# Arthur Pine

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{{Infobox person
|name          = Arthur Pine
|image         = 
|caption       = 
|birth_name    = Arthur Pincus
|birth_date    = {{Birth date|1917|4|20}} 
|death_date    = {{Death date and age|2000|10|26|1917|4|20}}
|death_place   = [Port Washington, New York](/source/Port_Washington%2C_New_York), US
|birth_place   = [Brighton Beach](/source/Brighton_Beach), New York, US
|other_names   = Jay Richards, J. Richards<ref name=PenName1A/>
|known_for     =
|employer      =
|occupation    = Publicist, literary agent, author, composer
|spouse        = Harriette Scheiner (m. 1950–2000; his death)<ref name=Wedding>Tribune staff (December 25, 1950). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/1327452171/CEACF01840724C4DPQ/1 "Hunter College Aide and Fashion Stylist Are Brides"]. ''New York Herald Tribune''.</ref><ref name=NolanObit>Nolan, Frederick (November 1, 2000). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/311784090/985A8AB858C74938PQ/1 "Obituary: Arthur Pine"]. ''The Independent''.</ref>
|children      = 2 sons<ref name=NolanObit/>
}}
'''Arthur Pine''' (born '''Arthur Pincus'''; April 20, 1917 – October 26, 2000) was an American [publicist](/source/publicist), [literary agent](/source/literary_agent), [self-help](/source/self-help) author, [composer](/source/composer) and [playwright](/source/playwright). He is also widely credited as the man behind the initial incarnation of [Citizenship Day](/source/Constitution_Day_(United_States)).<ref>Gross, Ben (May 12, 1947). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=72650454 “Listening In: Press Agent Takes Bow”]. ‘’New York Daily News’’.</ref><ref>Walker, Danton (May 13, 1947). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96898924/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ "Gossip of the Nation"]. ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''.</ref><ref>Pine, Martin (June 28, 1948). [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-06-28-BC.pdf "'American Day' Origin"]. ''Broadcasting Telecasting: The Newsweekly of Radio and Television''. Page 16.</ref>

==Early life==
He was born on April 20, 1917, in the [Brighton Beach](/source/Brighton_Beach) section of [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), the eldest of two sons born to Charles and Anna Pincus.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7D6-5LV Arthur Pincus - United States Census, 1930]. [FamilySearch](/source/FamilySearch).</ref> While still in high school, the future publicist's pre-Pine byline found its way onto the pages of [New York's Picture Newspaper](/source/New_York_Daily_News) when Pincus earned a five-dollar prize for his submission of the question ultimately selected for the December 9, 1934 edition of the paper's semi-regular [person-on-the-street](/source/Vox_populi) column, "The Inquiring Photographer."<ref>Jemail, James (December 9, 1934). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73678796/daily-news/ "The Inquiring Photographer"]. ''New York Daily News''. December 9, 1934.</ref>

==Career==
Arthur Pincus attended City College with every intention of pursuing a teaching career, but soon found that his heavy [Brooklyn accent](/source/Brooklyn_accent) presented an all but insurmountable obstacle. Quickly shifting gears, he focused on finance, marketing and advertising while also writing and performing songs and plays. Accepting an entry-level position in an established firm, Pincus quickly attracted a number of music clients and resolved to start his own company. He realized, however, that a name change would be advisable; not merely for purposes of de-ethnicization, but also by way of distancing himself from the famously disreputable character "Pinkie Pincus," as then recently portrayed onstage by  comic [Lou Holtz](/source/Lou_Holtz).<ref name=NolanObit/> Thus was born not only a legally named Arthur Pine, but also the Arthur Pine Agency<ref>Tribune staff (October 16, 1942). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/1266909597/BBE2D26E4FC04B01PQ/5 "News in the Advertising Field: Agency Appointments"]. ''New York Herald Tribune''. Retrieved October 13, 2020.</ref> and, not long after, Arthur Pine Associates.<ref name="PH2AP">Eagle staff (October 5, 1944). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60565380 "Arthur Pine Associates to Handle Inn Publicity"]. ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle''.</ref>

