Biography
Archie Marshek (February 15, 1902 – March 29, 1992) was an American film editor whose 44-year career spanned six decades. Born in Cass Lake, Minnesota, in 1902, Marshek 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 to access his sound technology patents, Marshek moved to the new studio. He was a staff editor at R.K.O. - Radio Pictures from 1929 to 1936 and at Paramount Pictures from 1937 to 1967.
Marshek was the first editor to cut a three-strip, live-action Technicolor film, 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.Marshek died at the age of 90 in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Filmography
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Movies 89
Shoot Out (1971)
Rabbit, Run (1970)
The Illustrated Man (1969)
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Warning Shot (1967)
Assault on a Queen (1966)
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
Tickle Me (1965)
Harlow (1965)
Black Spurs (1965)
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
My Geisha (1962)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
The Buccaneer (1958)
The Sad Sack (1957)
The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
Pardners (1956)
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
You're Never Too Young (1955)
Hell's Island (1955)
Living It Up (1954)
Alaska Seas (1954)
Forever Female (1953)
Road to Bali (1953)
The Atomic City (1952)
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
The Furies (1950)
Fancy Pants (1950)
Dear Wife (1949)
Streets of Laredo (1949)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Whispering Smith (1948)
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (1948)
Where There's Life (1947)
Dear Ruth (1947)
Calcutta (1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Hostages (1943)
Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943)
Lucky Jordan (1942)
The Glass Key (1942)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
World Premiere (1941)
West Point Widow (1941)
You're the One (1941)
The Mad Doctor (1940)
Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Death of a Champion (1939)
Tropic Holiday (1938)
Romance in the Dark (1938)
Night Club Scandal (1937)
High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
Happy Go Lucky (1936)
Dancing Pirate (1936)
We're Only Human (1935)
Becky Sharp (1935)
West of the Pecos (1934)
Dangerous Corner (1934)
La Cucaracha (1934)
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Symphony of Six Million (1932)
Consolation Marriage (1931)
The Public Defender (1931)
Behind Office Doors (1931)
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
Danger Lights (1930)
The Fall Guy (1930)
The Runaway Bride (1930)
Beau Bandit (1930)
Love Comes Along (1930)
Tanned Legs (1929)
Half Marriage (1929)
Gang War (1928)
The Perfect Crime (1928)
Sally of the Scandals (1928)
Her Summer Hero (1928)
Legionnaires in Paris (1927)
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Known ForEditing
GenderMale
Birthday1902-02-15
Deathday1992-03-29 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceCass Lake, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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