Harold Young (director)

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Harold Young (born November 13, 1897 in Portland (Oregon) , United States , † March 3, 1972 in Beverly Hills , United States) was an American film director and film editor who also appeared at times as an actor on stage, film and television .

Live and act

Harold Young studied at Columbia University before moving to Hollywood in the early 1920s, where he was employed by several film companies (Warner Bros., MGM, Paramount) in the years to come. There, after a short period of training, he was allowed to edit films for a number of entertainment productions. Paramount Pictures finally sent Young to Europe, where he oversaw the editing of films made in Paris. Soon he was also working in London as an editor for the film producer Alexander Korda , with whom he had already worked in Hollywood (including on The Love Life of Beautiful Helena ), and on his major British productions The Private Life of Henry VIII , Catherine the Great and The Private Life of Don Juan also supervised the cut.

As a result of this very successful activity, Korda entrusted him in 1934 with the direction of an elaborate historical and costume film from the time of the French Revolution that he produced . The result, The Scarlet Flower , was a huge hit with audiences and subsequently earned Young directing contracts from Paramount and Universal Studios , which brought him home to the United States. But none of these Young productions got beyond the B-film status and left any impression. In the end he had to be content with directing jobs for television.

Harold Young occasionally appeared in small roles in films, and between October 1938 and November 1945 he was also seen in several Broadway productions: ( Oscar Wilde, Too Many Girls, The Woman Brown, High Kickers, In Time to Come, King Richard III and Beggars Are Coming to Town ). In November and December 1947 Young directed 38 performances of the Broadway play The First Mrs. Fraser at the Shubert Theater, after which he returned to England for a few years, where he appeared in front of film and television cameras without leaving any major mark.

Filmography (selection)

Film editing

  • 1923: Fighting Blood
  • 1923: Judy Punch (short film)
  • 1924: William Tells
  • 1925: Sally, Irene and Mary
  • 1925: Sun-Up
  • 1926: The strong man ( The Strong Man )
  • 1926: Sin Cargo
  • 1927: Husband Hunters
  • 1927: The Love Life of Helen of Troy ( The Private Life of Helen of Troy )
  • 1928: The yellow lily ( Yellow Lily )
  • 1929: Her Private Life
  • 1930: top speed
  • 1930: Bright Lights
  • 1930: The Fugitive ( The Lash )
  • 1931: The Reckless Hour
  • 1931: The men around Lucie
  • 1932: Service for Ladies
  • 1932: Wedding Rehearsal
  • 1932: The Girl From Maxim's
  • 1933: The Private Life of Henry VIII. ( The Private Life of Henry VIII. (Sectional plan))
  • 1934: Catherine the Great ( Editing Supervisor)
  • 1934: The Private Life of Don Juan ( The Private Life of Don Juan ) (sectional view)


Film direction, unless otherwise stated

  • 1934: The Scarlet Flower ( The Scarlett Pimpernel )
  • 1935: Blackmailer ( Without Regret )
  • 1936: Deported to Mexico ( Woman Trap )
  • 1936: My American Wife
  • 1937: 52nd Street
  • 1937: Let Them Live
  • 1938: Little Tough Guy
  • 1938: The Storm
  • 1939: Hero for a Day
  • 1939 sabotage
  • 1940: Swing it Out Loud
  • 1941: Bachelor Daddy
  • 1941: Swing it Soldier
  • 1942: Juke Box Jenny
  • 1942: Rubber Racketeers
  • 1942: The Mummy's Tomb
  • 1943: Hi, Daddy
  • 1943: I Escaped From the Gestapo
  • 1943: Spy Train
  • 1944: Machine Gun Mama
  • 1944: Drei Caballeros ( The Three Caballeros ) (cartoon, only live sequences)
  • 1945: Song of the Sarong
  • 1945: The Frozen Ghost
  • 1945: The Jungle Captive
  • 1946: 13 Rue Madeleine (film only)
  • 1947: Citizen Saint
  • 1949: Nobility Obliged ( Kind Hearts and Coronets ) (film role only)
  • 1950: The Bells (TV movie, role only)
  • 1950: The Powder Monkey (film role only)
  • 1953: Double Barrel Miracle (TV movie)
  • 1953: The Lie (TV movie)
  • 1954: Boogie's Bump
  • 1956: Carib Gold
  • 1961: Witchcraft (TV movie)

literature

  • International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 316

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personal data
SURNAME Young, Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, film editor, theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland, Oregon , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1972
Place of death Beverly Hills , California , United States