Although at first, Pine's client base was composed primarily of performers (e.g. Gordon, [Dinah Shore](/source/Dinah_Shore),<ref name=NolanObit/> [Betty Madigan](/source/Betty_Madigan),<ref name="DKreBM">Kleiner, Dick (March 22, 1954). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5UwfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qk0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5898%2C2001448&dq=artie+pine+betty+madigan "Dentistry Taught Via TV"]. ''The Pittsburgh Press''.</ref> [Delores Gray](/source/Delores_Gray), [Betty Garrett](/source/Betty_Garrett), [Lisa Kirk](/source/Lisa_Kirk) and [Ella Logan](/source/Ella_Logan)<ref>Walker, Danton (July 8, 1953). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=61373311 "Broadway: Broadway Beat"]. ''New York Daily News''.</ref>), by the 1970s, the firm was functioning almost exclusively as a literary agency, albeit one with a high quotient of show-biz-related projects.<ref name=NolanObit/>

==Notable clients==
<small>From ''Independent'' obituary,<ref name=NolanObit/> unless otherwise indicated.</small>

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*Jim Bacon
*[Jack Benny](/source/Jack_Benny)
*[Milton Berle](/source/Milton_Berle)
*[George Burns](/source/George_Burns)
*[Sammy Cahn](/source/Sammy_Cahn)
*[Carroll Carroll](/source/Carroll_Carroll)<ref>Locher, Frances C., editor (1981). [https://archive.org/details/contemporaryauth101gale/page/104/mode/2up?q=%22agent+arthur+pine%22 ''Contemporary Authors, Volume 101'']. Detroit, MI: Gale Research. pp. 104-105.</ref>
*[John Clive](/source/John_Clive)<ref>Grant, Hank (April 8, 1979). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73820065 "Hollywood Reporter"]. ''The San Francisco Examiner''. Page 45.</ref>
*[Sonia Darrin](/source/Sonia_Darrin)<ref>Lait, Jack (August 7, 1946). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60728915 "Broadway and Elsewhere: Mostly About Interesting People; Seen Together"]. ''The Tampa Bay Times''. Page 14.</ref><ref>Gross, Ben (October 18, 1946) [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58921915 "Listening In"]. ''New York Daily News''. Page 34.</ref>
*[Jimmy Durante](/source/Jimmy_Durante)
*[Wayne Dyer](/source/Wayne_Dyer)
*[Blossom Elfman](/source/Blossom_Elfman)<ref>Grant, Hank (August 13, 1978). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73814773 "Hollywood Reporter"]. ''The San Francisco Examiner''. Page 30.</ref>
*[Totie Fields](/source/Totie_Fields)<ref>Wilson, Earl (January 27, 1977). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73812057 "Earl Wilson"]. ''Camden Courier-Post''. Page 2.</ref>
*[Betty Garrett](/source/Betty_Garrett)<ref name="DWreBGDGLKEL">Walker, Danton (July 8, 1953). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73796359 "Broadway"]. ''New York Daily News''. Page 63.</ref>
*[Gray Gordon](/source/Gray_Gordon)
*[Dolores Gray](/source/Dolores_Gray)<ref name="DWreBGDGLKEL"/>
*[James Grippando](/source/James_Grippando)<ref>Grippando, James (2015). [https://archive.org/details/caneabe0000grip/page/434/mode/2up?q=%22agent+artie+pine%22 ''Cane and Abe'']. New York: Harper Collins. p. 435. {{ISBN|9780062295415}}</ref>
