# Stanley Rubin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanley_Rubin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanley_Rubin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Rubin > Source revision: 1345454222 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American film producer **Stanley Creamer Rubin** (October 8, 1917 – March 2, 2014) was an American screenwriter and film and television producer born in New York City. He was the recipient of the [Television Academy](/source/National_Academy_of_Television_Arts_and_Sciences)'s first [Emmy](/source/Emmy_Award) in 1949 for writing and producing (in collaboration) an adaptation of [Guy de Maupassant](/source/Guy_de_Maupassant)'s "[The Necklace](/source/The_Necklace)" for the NBC TV series *[Your Show Time](/source/Your_Show_Time)*.[1] ## Career His initial scripts for the big screen were for three 1940 films: *South to Karanga*, *[Diamond Frontier](/source/Diamond_Frontier)*, and *San Francisco Docks*, all written in collaboration with Edmund L. Hartmann. He wrote, in collaboration with Bernard C. Schoenfeld, the film-noir adventure *[Macao](/source/Macao_(1952_film))* (1952), starring [Robert Mitchum](/source/Robert_Mitchum) and [Jane Russell](/source/Jane_Russell). Rubin was a producer for [20th Century Fox](/source/20th_Century_Fox) before moving to [Universal Pictures](/source/Universal_Pictures) in 1953.[2] Rubin's feature film producing credits include *[The Narrow Margin](/source/The_Narrow_Margin)* (1952), *[River of No Return](/source/River_of_No_Return)* (1954) starring [Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe), the comedy *[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad](/source/Oh_Dad%2C_Poor_Dad%2C_Mamma's_Hung_You_in_the_Closet_and_I'm_Feelin'_So_Sad_(film))* (1967) starring [Rosalind Russell](/source/Rosalind_Russell), and the [Clint Eastwood](/source/Clint_Eastwood) adventure drama *[White Hunter Black Heart](/source/White_Hunter_Black_Heart)* (1990). His television producing credits include the series *[The Ghost & Mrs. Muir](/source/The_Ghost_%26_Mrs._Muir_(TV_series))* (1968–1970) with [Hope Lange](/source/Hope_Lange) and *[The Man and the City](/source/The_Man_and_the_City)* (1971–1972) with [Anthony Quinn](/source/Anthony_Quinn). For the former, he received an Emmy nomination as the producer of the Best Comedy Series. He received an additional Emmy nomination for producing the made-for-TV movie *Babe* (1975), starring [Susan Clark](/source/Susan_Clark) as American athlete [Babe Didrikson Zaharias](/source/Babe_Zaharias). ## Personal life and death Rubin attended [UCLA](/source/UCLA) from 1933 to 1937 as a political science major, where he also served as editor in chief of the *[Daily Bruin](/source/Daily_Bruin)* newspaper. He forwent completing the 14 units left for his degree for a stint at *The Beverly Hills Citizen*. During World War II he enlisted in the [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) where he served in the [First Motion Picture Unit](/source/First_Motion_Picture_Unit). He was posted to [Saipan](/source/Saipan) to document the first B-29 mission to bomb Tokyo.[3] After his retirement from the entertainment industry, he returned to finish those units and received a degree from the [UCLA Department of Theater](/source/UCLA_Department_of_Theater) in 2006.[4] Rubin was married to actress [Kathleen Hughes](/source/Kathleen_Hughes) from 1954 until his death.[5] They had four children. He is the subject of the [documentary film](/source/Documentary_film) *Stanley Rubin: A Work in Progress* (2008), written and directed by Kellett Tighe. He died on March 2, 2014, from [natural causes](/source/Natural_causes) at the age of 96 at his [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) home.[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [A (Very) Personal History of the First Sponsored Film Series on National Television](http://journals.dartmouth.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Journals.woa/2/xmlpage/4/article/312) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Pryor, Thomas M. (October 26, 1953). ["TRACY IS SOUGHT FOR KOREA FILM"](https://www.nytimes.com/1953/10/26/archives/tracy-is-sought-for-korea-film-paramount-wants-actor-for-bridges-at.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. p. 26. Retrieved March 12, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["World War II: The Movie"](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/world-war-ii-the-movie-21103597/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Old School"](http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/depts/quicktakes/rubin/). *UCLA Magazine*. January 1, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Kathleen Hughes - Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen](http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/136/Kathleen+Hughes/index.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Pool, Bob (March 4, 2014). ["Stanley Rubin dies at 96; prolific writer-producer of TV and film"](https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-stanley-rubin-20140305-story.html#axzz2v2GSbf15). *Los Angeles Times*. 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