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Harry Marker (1899-1990) is an American Oscar-nominated film editor, who also worked in the television medium. Over the course of his 45-year career, he worked on more than 100 films and television shows. In 1946 he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Film Editing for ''The Bells of St. Mary's''. ==Life and career== Born William Harry Marker Jr. on October 7, 1899 in Tipton, Indiana, he entered the film industry at the age of 17, as an editor on the 1918 silent film, ''Selfish Yates''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Movie Database )〕 During the silent film era, he would edit 15 films, including such notable movies as: ''The Jailbird'' (1920), directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas MacLean;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Jailbird: Detail View )〕 the 1920 comedy ''Silk Hosiery'', directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Silk Hosiery: Detail View )〕 ''The Rookie's Return'' (1920), a comedy directed by Jack Nelson and starring Douglas MacLean;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Rookie's Return: Detail View )〕 the 1928 Western, ''The Border Patrol'', starring Harry Carey and directed by James P. Hogan;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Border Patrol: Detail View )〕 and ''Burning Bridges'' (1928), again starring Carey and directed by Hogan;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Burning Bridges: Detail View )〕 During the sound era, Marker worked on many notable films and with some very notable directors, including: William Wyler's 1929 romantic comedy, ''The Love Trap'', starring Laura La Plante;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Love Trap: Detail View )〕 the 1930 Wyler Western, ''Hell's Heroes'', based on Peter B. Kyne's novel, ''The Three Godfathers'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hell's Heroes: Detail View )〕 1932's ''East Is West'', starring Lupe Velez, Lew Ayres, and Edward G. Robinson;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=East Is West: Detail View )〕 the 1936 version of ''The Last of the Mohicans'', directed by George B. Seitz and starring Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, and Henry Wilcoxon;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Last of the Mohicans: Detail View )〕 1938's ''The Saint in New York'', the first film appearance of Simon Templar, aka "The Saint";〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Saint in New York: Detail View )〕 and the 1939 melodrama ''Five Came Back'', directed by John Farrow and starring Chester Morris and Lucille Ball.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Five Came Back: Detail View )〕 Marker would continue to work steadily through the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the more notable films he worked on include: ''Stranger on the Third Floor'', a 1940 film noir starring Peter Lorre;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Stranger on the Third Floor: Detail View )〕 ''A Bill of Divorcement'' (1940), starring Maureen O'Hara and Adolphe Menjou, and directed by John Farrow;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A Bill of Divorcement: Detail View )〕 the romantic comedy starring Gene Raymond and Wendy Barrie, ''Cross-Country Romance'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Cross-Country Romance: Detail View )〕 ''Play Girl'' (1941), another romantic comedy, this one starring Kay Francis;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Play Girl: Detail View )〕 the second film in the The Falcon franchise, ''A Date with the Falcon'' (1942), starring George Sanders (he would also edit the next Falcon film, ''The Falcon Takes Over'' that same year);〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A Date with the Falcon: Detail View )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Falcon Takes Over: Detail View )〕 the 1943 comedy starring the team of Wally Brown and Alan Carney, ''The Adventures of a Rookie'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Adventures of a Rookie: Detail View )〕 the Academy Award-nominated musical ''Music in Manhattan'', starring Anne Shirley;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Music in Manhattan: Detail View )〕 and the 1945 psychological thriller, ''The Spiral Staircase'', directed by Robert Siodmak.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Spiral Staircase: Detail View )〕 1945 would also see Marker reach the pinnacle of his career, when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the classic drama, ''The Bells of St. Mary's'', starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. He would lose to Robert J. Kern for ''National Velvet''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences )〕 His next picture was another Oscar-winning film, the 1947 comedy-drama, ''The Farmer's Daughter'', starring Loretta Young, Joseph Cotton, and Ethel Barrymore, and was directed by H. C. Potter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Farmer's Daughter: Detail View )〕 Other notable films he worked on during this period include: the classic 1948 comedy ''Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'', again directed by H. C. Potter, and starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House: Detail View )〕 ''Rachel and the Stranger'', a 1948 Western starring Loretta Young, William Holden, and Robert Mitchum;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Rachel and the Stranger: Detail View )〕 the romantic comedy, ''Every Girl Should Be Married'' (1948), starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Every Girl Should Be Married: Detail View )〕 and in 1949 he edited another romantic comedy, ''Holiday Affair'', starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Holiday Affair: Detail View )〕 During the 1950s Marker would continue to work on notable films, before segueing into the television industry. His 1950 films include: the psychological thriller directed by Mel Ferrer, ''The Secret Fury'', starring Claudette Colbert and Robert Ryan;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Secret Fury: Detail View )〕 the Bette Davis vehicle, ''Payment on Demand'' (1951), which also stars Barry Sullivan;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Payment on Demand: Detail View )〕 the 1951 color musical, ''Two Tickets to Broadway'', starring Tony Martin and Janet Leigh;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Two Tickets to Broadway: Detail View )〕 the musical comedy ''Double Dynamite'', starring Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, and Frank Sinatra;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Two Tickets to Broadway: Detail View )〕 the 1953 romantic comedy ''Susan Slept Here'', starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell, in his last screen appearance;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Susan Slept Here: Detail View )〕 the Civil War Western, ''Great Day in the Morning'', starring Robert Stack and Virginia Mayo;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Great Day in the Morning: Detail View )〕 the 1956 musical comedy, ''Bundle of Joy'', starring Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Bundle of Joy: Detail View )〕 the cold war action film ''Jet Pilot'', starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh, and directed by Josef von Sternberg;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Jet Pilot: Detail View )〕 and 1958's musical comedy ''The Girl Most Likely'', starring Jane Powell and Cliff Robertson;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Girl Most Likely: Detail View )〕 Marker's final film editing of the job of the 1950s was ''Thunder Road'', a 1958 crime drama starring Robert Mitchum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Thunder Road: Detail View )〕 After this film, Marker took a break from the big screen and spent the rest of the decade, and the first half of the next, concentrating on television.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=American Film Institute )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Movie Database )〕 Over the next five years he would work on a number of television shows, including ''Behind Closed Doors'' (1959), ''Lassie'' (1959), ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' (1961), and ''The Rifleman'' (1962).〔 Marker returned to feature films in 1963, working on the independent feature, ''Decision at Midnight'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Movie Database )〕 and his final credit was in 1964, on the drama ''Voice of the Hurricane''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Voice of the Hurricane: Detail View )〕 Marker died on October 18, 1990 in New Milford, Connecticut. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Marker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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