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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]

Biography

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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

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Editor
Year Film Director Notes Ref.
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
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 Green Second collaboration with Guy Green
1978 The Betsy Daniel Petrie First collaboration with Daniel Petrie
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Marvin J. Chomsky
1980 Resurrection Daniel Petrie Second 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
Year Film Director Role Notes Ref.
1961 Ada Daniel Mann Assistant editor
Uncredited
Documentaries
Editor
Year Film Director
1947 Walvis in zicht! Hannes de Boer
1948 Dutch in Seven Lessons Charles Huguenot van der Linden [de; fr; nl]
Heinz Josephson
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director
1972 The Weekend Nun Jeannot Szwarc
1973 The Devil's Daughter
Incident on a Dark Street Buzz Kulik
She Lives! Stuart Hagmann
Pioneer Woman Buzz Kulik
1974 Remember When
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Sybil Daniel Petrie
1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Corey: For the People Buzz Kulik
1982 A Piano for Mrs. Cimino George Schaefer
1984 The Dollmaker Daniel Petrie
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah 1 episode
1973 Police Story
1976 Sybil 2 episodes
Editorial department
Year Title Role Notes
1953−54 Johnny Jupiter Supervising editor 63 episodes

References

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  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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