Editing Robert Wise (section)

==Early years==
Wise was born in [[Winchester, Indiana]], the youngest son of Olive R. (née Longenecker) and Earl W. Wise, a meat packer.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/40/Robert-E-Wise.html Robert E. Wise Biography (1914-)]. Filmreference.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-22.</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Gehring | first =Wes D. | title =Robert Wise: Shadowlands
 | publisher =Indiana Historical Society Press | year =2012 | location =Indianapolis | page =1 | isbn =978-0-87195-296-7}}</ref> He had an elder brother, David.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-09-15|title=Robert Wise, Film Director, Dies at 91|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/15/movies/robert-wise-film-director-dies-at-91.html|access-date=2022-02-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The family moved to [[Connersville, Indiana|Connersville]], [[Fayette County, Indiana]], where Wise attended public schools. As a youth Wise's favorite pastime was going to the movies.<ref>Gehring, p. 3.</ref> As a student at [[Connersville High School]], Wise wrote humor and sports columns for the school's newspaper and was a member of the yearbook staff and poetry club.<ref>Gehring, p. 6 and 17.</ref><ref>The Connersville High School's auditorium, the Robert E. Wise Center for Performing Arts, was named in his honor in 1990. See {{cite news | last =Selke | first =Mike | title =Connersville's Hollywood star director gives in to heart failure | newspaper =Connersville News Examiner | location =Connersville, Indiana | page = A1 and A9 | date =September 16, 2005 }}</ref> Wise initially sought a career in journalism and following graduation from high school attended [[Franklin College (Indiana)|Franklin College]], a small liberal arts college south of [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], on a scholarship.<ref>Gehring, p. 17, 19.</ref> In 1933, due to the family's poor financial situation during the [[Great Depression]], Wise was unable to return to college for his second year and moved to Hollywood to begin a lifelong career in the film industry.<ref name=Smith404>{{cite book | last =Smith | first =David L. | title =Hoosiers in Hollywood | publisher =Indiana Historical Society Press | year =2006 | location =Indianapolis | page =404| isbn =978-0-87195-194-6}}</ref> Wise's older brother, David, who had gone to Hollywood several years earlier and worked at [[RKO Pictures]], found his younger brother a job in the shipping department at RKO.<ref name=Gehring20>Gehring, p. 20.</ref> Wise worked odd jobs at the studio before moving into editing.<ref name=Smith404/>