Owen Marks
Editor · Died September 18, 1960, aged 61 · England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Owen Marks (8 August 1899 – 18 September 1960) was an English film editor. Born in England, Marks spent time as a prizefighter before his film career began in 1928, when Warner Bros. contracted him as a film editor. He edited over 95 films during his tenure. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Editing for Casablanca (1942) and Janie (1944), but did not win either time. Marks died on 18 September 1960, in Los Angeles, California. His final films as editor, The Sins of Rachel Cade and Parrish, were released posthumously in 1961.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 8, 1899
- September 18, 1960 (aged 61)
- England, UK
- Editor
- 55 on MovieCove · 88 credits in all
What are Owen Marks' films like?
Across their 55 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 53
A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 17 · Dark 20
A split, not a type: Grounded 31 · Stylized 21 · Heightened 3
Gentle 8 · Charged 35 · Intense 12
Steady 18 · Shifting 32 · Whiplash 5
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 32 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 5
Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 31 · Relentless 4
Casual 35 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 17 · Affecting 26 · Heavy 12
Resolved 48 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy21
- Bittersweet26
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Owen Marks' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (9).
- Casablanca (1942) · editor
- Passage to Marseille (1944) · editor
- Footsteps in the Dark (1941) · editor
- Trouble Along the Way (1953) · editor
- Bright Leaf (1950) · editor
- I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) · editor
- The Fighting 69th (1940) · editor
- The Sea Chase (1955) · editor
- The West Point Story (1950) · editor
Subscription and free streaming for Owen Marks' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
88 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page.
Parrish(1961)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Sins of Rachel Cade(1961)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
A Summer Place(1959)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Hanging Tree(1959)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Too Much, Too Soon(1958)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Lafayette Escadrille(1958)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Darby's Rangers(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Santiago(1956)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Sincerely Yours(1955)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
East of Eden(1955)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Sea Chase(1955)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Lucky Me(1954)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Three Sailors and a Girl(1953)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Trouble Along the Way(1953)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Man Behind the Gun(1953)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Stop, You're Killing Me(1952)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Force of Arms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Highway 301 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
The West Point Story(1950)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Bright Leaf(1950)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Caged(1950)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
White Heat(1949)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Colorado Territory(1949)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
June Bride(1948)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Winter Meeting(1948)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Deep Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Nora Prentiss(1947)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Man I Love(1946)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Pride of the Marines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Escape in the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Janie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
Passage to Marseille(1944)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Mission to Moscow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Casablanca(1942)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Wings for the Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Affectionately Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Footsteps in the Dark(1941)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Blues in the Night(1941)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
No Time for Comedy(1940)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Saturday's Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
The Fighting 69th(1940)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Oklahoma Kid(1939)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Angels with Dirty Faces(1938)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Secrets of an Actress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Love, Honor and Behave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
It's Love I'm After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Slim(1937)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Black Legion(1937)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
China Clipper(1936)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Petrified Forest(1936)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Frisco Kid(1935)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
We're in the Money(1935)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Traveling Saleslady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
While the Patient Slept(1935)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Secret Bride(1934)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
A Lost Lady(1934)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Upperworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Convention City(1933)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Ever in My Heart(1933)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Voltaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
The Working Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
The King's Vacation(1933)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
You Said a Mouthful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The Crash(1932)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Tenderfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Safe in Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Alexander Hamilton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Millionaire(1931)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Divorce Among Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Old English (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Mammy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Disraeli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
The Hottentot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Say It with Songs(1929)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Fancy Baggage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
My Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
The Midnight Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
Tracked by the Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
Helen's Babies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
Listen Lester (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
Career shape
A full career of 83 titles from 1924 to 1961.
Biggest box office
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Highest rated
Casablanca (1942)
Most popular right now
East of Eden (1955)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Owen Marks' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 55; across their 55 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th24
- 25th to 49th14
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
31 of their 55 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser31
- Broadly Agreed11
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 55 reviewed titles; fans 61, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Owen Marks' work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Owen Marks work with?
People who share at least 2 of Owen Marks' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Max Steiner shares the most, 17.
