Norman Reilly Raine

Writer

Norman Reilly Raine (23 June 1894 – 19 July 1971) was an American screenwriter, creator of "Tugboat Annie" and winner of an Oscar for the screenplay of The Life of Emile Zola (1937). Raine wrote a series of Tugboat Annie stories for the Saturday Evening Post. In a 1940 news article, it was said he based Tugboat Annie on a female tugboat owner he knew and wanted to write a story about her; however the woman was gentle and Tugboat Annie was not. He also based Tugboat Annie on Marie Dressler after he watched Anna Christie. In 1933 he wrote...

Born: June 23, 1894 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: July 19, 1971 (Age 77)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake Short Film	6.9	Writing	Writer	1954
Woman of the North Country Movie	6.1	Writing	Screenplay	1952
M Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1951
A Bell for Adano Movie	6.5	Writing	Writer	1945
Captain Kidd Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.1	Writing	Screenplay	1945
Nob Hill Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1945
Captain Tugboat Annie Movie	6.4	Writing	Characters	1945
Ladies Courageous Movie	5.6	Writing	Writer	1944
We've Never Been Licked Movie	5.5	Writing	Story, Screenplay	1943
Captains of the Clouds Movie	6.5	Writing	Screenplay	1942
Eagle Squadron Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1942
The Fighting 69th Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again Movie	5.5	Writing	Characters	1940
Each Dawn I Die Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.8	Writing	Screenplay	1939
Island of Lost Men Movie	5.6	Writing	Theatre Play	1939
Men Are Such Fools Movie	5.1	Writing	Screenplay	1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	7.8	Writing	Screenplay	1938
God's Country and the Woman Movie	5.5	Writing	Screenplay	1937
Mountain Justice Movie	6.1	Writing	Screenplay	1937
The Life of Emile Zola Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	7	Writing	Screenplay	1937
The Perfect Specimen Movie	6.3	Writing	Screenplay	1937
Tugboat Annie Movie	6.6	Writing	Story	1933
White Woman Movie	5.9	Writing	Theatre Play	1933

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