Milton Raison

Milton Raison

Deceased · Born: Aug 30, 1903 · Died: Jan 20, 1982

Personal Details

BornAug 30, 1903 Vyatka, Russia
Spouse
  • Geraldine Audinet

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
  • Johanna

    ( May 14, 2025 to Jan 20, 1982 )

Biography

Milton Michael Raison, a multifaceted and accomplished individual, has made a lasting impact on the world of literature and entertainment, his remarkable achievements and creations a true reflection of his extraordinary imagination and forward-thinking approach.

Born in the year 1903, Raison's life was forever altered at the tender age of three, as he embarked on a pivotal and transformative journey, leaving behind the familiar surroundings of his childhood home to venture forth into the unknown, accompanied by his parents, who shared in his sense of adventure and uncertainty, as together they emigrated to the United States, a country steeped in promise and possibility, and ultimately found a new home in the bustling metropolis of New York City, a place that would come to define his identity and shape his destiny.

From a tender age, Raison's formative years were marked by a profound and abiding appreciation for the refined art of writing, a passion that would only continue to grow and flourish as he delved deeper into the world of literature. Concurrently, his curiosity about the vast and majestic expanse of the sea was ignited, a fascination that would eventually serve as the catalyst for his creative pursuits.

As the milestone of adulthood drew near, Raison's ardor for writing and the majesty of the sea remained steadfast, gradually intensifying until it reached a crescendo, ultimately resulting in the publication of his inaugural anthology of poems, aptly titled "Sea Moods and Sea Men", at the astonishingly young age of 19.

Raison's formative years were marked by a striking predilection for deviating from the norm, a tendency that ultimately culminated in his expulsion from Stuyvesant High School, a renowned and esteemed institution situated in the heart of New York City, where academic excellence and intellectual rigor are highly valued.

Despite encountering a significant obstacle that might have otherwise discouraged many individuals from pursuing their academic and professional goals, Raison demonstrated remarkable resilience and determination, electing to rechannel his energies and redirect his focus towards a career in writing.

Raison has dedicated himself to leaving a profound mark on the literary landscape, diligently churning out an impressive assortment of articles and book reviews, which have been widely disseminated through an array of respected and prestigious publications.

Notably, the writings of this individual have not only served as a testament to his remarkable writing abilities, but have also provided a glimpse into his unwavering commitment to honing his craft, as well as his fervent desire to disseminate his thoughts and opinions to a broader spectrum of readers.

Raison's professional trajectory has been marked by a remarkable ascent to prominence within the literary sphere, where he is now widely regarded as a preeminent authority, his reputation built upon a foundation of unwavering dedication to the pursuit of intellectual curiosity and a steadfast commitment to the highest standards of literary excellence.

Throughout the 1920s, Raison embarked on a fascinating and diverse career trajectory, commencing his professional journey by functioning as a press agent for a troupe of chorus girls, thereby acquiring a distinctive comprehension of the entertainment industry's intricacies and inner workings.

A multifaceted individual, he successfully harnessed his boundless creative potential by authoring a succession of literary works, with one particularly notable publication, "Spindrift", emerging as a striking and memorable sea diary, distinguished by the inclusion of exquisite illustrations, courtesy of the esteemed and accomplished artist, John Sloan.

Raison's creative endeavors extended far beyond the realm of literary pursuits, as he boldly ventured into the vibrant world of theatrical production, where he demonstrated an uncanny knack for identifying and nurturing exceptional talent.

His artistic inclinations did not stop at the written word, as Raison also demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for screenwriting, with his scripts being commissioned by none other than the prestigious Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Raison's life took a significant turn during the tumultuous era of World War II, as he made the courageous decision to enlist in the prestigious United States Marine Corps, capitalizing on his exceptional writing talents to create captivating radio scripts and cinematic narratives that were specifically designed to boost the morale of those bravely fighting on the front lines.

As the dust settled following the tumultuous period of conflict, Raison's remarkable talent and versatility enabled him to effortlessly pivot into the rapidly evolving realm of television. With his remarkable skillset, he began crafting scripts for a diverse array of television series, cementing his reputation as a highly valued and indispensable member of various production teams.

As his impressive portfolio continued to expand, Raison took on the dual roles of both staff writer and story consultant, leaving an indelible and lasting impact on the television industry.

Noted literary figure, Raison, whose life was a tapestry woven from the threads of matrimony and parenthood, saw himself entwined in three distinct unions, each one a chapter in the ongoing narrative of his personal and professional journey. The culmination of these relationships was a numerous brood of offspring, a testament to his enduring legacy.

Throughout the latter stages of his life, Raison's existence was marked by a plethora of health-related issues and personal tribulations, which collectively had a profound impact on his daily life, yet he demonstrated unwavering resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity, continuing to devote himself to his creative pursuits with unrelenting passion and dedication, remaining steadfast in his commitment to writing until the very end of his life.

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**Raison's Biography**

Raison was born in [birthplace] in [year]. He grew up with a passion for writing and storytelling, which was encouraged by his supportive family and mentors. He began his writing career by [briefly describe his early writing endeavors].

Raison's writing style was characterized by [unique features of his writing style]. His work often explored themes of [common themes in his writing].

Throughout his career, Raison was recognized for [notable achievements and awards]. He was also known for his [publications, performances, or other notable events].

