Rita Roland

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Rita Roland
Born
Rita Victoria Rosenstein

October 5, 1914
Berlin, Germany
DiedAugust 17, 1998(1998-08-17) (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationFilm editor
SpouseHenry Martin

Rita Roland (born Rita Rosenstein) was a prolific German-born film editor known for her work on German and American films like Six Pack , The New Kids , and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff . [1]

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Biography

Rita Rosenstein was born in Germany to Ernst Rosenstein and Elsa Landsberger. She began her career as a film editor in her native country before World War II. She fled Germany during the Holocaust, moving to Hollywood, where she edited dozens of films for MGM before she died in 1998. [2] She was survived by her husband, Dutch writer-director Henry Martin.

Selected filmography

Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotesRef.
1938 I Want to Live with Letizia Camillo Mastrocinque
1939 Wilton's Zoo Douglas Sirk
1940 Somewhere in the Netherlands Ludwig Berger
1956 Crowded Paradise Fred Pressburger
1964 Honeymoon Hotel Henry Levin
1965 Girl Happy Boris Sagal
[3]
A Patch of Blue Guy Green First collaboration with Guy Green
1966 The Singing Nun Henry Koster
Spinout Norman Taurog
Penelope Arthur Hiller
1967 Don't Make Waves Alexander Mackendrick
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? Hy Averback
The Split Gordon Flemyng
1969 More Barbet Schroeder
Justine George Cukor
1970 Move Stuart Rosenberg
1972 To Find a Man Buzz Kulik
1975 Once Is Not Enough Guy GreenSecond collaboration with Guy Green
[4]
1978 The Betsy Daniel Petrie First collaboration with Daniel Petrie
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Marvin J. Chomsky
1980 Resurrection Daniel PetrieSecond collaboration with Daniel Petrie
1981 Fort Apache, The Bronx Third collaboration with Daniel Petrie
1982 Six Pack Fourth collaboration with Daniel Petrie
1985 The New Kids Sean S. Cunningham
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotesRef.
1961 Ada Daniel Mann Assistant editor
Uncredited
[5]
Documentaries
Editor
YearFilmDirector
1947Walvis in zicht!Hannes de Boer
1948 Dutch in Seven Lessons Charles Huguenot van der Linden  [ de; fr; nl ]
Heinz Josephson
TV movies
Editor
YearFilmDirector
1972 The Weekend Nun Jeannot Szwarc
1973 The Devil's Daughter
Incident on a Dark Street Buzz Kulik
She Lives! Stuart Hagmann
Pioneer WomanBuzz Kulik
1974Remember When
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Sybil Daniel Petrie
1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Corey: For the PeopleBuzz Kulik
1982 A Piano for Mrs. Cimino George Schaefer
1984 The Dollmaker Daniel Petrie
TV series
Editor
YearTitleNotes
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah 1 episode
1973 Police Story
1976 Sybil 2 episodes
Editorial department
YearTitleRoleNotes
1953−54 Johnny Jupiter Supervising editor63 episodes

References

  1. ↑ "Rita Roland". Eye. 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Rita Roland". Variety. 1998-09-16. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  3. ↑ Muir, John Kenneth (2007). The Rock & Roll Film Encyclopedia . Hal Leonard Corporation. p.  117. ISBN   9781557836939. rita roland film editor.
  4. ↑ Canby, Vincent (1975-06-19). "Film: If Once Is Not Enough, Then..." The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  5. ↑ Holston, Kim R. (2015-07-11). Susan Hayward: Her Films and Life. McFarland. ISBN   9780786480883.


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