Directors
- Michael CurtizShared titles: Trouble Along the Way (1953), I'll See You in My Dreams (1951), Bright Leaf (1950), Passage to Marseille (1944), Casablanca (1942), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Gold Is Where You Find It (1938), Black Legion (1937)See all 9 shared titles with Michael Curtiz
- Lloyd BaconShared titles: Footsteps in the Dark (1941), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), Frisco Kid (1935), Say It with Songs (1929)See all 4 shared titles with Lloyd Bacon
- Archie MayoShared titles: Black Legion (1937), The Petrified Forest (1936), Convention City (1933), Ever in My Heart (1933)See all 4 shared titles with Archie Mayo
- Ray EnrightShared titles: Slim (1937), China Clipper (1936), We're in the Money (1935), While the Patient Slept (1935)See all 4 shared titles with Ray Enright
Writers
- John TwistShared titles: Santiago (1956), The Sea Chase (1955), The Man Behind the Gun (1953), Colorado Territory (1949)See all 4 shared titles with John Twist
- Norman Reilly RaineShared titles: The Fighting 69th (1940), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), China Clipper (1936)See all 4 shared titles with Norman Reilly Raine
- Warren DuffShared titles: The Oklahoma Kid (1939), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Gold Is Where You Find It (1938), Frisco Kid (1935)See all 4 shared titles with Warren Duff
- Robert BucknerShared titles: The Man Behind the Gun (1953), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Buckner
Actors
- Humphrey BogartShared titles: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Passage to Marseille (1944), Casablanca (1942), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Black Legion (1937), China Clipper (1936), The Petrified Forest (1936)See all 8 shared titles with Humphrey Bogart
- James CagneyShared titles: The West Point Story (1950), White Heat (1949), The Fighting 69th (1940), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Frisco Kid (1935), The Millionaire (1931)See all 7 shared titles with James Cagney
- Bette DavisShared titles: June Bride (1948), Winter Meeting (1948), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Petrified Forest (1936), The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)See all 5 shared titles with Bette Davis
- Henry O'NeillShared titles: Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), Gold Is Where You Find It (1938), We're in the Money (1935), While the Patient Slept (1935), The Secret Bride (1934)See all 5 shared titles with Henry O'Neill
Composers and cinematographers
- Max SteinerShared titles: Parrish (1961), The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961), A Summer Place (1959), The Hanging Tree (1959), Darby's Rangers (1958), Trouble Along the Way (1953), Caged (1950), White Heat (1949), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Winter Meeting (1948), Passage to Marseille (1944), Casablanca (1942) and 5 moreSee newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Max Steiner
- Bernhard KaunShared titles: Black Legion (1937), China Clipper (1936), The Petrified Forest (1936), Frisco Kid (1935), While the Patient Slept (1935), The Secret Bride (1934), Ever in My Heart (1933), The King's Vacation (1933)See all 8 shared titles with Bernhard Kaun
- Ernest HallerShared titles: Winter Meeting (1948), Blues in the Night (1941), Footsteps in the Dark (1941), No Time for Comedy (1940), Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), The Secret Bride (1934), The Crash (1932)See all 7 shared titles with Ernest Haller
- Ted D. McCordShared titles: The Hanging Tree (1959), East of Eden (1955), Stop, You're Killing Me (1952), I'll See You in My Dreams (1951), June Bride (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)See all 6 shared titles with Ted D. McCord
Producers
- Hal B. WallisShared titles: Passage to Marseille (1944), Casablanca (1942), Blues in the Night (1941), Footsteps in the Dark (1941), No Time for Comedy (1940), The Fighting 69th (1940), Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Gold Is Where You Find It (1938), Black Legion (1937), Slim (1937) and 3 moreSee newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Hal B. Wallis
- Jack L. WarnerShared titles: June Bride (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Winter Meeting (1948), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Man I Love (1946), Passage to Marseille (1944), Casablanca (1942), No Time for Comedy (1940), Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), Gold Is Where You Find It (1938), Black Legion (1937) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Jack L. Warner
- Henry BlankeShared titles: The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961), Too Much, Too Soon (1958), Sincerely Yours (1955), Lucky Me (1954), Bright Leaf (1950), June Bride (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Winter Meeting (1948), Blues in the Night (1941), The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935), The Secret Bride (1934), Convention City (1933)See all 12 shared titles with Henry Blanke
- Louis F. EdelmanShared titles: Stop, You're Killing Me (1952), I'll See You in My Dreams (1951), The West Point Story (1950), White Heat (1949), The Fighting 69th (1940), China Clipper (1936)See all 6 shared titles with Louis F. Edelman
Mixed roles
- Elia KazanShared titles: East of Eden (1955), Blues in the Night (1941)See all 2 shared titles with Elia Kazan
