Series. He received an additional Emmy nomination for producing the 1975 made-for-TV movie Babe, starring Susan Clark
as American athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias
.
In 2005, Rubin began attending classes at the University of California, Los Angeles
to get the last few credits to obtain the Bachelor of Arts Degree he missed earning in 1937.
Rubin has been married to actress Kathleen Hughes
since 1954. They have four children. He is the subject of the 2008 documentary Stanley Rubin: A Work in Progress, written and directed by Kellett Tighe.
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or NATAS was created in 1955 to advance the arts and sciences of television. Headquartered in New York, NATAS's membership is national and the organization has local chapters around the country....
's first Emmy
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
in 1949 for writing and producing (in collaboration) an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents....
's The Diamond Necklace.
His initial scripts for the big screen were for three 1940 films: South to Karanga, Diamond Frontier
Diamond Frontier
Diamond Frontier is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Victor McLaglen, John Loder and Anne Nagel. It was based on the story A Modern Monte Cristo by Stanley Rubin and Edmund L. Hartmann.-Principal cast:...
, and San Francisco Docks, all written in collaboration with Edmund L. Hartmann. In 1952 he wrote, in collaboration with Bernard C. Schoenfeld, the film-noir adventure Macao
Macao (film)
Macao is a 1952 black-and-white film noir adventure film directed by Josef von Sternberg and Nicholas Ray. Producer Howard Hughes fired director von Sternberg during filming and hired Nicholas Ray to finish it...
starring Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American film actor, author, composer and singer and is #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time...
and Jane Russell
Jane Russell
Jane Russell was an American film actress and was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s....
.
Rubin's feature film producing credits include 1952's The Narrow Margin
The Narrow Margin
The Narrow Margin is a 1952 American film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Earl Felton, based on an unpublished story written by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard. Writers Goldsmith and Leonard were nominated for an Academy Award for their story.The picture stars Charles McGraw,...
, 1954's River of No Return
River of No Return
River of No Return is a 1954 American Western film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. The screenplay by Frank Fenton is based on a story by Louis Lantz, who borrowed his premise from the 1948 Italian film The Bicycle Thief...
starring Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....
, the 1967 comedy Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition was the first play written by Arthur L. Kopit. The play opened off-Broadway at the Phoenix Repertory Theatre in New York City in 1962 and moved to the Morosco Theatre...
starring Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as the role of Mame Dennis in the film Auntie Mame...
, and the 1990 Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
adventure drama White Hunter Black Heart
White Hunter Black Heart
White Hunter Black Heart is a 1990 American film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as John Wilson, based on the book by Peter Viertel. Viertel also co-wrote the script with James Bridges and Burt Kennedy. The film was based on several Golden Age of Hollywood movie producers...
. His television producing credits include the series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir is a situation comedy based on the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was based on the 1945 novel by R.A. Dick. It starred Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir, a young widow who rents Gull Cottage, near the fictional fishing village of Schooner Bay, Maine along with her two...
(1968–1970) with Hope Lange
Hope Lange
Hope Elise Ross Lange was an American stage, film, and television actress.- Early life :Lange was born into a theatrical family in Redding, Connecticut...
and The Man and the City
The Man and the City
The Man and the City was a dramatic television series which was aired on the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1971 lineup from September 15, 1971 to January 5, 1972....
(1971–1972) with Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer...
. For the former, he received an Emmy nomination as the producer of the Best Comedy Series. He received an additional Emmy nomination for producing the 1975 made-for-TV movie Babe, starring Susan Clark
Susan Clark
Susan Clark is a Canadian actress, possibly best-known for her role as Katherine on the American television sitcom Webster, on which she appeared with her husband, Alex Karras.-Personal life:...
as American athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...
.
In 2005, Rubin began attending classes at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
to get the last few credits to obtain the Bachelor of Arts Degree he missed earning in 1937.
Rubin has been married to actress Kathleen Hughes
Kathleen Hughes
Kathleen Hughes is an American film, stage, and television actress from Hollywood, California.Kathleen's ambition as an actress came from two sources. She saw a film with actor Donald O'Connor, which gave her the idea that acting looked like fun. Also, her uncle was playwright F...
since 1954. They have four children. He is the subject of the 2008 documentary Stanley Rubin: A Work in Progress, written and directed by Kellett Tighe.