*[Red Holzman](/source/Red_Holzman)<ref name =ReHo>Holzman, Red; Frommer, Harvey (1987). [https://archive.org/details/redonred00holz/page/n9/mode/2up?q=%22agent+artie+pine%22 ''Red on Red'']. New York: Bantam Books. p. vii. {{ISBN|055305225X}}</ref>
*[Bob Hope](/source/Bob_Hope)
*[Billie Jean King](/source/Billie_Jean_King)
*[Lisa Kirk](/source/Lisa_Kirk)<ref name="DWreBGDGLKEL"/>
*[Richard Kollmar](/source/Richard_Kollmar)<ref>Gross, Ben (August 5, 1946). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73793339/daily-news/ "Listening In"]. ''New York Daily News''. Page 80.</ref>
*[The Korn Kobblers](/source/Marty_Gold)<ref name=KKs>Orodenker, M. H. (February 6, 1943). [https://books.google.com/books?id=lwwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22artie+pine%22+%22radio+show%22&pg=PT24 "Selling the Band: Off the Kobb"]. ''The Billboard''.</ref>
*[Hedy Lamarr](/source/Hedy_Lamarr)
*[Michael LeBoeuf](/source/Michael_LeBoeuf)<ref>Leboeuf, Michael (1987). [https://archive.org/details/howtowincustomer00lebo/page/n7/mode/2up ''How to Win Customers and Keep Them for Life''] New York: Berkeley Books. Page 7. {{ISBN|0-425-11468-6}}</ref>
*[Michael Levine](/source/Michael_Levine_(DEA)),<ref name =MiLe1>Trotsky, Susan M., editor (1962). [https://archive.org/details/contemporaryauth133gale/page/228/mode/2up?q=%22agent+arthur+pine%22 ''Contemporary Authors, Volume 133'']. Detroit, MI: Gale Research. p. 228.</ref>
*[Liberace](/source/Liberace)<ref name =Li1>Bacon, James (October 26, 1975). [https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist19751026?q=%22agent+arthur+pine%22 "James Bacon's Hollywood"]. ''The Daily Colonist''.</ref> 
*[Ella Logan](/source/Ella_Logan)<ref name="DWreBGDGLKEL"/>
*[Betty Madigan](/source/Betty_Madigan)<ref name="DKreBM"/>
*[Michael Medved](/source/Michael_Medved)<ref name =MiMe>Medved, Michael (2004). [https://archive.org/details/rightturns00mich/page/162/mode/2up?q=%22agent+artie+pine%22 ''Right Turns: From Liberal Activist to Conservative Champion in 35 Unconventional Lessons'']. New York: Random House. pp. 162-163. {{ISBN|9781400098323}}.</ref>
*[Marc Olden](/source/Marc_Olden)<ref>Wilson, Earl (October 28, 1982). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73810354 "Barbara Walters to Meet Her Match"]. ''The Miami News''. Page 19.</ref>
*[James Patterson](/source/James_Patterson)
*[Susan RoAne](/source/Susan_RoAne)<ref name=SuRo>RoAne, Susan (2001). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ANDRZNWwjS0C&dq=%22agent+artie+pine%22&pg=PT5 ''What Do I Say Next?: Talking Your Way to Business and Social Success — Biz Books to Go'']. New York: Warner Books. {{ISBN|9780446930345}}.</ref>
*[Dinah Shore](/source/Dinah_Shore)
*[Phil Silvers](/source/Phil_Silvers)
*[Jack Smith](/source/Jack_Smith_(columnist))<ref>Smith, Jack (November 8, 1988). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73812593 "Developing His Street Smarts in New York"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. Page 64.</ref>
