Maxine Reiner Explained

Maxine Reiner
Other Names:	Maxine Sokolov
Birth Date:	March 16, 1916
Birth Place:	Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1935 - 1936
Spouse:
Children:	1

Maxine Reiner (March 16, 1916  - June 19, 2003) was an American actress. She was more noted for off-screen marital troubles than for her film performances.

Early life and education

Reiner was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania,^[1] the daughter of Bernard Reiner and Ida Eisenberg Reiner. Her family was Jewish. Her father owned a chain of women's specialty shops, and his father was a jeweler.

She attended a school of elocution and dramatic art in Philadelphia, and acted in plays there.^{[2] [3]}

Career

Reiner modeled for advertisements and in swimsuits as a young woman.^[4] She moved to Los Angeles with her mother and sister after high school, to seek a career in the film business. She was soon under contract with Paramount Pictures,^[5] and later with Universal Pictures.^[6] Her first film was Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935).

She also had screen credits in Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936),^[7] Sins of Man (1936), and The Girl on the Front Page (1936),^[8] and smaller uncredited roles in It Had to Happen (1936) and Flying Hostess (1936).

Personal life

Reiner married a friend of her parents',^[9] businessman Joseph I. Myerson, in 1935;^{[10] [11]} they divorced in 1936, in a contested trial that made headlines. "She said she earned more money than I did and didn't need me," Myerson told The Los Angeles Times in February 1936.^[12]

Her second husband was film producer Harry Eliot Sokolov. They married in 1937,^[13] had a son, Thomas, born in 1943, and lived in Beverly Hills, California, with her mother and younger sister; they divorced in 1950.^[14]

She was linked in gossip columns with author Max Rubinstein in 1951.^[15] Her third husband was Frank M. Grossman; they were married briefly in the 1950s.

Death

Reiner died in Los Angeles in 2003, aged 87 years. Her son, Thomas R. Sokolov, is a judge on the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.^[16] Her younger sister was cookbook author Naomi Shuwarger.^{[17] [18]}

External links

• • A Maxine Reiner cigarette card, in the New York Public Library Digital Collections
• "Dixie Dunbar, Maxine Reiner, and Helen Wood get their contracts with Twentieth Century Fox approved" (1935), a photograph in UCLA Library Special Collections

Notes and References

1. News: Meehan . Jeannette . 1936-05-10 . Look out Sirens, Here comes Competition! . 40 . Arizona Republic . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
2. News: 1935-04-06 . Girl Known Here Wins Film Place . 6 . Lancaster New Era . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
3. News: 1935-06-08 . Phila. Girl in Movies Announces Betrothal . 17 . The Morning Post . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
4. News: June 11, 1935 . Rubber Bathing Suit Resembles Crepe . 12 . Greenfield Daily Recorder Gazette . March 19, 2022 . NewspaperArchive.com.
5. News: 1935-12-07 . Win Contracts, Vow No Wedding . 1 . The Evening Independent . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
6. News: 1936-06-22 . Maxine Reiner signs 6-year film contract . 1 . The Daily Advocate . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
7. News: Tinée . Mae . 1936-05-23 . Charlie Chan Runs into Job at the Circus . 19 . Chicago Tribune . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
8. News: 1936-11-07 . Reel Reviews . 8 . The Brooklyn Citizen . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
9. News: Kendall . Read . 1935-05-28 . Around and Around in Hollywood . 15 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
10. News: 1935-07-04 . Film Player to be Bride . 22 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
11. News: July 11, 1935 . 19-Year-Old Girl Gives Up First Film Role to Marry . 3 . San Pedro News Pilot . March 19, 2022.
12. News: 1936-02-18 . Stand Taken by Actress; Maxine Reiner Says Husband Cruel at Contested Divorce Trial . 22 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
13. News: 1937-06-03 . The Hollywood Roundup . 2 . The Columbus Telegram . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
14. News: 1950-08-10 . Ex-Actress Divorces Los Angeles Attorney . 38 . Ventura County Star . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
15. News: Carroll . Harrison . 1951-01-01 . Behind the Scenes in Hollywood . 6 . Lancaster Eagle-Gazette . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
16. Web site: Thomas R. Sokolov . 2022-03-19 . Ballotpedia . en.
17. News: 1942-04-20 . Naomi Reiner Becomes Bride . 29 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.
18. News: 1990-07-05 . Restaurant Touring . 2 . East Review . 2022-03-19 . Newspapers.com.