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Marshall Schlom

Born March 3, 1928 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died January 21, 2015 · aged 86

American Marshall Schlom worked as a script supervisor for film and television productions.

Known For

Rain Man

Rain Man · 1988

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck · 1989

MovieComedyDrama

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice, and just about everyone else who crosses his path.

Nine to Five

Nine to Five · 1980

Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

The Chase

The Chase · 1966

MovieCrimeDrama

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II · 1986

The Karate Kid Part II

MovieAdventureDrama

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World · 1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

MovieAdventureComedy

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Malice

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · 1982

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel The Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight.

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Rain Man

Rain Man · 1988

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

Script Supervisor

Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck · 1989

MovieComedyDrama

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice, and just about everyone else who crosses his path.

Script Supervisor

Nine to Five

Nine to Five · 1980

Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

Script Supervisor

The Chase

The Chase · 1966

MovieCrimeDrama

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Script Supervisor

The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II · 1986

The Karate Kid Part II

MovieAdventureDrama

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.

Script Supervisor

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World · 1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

MovieAdventureComedy

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Script Supervisor

Malice

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Script Supervisor

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · 1982

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel The Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight.

Script Supervisor

Wildcats

Wildcats · 1986

High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.

Script Supervisor

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg · 1961

Judgment at Nuremberg

MovieDramaHistory

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Script Supervisor

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · 1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

MovieDramaRomance

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

Script Supervisor

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria · 1970

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

MovieComedyDrama

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

Script Supervisor

Fletch

MovieComedyCrime

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.

Script Supervisor

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show · 1971

The Last Picture Show

MovieDramaRomance

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

Script Supervisor

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch · 1955

The Seven Year Itch

MovieComedyRomance

When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.

Script Supervisor

On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond · 1981

MovieDramaRomance

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.

Script Supervisor

The Golden Child

The Golden Child · 1986

The Golden Child

MovieActionAdventure

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

Script Supervisor

The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome · 1979

The China Syndrome

MovieDramaThriller

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

Script Supervisor

Night Moves

Night Moves · 1975

MovieThrillerCrime

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.

Script Supervisor

Papillon

Papillon · 1973

MovieCrimeDrama

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Script Supervisor

2010

MovieThrillerScience Fiction

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

Script Supervisor

Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon · 1984

Racing with the Moon

MovieDramaRomance

In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievous and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.

Script Supervisor

Just One of the Guys

Just One of the Guys · 1985

Just One of the Guys

MovieComedyRomance

When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as a guy so well that she is soon making friends with the boys at school, including the attractive Rick, who becomes her new best friend. But her gender-swapping makes things difficult when she falls in love with him.

Script Supervisor

Dead Again

Dead Again · 1991

MovieMysteryThriller

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.

Script Supervisor