*[Cameron Stauth](/source/Cameron_Stauth)<ref>Stauth, Cameron (1992). [https://archive.org/details/goldenboysunauth00stau/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Golden Boys: The Unauthorized Inside Look at the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team'']. New York: Pocket Books. Page VII. {{ISBN|0-671-76049-1}}.</ref>
*[Sylvia Wallace](/source/Irving_Wallace)<ref>Wilson, Earl (September 23, 1975). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73812925 "Frankie and Jackie"]. ''St. Joseph Gazette''. Page 6.</ref>
*[Walter Wanger](/source/Walter_Wanger)
*[Jack M. Warner](/source/Jack_M._Warner)<ref>Wilson, Earl (August 9, 1980). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73810823 "British Actress Jane Seymour is sold on quiet Mackinac Island"]. ''The Miami News''. Page 6A.</ref>
*[Earl Wilson](/source/Earl_Wilson_(columnist))
*[Bob Wolff](/source/Bob_Wolff)<ref>Wolff, Bob (1996). [https://archive.org/details/itsnotwhowonorlo0000wolf/page/92/mode/2up ''It's Not Who Won or Lost the Game; It's How You Sold the Beer'']. South Bend: Diamond Communications. pp. 92–94. {{ISBN|1-888698-00-4}}.</ref>  
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==Personal life==
On December 24, 1950, at the [Gramercy Park Hotel](/source/Gramercy_Park_Hotel) in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), Arthur Pine and [fashion stylist](/source/fashion_stylist) Harriette Scheiner were married and remained so until his death nearly 50 years later, even as preparations were underway for their [golden wedding anniversary](/source/golden_wedding_anniversary). During the 1950s and sixties, the Pines raised two sons,<ref name=NolanObit/> David Jay<ref name=Birth1>Broadcasting staff (October 27, 1952). [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/52-OCR/BC-1952-10-27-OCR-Page-0082.pdf#search=%22arthur%20pine%22 "Allied Arts"]. ''[Broadcasting](/source/Broadcasting_(magazine))''. Retrieved April 24, 2026.</ref> and Richard S. Pine,<ref name=Birth2>Times staff (September 18, 1955). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/113241525/A8375B91AC840F1PQ/1 "Son Born to the Arthur Pines"]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 24, 2026.</ref> Richard later becoming a member of his father's firm and eventually a prominent literary agent in his own right.<ref>Cummings, Ann Marie (June 28, 2009). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=61024786 "Self-Publishing On Purpose: For some, it's a quick, easy way to get their story told; A New Respect"]. ''Elmira Star-Gazette''.</ref> Consequently, most, if not all, of Arthur Pine's subsequent composing and arranging credits bore the pseudonym Jay (or J.) Richards.<ref name=PenName1A>Library of Congress (July—December 1959). [https://books.google.com/books?id=AD0hAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22sandy+the+sound+man%22+%22jay+richards%22&pg=PA1540 Music, Current Registrations: "Sandy the Sound Man"]. ''Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Third Series; Volume 13, Part 5, Number 2''.</ref>

