James E. Newcom
James Edward Newcom (born August 29, 1905 in Indiana , † October 6, 1990 in San Diego , California ) was an American film editor .
Life
James E. Newcom stood since 1933 as a film editor at MGM under contract, where he in productions by directors such as Alfred Hitchcock , Victor Fleming , John Cromwell and William A. Wellman the Editor executed. He worked particularly often with editor Hal C. Kern , with whom he won the 1940 Oscar in the Best Editing category for Fleming's Southern Epic Gone with the Wind . In the course of his career, Newcom received three other nominations, for example for When you said goodbye (1944), Duel in der Manege (1950) and Tora! Torah! Torah! (1970).
With his wife Dorothy Robinson, who he married in 1927, he had a son, James Robinson Newcom, who was born in 1937. James E. Newcom died in San Diego in 1990 at the age of 85 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1935: The man for murder ( The Murder Man )
- 1937: A Star Is Born ( A Star Is Born )
- 1937: The Prisoner of Zenda ( The Prisoner of Zenda )
- 1937: Nothing Sacred ( Nothing Sacred )
- 1939: An ideal couple ( Made for Each Other )
- 1939: Gone with the Wind ( Gone with the Wind )
- 1940: Rebecca
- 1940: Assault on the Olive Branch ( Captain Caution )
- 1941: Topper 2 - The Haunted Castle ( Topper Returns )
- 1941: Alone Among Gangsters ( The Get-Away )
- 1942: Tortilla Flat
- 1942: The Whole Truth ( Keeper of the Flame )
- 1944: Up in Arms
- 1944: Since You Went Away ( Since You Went Away )
- 1945: Paris Underground
- 1947: Lured ( Lured )
- 1948: Warning! Nuclear spies! ( Walk a Crooked Mile )
- 1949: Fate in Vienna ( The Red Danube )
- 1950: A charming flail ( Key to the City )
- 1950: Duel in the ring ( Annie Get Your Gun )
- 1950: The Lonely Champion ( Right Cross )
- 1951: cause for alarm ( cause for alarm! )
- 1951: The Rogue and the Lady ( The Law and the Lady )
- 1951: Westward the Women ( Westward the Women )
- 1952: Scaramouche, the gallant marquis ( Scaramouche )
- 1954: Hot Patch ( Rogue Cop )
- 1968: Everything That Is Forbidden ( The Impossible Years )
- 1970: Torah! Torah! Torah!
Awards
- 1940: Oscar in the Best Editing category for Gone With the Wind together with Hal C. Kern
- 1945: Oscar nomination in the category Best Editing for As you said goodbye together with Hal C. Kern
- 1951: Oscar nomination in the category Best Editing for a duel in the arena
- 1971: Oscar nomination in the category Best Editing for Tora! Torah! Torah! together with Shin'ya Inoue and Pembroke J. Herring
- 1971: American Cinema Editors Award nomination for Tora! Torah! Torah! together with Shin'ya Inoue and Pembroke J. Herring
Web links
- James E. Newcom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruth Hendricks De Verter: The Genealogy of the Scott and Galloway Families, Scotland, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania [and] Bourbon county, Kentucky . 1959, p. 150.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Newcom, James E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Newcom, James Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1990 |
| Place of death | San Diego , California |