Edwin L. Marin(1899-1951)
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Director Edwin L. Marin was born in Jersey City, NJ, in 1899. He
traveled to Hollywood as a young man, and at age 20 got a job in the
industry as an assistant cameraman. By 1932 he had crossed over to
directing, first for low-budget studio Tiffany Pictures. However, he
worked his way up the Hollywood food chain and was soon making films
for major studios like Warner Brothers and MGM, where he was entrusted
with that studio's prestigious
A Christmas Carol (1938) with
Reginald Owen, which turned out to be a
critical and financial hit. He worked for most of the major studios at
the time--United Artists, 20th Century-Fox and RKO--and seemed to find
his niche making westerns, turning out several well-received ones with
cowboy star Randolph Scott. He
was married to actress Ann Morriss. He died
in Los Angeles, CA, in 1951, at 52 years of age.
