A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Fine worked in an advertising agency, a bookstore, and an aircraft factory before joining the Army Air Force in 1942. A graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, Fine returned to school after his military service ended in 1944 and earned a master's degree in English from the University of Pittsburgh. After an unprofitable stint writing for magazines, he moved to California and turned to writing for radio programs. It was then that he met David Friedkin and began a long writing partnership. Fine wrote several nationally broadcast radio shows in collaboration with David Friedkin, including Broadway Is My Beat and Crime Classics.[1]
^"Morton Fine and David Fredkin Write of Murder in 'Broadway's My Beat'". Sherbrooke Telegram. Sherbrooke, Quebec. June 15, 1950. p. 14. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
^"Hollywood Writers Choose Best Screenplay Authors". The New York Times. New York, NY. March 23, 1966. Retrieved November 1, 2011. Morton Fine and David Friedkin won the award for the best-written drama for The Pawnbroker.
^"Adding glamor to 'The Most Deadly Game'". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. October 10, 1970. pp. 8–9. Retrieved November 1, 2011. The series was created by one of today's most successful writing-producing teams, Morton Fine and David Friedkin, who were responsible for television's I Spy, and also wrote the screenplay for the award-winning motion picture The Pawnbroker [...]
^Pryor, Thomas M. (August 1, 1956). "TV Alumni Shoot Movie In 9 Days; Fine and Friedkin Complete Work on 'Capital Offense' at M-G-M in Record Time". The New York Times. New York, NY. p. 18. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
^Pryor, Thomas M. (August 31, 1956). "MGM Woos Pair From Television; Studio Signs Morton Fine and David Friedkin, '9-Day Wonders,' for More Films James Stewart's Plans". The New York Times. New York, NY. p. 9. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
morton, fine, december, 1916, march, 1991, american, screenwriter, born, 1916, december, 1916baltimore, marylanddiedmarch, 1991, 1991, aged, nationalityamericanalma, materst, john, collegeuniversity, pittsburghoccupationscreenwriterknown, fori, pawnbrokera, na. Morton Fine December 24 1916 March 7 1991 was an American screenwriter Morton FineBorn 1916 12 24 December 24 1916Baltimore MarylandDiedMarch 7 1991 1991 03 07 aged 74 NationalityAmericanAlma materSt John s CollegeUniversity of PittsburghOccupationScreenwriterKnown forI Spy The PawnbrokerA native of Baltimore Maryland Fine worked in an advertising agency a bookstore and an aircraft factory before joining the Army Air Force in 1942 A graduate of St John s College in Annapolis Fine returned to school after his military service ended in 1944 and earned a master s degree in English from the University of Pittsburgh After an unprofitable stint writing for magazines he moved to California and turned to writing for radio programs It was then that he met David Friedkin and began a long writing partnership Fine wrote several nationally broadcast radio shows in collaboration with David Friedkin including Broadway Is My Beat and Crime Classics 1 The writing duo then moved on to film and television where their credits include The Pawnbroker for which he won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama in 1965 2 The Nativity The Greek Tycoon I Spy The Next Man The Most Deadly Game 3 and several television Westerns including The Rifleman The Big Valley Maverick The Virginian and more 4 5 References Edit Morton Fine and David Fredkin Write of Murder in Broadway s My Beat Sherbrooke Telegram Sherbrooke Quebec June 15 1950 p 14 Retrieved November 1 2011 Hollywood Writers Choose Best Screenplay Authors The New York Times New York NY March 23 1966 Retrieved November 1 2011 Morton Fine and David Friedkin won the award for the best written drama for The Pawnbroker Adding glamor to The Most Deadly Game The Windsor Star Windsor Ontario October 10 1970 pp 8 9 Retrieved November 1 2011 The series was created by one of today s most successful writing producing teams Morton Fine and David Friedkin who were responsible for television s I Spy and also wrote the screenplay for the award winning motion picture The Pawnbroker Pryor Thomas M August 1 1956 TV Alumni Shoot Movie In 9 Days Fine and Friedkin Complete Work on Capital Offense at M G M in Record Time The New York Times New York NY p 18 Retrieved November 1 2011 Pryor Thomas M August 31 1956 MGM Woos Pair From Television Studio Signs Morton Fine and David Friedkin 9 Day Wonders for More Films James Stewart s Plans The New York Times New York NY p 9 Retrieved November 1 2011 External links EditMorton Fine at IMDb nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about an American screenwriter born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Morton Fine amp oldid 1172265725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