==Works==
===Books===
* ''Your Family Business: A Practical, Step-by-Step Guide for Making Both Your Relationships and Your Business Rewarding and Successful'' (1990)
* ''One Door Closes, Another Door Opens: Turning Your Setbacks Into Comebacks'' (1994), with Julie Houston
* ''Unexpected Roads: A Personal Success Journal'' (1995), with Julie Houston
* ''It Must Have Been a Miracle: Everyday Lives Touched by Miracles'' (1995), by Kelsey Tyler (joint pseudonym of Pine and [Karen Kingsbury](/source/Karen_Kingsbury))

===Musical Comedies===
* ''Golden Glory'' (1939, un-produced; with [Gray Gordon](/source/Gray_Gordon))<ref>Variety staff (July 12, 1939). [https://archive.org/details/variety135-1939-07/page/n104/mode/1up "Legitimate: New Scripts"]. ''Variety''.</ref>
* ''High Tide'' (1943), optioned by [Jerry Lester](/source/Jerry_Lester)<ref>Corby, Jane (August 24, 1943). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60702249 "Ruth Chatterton at the Flatbush"]. ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle''.</ref>

===Songs===
* "We're In It, Let's Win It" (1942, with Leo Corday and Harold Grant)<ref>Billboard staff (January 3, 1942). "Music Items: Publishers and People". ''The Billboard''.</ref>
* "Victory Polka" (1942, with [Bernie Bierman](/source/Bernard_Bierman))<ref>Billboard staff (October 31, 1942). "Music Items: Publishers and People; Songs and Such". ''The Billboard''.</ref>
* "The Big Sleep" (1946, with [Sonia Darrin](/source/Sonia_Darrin)); never recorded, but performed and broadcast live on [WOR](/source/WOR_(AM)) on Saturday October 19, 1946<ref>Gross, Ben (October 18, 1946). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=58921915 "Listening In"]. ''New York Daily News''.</ref>
* "Just Like Sam" (1958, as Jay Richards, with [Mort Garson](/source/Mort_Garson) and Earl Shuman)<ref>[https://www.dada-records.de/shop/records-vinyl-records/vinyl-single-45rpm-oldies-rocknroll-rockabilly-doowop-etc/betty-madigan-dick-jacobs-and-his-orchestra-just-like-sam-mort-garson-jay-richards-earl-shuman-now-a-days-mort-garson-earl-shuman-35947/ "Betty Madigan - Just Like Sam (Mort Garson-Jay Richards-Earl Shuman)"]. ''Dada-Records-De''.</ref>
* "Sandy the Sound Man" (1959, as Jay Richards, with [Leonard Whitcup](/source/Leonard_Whitcup), Chet Gierlach)<ref name=PenName1A/>
* "The Wishing Song" (1960, as Jay Richards, with Eddy Manson)<ref>Library of Congress (January–June 1960). [https://books.google.com/books?id=qzAhAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22jay+richards%22+%22wishing+song%22&pg=PA515 Music, Current Registrations: "The Wishing Song"]. ''Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Third Series; Volume 14, Part 5, Number 1''. Page 515.</ref>
* "The Forfeit Game" (1964, with Harriette Pine); on [Jim Ameche](/source/Jim_Ameche)'s ''Humpty Dumpty''<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Jim-Ameche-Humpty-Dumpty/release/14627073 "Jim Ameche — "Humpty Dumpty"]. ''Discogs''.</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
===Articles===
* Orodenker, M. H. (January 17, 1942). [https://books.google.com/books?id=GwwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT14 “Selling the Band; Exploitation, Promotion and Showmanship Ideas: Army Girl”]. ‘’The Billboard’’. 
* Broadcasting · Telecasting staff (September 1, 1947). [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/47-OCR/1947-09-01-BC-OCR-Page-0047.pdf#search=%22arthur%20pine%22 "Allied Arts: Arthur Pine"].  ''Broadcasting '''·''' Telecasting''.
* Jemail, Jimmy (April 9, 1948). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=60719310 "The Inquiring Photographer"]. ''New York Daily News''.
* Gallico, Paul (May 15, 1948). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73795761/tampa-bay-times/ "The Underground: Course for Press Agents Gives Gallico the Shivers"]. ''Tampa Bay Times''.
* Kleiner, Dick (March 25, 1954). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=61029180 "The Marquee: T.V.—Stage—Radio—Records—People"]. ''Casper Morning Star''.
* Pine, Arthur (February 16, 1992). [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/16/nyregion/l-cary-grant-recalled-as-unpretentious-021092.html "Letters to the Long Island Editor: Cary Grant Recalled as Unpretentious"]. ''The New York Times''.
* Pine, Arthur (January 9, 1994). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73889472/chicago-tribune/ "Q&A: In 'One Door Closes, Another Opens,' Arthur Pine tells how to turn setbacks into comebacks"]. ''The Chicago Tribune''.

===Miscellaneous===
* [http://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=36068 Private correspondence] between Pine and [Herbert A. Simon](/source/Herbert_A._Simon) regarding proposed book about [1996 Deep Blue-Garry Kasparaov match](/source/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov). ''[CMU Digital Collections](/source/Carnegie_Mellon_University)''.

==External links==
* [https://inkwellmanagement.com/client/arthur-pine InkWell Management].

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