Arthur P. Schmidt
Arthur P. Schmidt (born August 21, 1912 , † July 22, 1965 in Los Angeles ) was an American film editor .
Life
Arthur P. Schmidt (is often just written Arthur Schmidt) began his career in the early 1930s in films such as Anne of Green Gables or the Bulldog Drummond series. After working in the 1940s as fourteen years Sing-Sing , Aloma, the daughter of the South Sea , The Blue Dahlia or be Pauline, let the kissing he received in 1950 for the Editor to Sunset Boulevard his first Oscar nomination. With Lindbergh - My Flight over the Ocean and with The Old Man and the Sea , his work contributed significantly to the atmosphere of these films.
In 1957 he received a second Oscar nomination for Sayonara . Other well-known works in which Arthur P. Schmidt was involved are We Are Not Angels , Some Like It Hot , Cinderella , Reporters of Satan , The Naked and the Dead , King of the Vagabonds , Sabrina and The Naked and the Dead . Schmidt's last film as editor was Money does not matter from 1962. Subsequently, up to and including 1965, he was involved as a co-producer ( asscoiate producer ) on several film projects, including the Jerry Lewis comedy The Crazy Professor (1963).
Arthur P. Schmidt died in 1965 at the age of only 52. He had four children with his wife Madeline. His son Arthur Schmidt , born in 1937, is now himself a renowned editor in Hollywood and a two-time Oscar winner ( Wrong Game with Roger Rabbit , Forrest Gump ).
Filmography (selection)
- 1934: Anne of Green Gables
- 1938: Dangerous to Know
- 1941: Las Vegas Nights
- 1941: Aloma, the daughter of the South Seas (Aloma of the South Seas)
- 1945: A Medal for Benny
- 1946: The Blue Dahlia (The Blue Dahlia)
- 1946: With brush and sword (Monsieur Beaucaire)
- 1947: Pauline, stop kissing (The Perils of Pauline)
- 1947: Fourteen Years of Sing-Sing (I Walk Alone)
- 1950: Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
- 1951: Doomsday (When Worlds Collide)
- 1951: Reporter of Satan (Ace in the Hole)
- 1952: The White Son of the Sioux (The Savage)
- 1953: A Song, a Kiss, a Girl (The Stars Are Singing)
- 1954: Sabrina
- 1955: We're No Angels (We're No Angels)
- 1956: The Vagabond King
- 1957: Sayonara
- 1957: Lindbergh - My flight over the ocean (The Spirit of St. Louis)
- 1958: The Naked and the Dead (The Naked and the Dead)
- 1958: The Old Man and the Sea (The Old Man and the Sea)
- 1959: Some Like It Hot (Some Like It Hot)
- 1960: Cinderella (Cinderfella)
- 1962: It's Only Money
Web links
- Arthur P. Schmidt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schmidt, Arthur P. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, Arthur |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1912 |
DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1965 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |