Martin Rackin was born on July 31, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Horse Soldiers (1959), North to Alaska (1960) and The Enforcer (1951). He died on April 15, 1976 in London, England.
[on Ann Blythin The Helen Morgan Story (1957)] There are some actresses in this town who can roll in the gutter and it won't move you. They look at home there. But when you put a good girl like Ann in the gutter, it tears your heart out.
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Fact
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The son of a silk mill owner.
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Started work as a hat store delivery boy. Commenced his writing career as a copy boy for the New York Mirror, later becoming a publicist and speech writer. In Hollywood from 1941, as a comedy scriptwriter for Red Skelton. In the 1950's, headed his own production company in partnership with screenwriter John Lee Mahin.
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Wartime service with the U.S. Air Force.
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Head of production at Paramount 1960-1964. Left to set up his own production company, Mart Rackin Productions.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bombardier
1943
story
Air Raid Wardens
1943
original screenplay
Buy Me That Town
1941
Three Secrets
1999
TV Movie motion picture Three Secrets
Nevada Smith
1975
TV Movie
Twice in a Lifetime
1974
TV Movie
North to Alaska
1960
screenplay
The Barbarians
1960
The Horse Soldiers
1959
written for the screen by
The Deep Six
1958
writer
The Adventures of Long John Silver
TV Series script - 13 episodes, 1956 - 1957 writer - 1 episode, 1957
$200,000