Despite the challenges he faced in his personal life, Raison remained dedicated to his craft, and his writing continued to evolve and flourish until his passing in [year].

Career

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1953
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The Homesteaders
The Homesteaders as Screenplay
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Topeka
Topeka as Screenplay
{"id":82704,"title":"Old Oklahoma Plains","year":"1952","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/old-oklahoma-plains","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_82704.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_82704.jpg"},"released":1}
1952
{"id":188547,"title":"Street Bandits","year":"1951","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/street-bandits","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_188547.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_188547.jpg"},"released":1}
1951
{"id":68791,"title":"Western Pacific Agent","year":"1950","job":"Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/western-pacific-agent","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_68791.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_68791.jpg"},"released":1}
1950
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{"id":68996,"title":"State Department: File 649","year":"1949","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/state-department-file-649","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_68996.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_68996.jpg"},"released":1}
1949
{"id":69000,"title":"Special Agent","year":"1949","job":"Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/special-agent","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_69000.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_69000.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":69506,"title":"Mr. Reckless","year":"1948","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/mr-reckless","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_69506.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_69506.jpg"},"released":1}
1948
Mr. Reckless
Mr. Reckless as Screenplay
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Speed to Spare
Speed to Spare as Screenplay
{"id":96623,"title":"Big Town Scandal","year":"1948","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/big-town-scandal","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_96623.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_96623.jpg"},"released":1}
Big Town Scandal
Big Town Scandal as Screenplay
{"id":69861,"title":"Web of Danger","year":"1947","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/web-of-danger","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_69861.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_69861.jpg"},"released":1}
1947
Web of Danger
Web of Danger as Screenplay
{"id":70059,"title":"The Mysterious Mr. Valentine","year":"1946","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-mysterious-mr-valentine","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_70059.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_70059.jpg"},"released":1}
1946
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Terrors on Horseback
Terrors on Horseback as Screenplay, Story
{"id":70249,"title":"The Phantom of 42nd Street","year":"1945","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-phantom-of-42nd-street","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_70249.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_70249.jpg"},"released":1}
1945
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Border Badmen
Border Badmen as Screenplay, Story
{"id":95077,"title":"His Brother's Ghost","year":"1945","job":"Screenplay, Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/his-brothers-ghost-1945","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_95077.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_95077.jpg"},"released":1}
His Brother's Ghost
His Brother's Ghost as Screenplay, Story
{"id":187203,"title":"High Powered","year":"1945","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/high-powered","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_187203.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_187203.jpg"},"released":1}
High Powered
High Powered as Screenplay
{"id":96689,"title":"Wild Horse Phantom","year":"1944","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/wild-horse-phantom","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_96689.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_96689.jpg"},"released":1}
1944
{"id":175378,"title":"The Sultan's Daughter","year":"1943","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-sultans-daughter-1943","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_175378.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_175378.jpg"},"released":1}
1943
{"id":198675,"title":"The Renegade","year":"1943","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-renegade-1943","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_198675.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_198675.jpg"},"released":1}
The Renegade
The Renegade as Screenplay
{"id":14442,"title":"Bombs Over Burma","year":"1942","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/bombs-over-burma","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_14442.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_14442.jpg"},"released":1}
1942
Bombs Over Burma
Bombs Over Burma as Screenplay
{"id":71228,"title":"Lady from Chungking","year":"1942","job":"Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/lady-from-chungking","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_71228.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_71228.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":175470,"title":"Sheriff of Sage Valley","year":"1942","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/sheriff-of-sage-valley","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_175470.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_175470.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":175489,"title":"Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns","year":"1942","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/billy-the-kids-smoking-guns-1942","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_175489.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_175489.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":175542,"title":"Jungle Siren","year":"1942","job":"Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/jungle-siren","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_175542.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_175542.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":201445,"title":"Rolling Down the Great Divide","year":"1942","job":"Story, Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/rolling-down-the-great-divide","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_201445.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_201445.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":71469,"title":"Double Cross","year":"1941","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/double-cross-1941","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_71469.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_71469.jpg"},"released":1}
1941
Double Cross
Double Cross as Screenplay
{"id":201475,"title":"Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona","year":"1941","job":"Screenplay, Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/tumbledown-ranch-in-arizona","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_201475.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_201475.jpg"},"released":1}
Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona
Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona as Screenplay, Story
{"id":71847,"title":"Murder on the Yukon","year":"1940","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/murder-on-the-yukon","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_71847.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_71847.jpg"},"released":1}
1940
{"id":204888,"title":"West of Carson City","year":"1940","job":"Screenplay, Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/west-of-carson-city","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_204888.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_204888.jpg"},"released":1}
West of Carson City
West of Carson City as Screenplay, Story
{"id":95239,"title":"The Girl from Rio","year":"1939","job":"Screenplay, Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-girl-from-rio","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_95239.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_95239.jpg"},"released":1}
1939
The Girl from Rio
The Girl from Rio as Screenplay, Story
{"id":73159,"title":"The Shadow","year":"1937","job":"Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-shadow-1937","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_73159.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_73159.jpg"},"released":1}
1937
The Shadow
The Shadow as Story
{"id":95311,"title":"Country Gentlemen","year":"1936","job":"Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/country-gentlemen","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_95311.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_95311.jpg"},"released":1}
1936