Known for Editing
Born
September 7, 1896
Died
November 1, 1957 (age 61)
Birthplace
Portland - Oregon - USA
Filmography
25 films


Fury
1936 · 1h 32m · US
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.


A Night at the Opera
1935 · 1h 31m · US
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.


China Seas
1935 · 1h 27m · US
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!


Outcast Lady
1934 · 1h 17m · US
A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.


Speak Easily
1932 · 1h 21m · US
A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.


Emma
1932 · 1h 12m · US
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.


Possessed
1931 · 1h 16m · US
Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he will give her everything except a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?


This Modern Age
1931 · 1h 8m · US
A Harvard football star disobeys his upper class parents and runs off with his true love.


Shipmates
1931 · 1h 12m · US
A sailor falls in love with the admiral's daughter but finds they can't marry because of his lowly rank.


Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931 · 1h 13m · US
Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets married first. Angelica, in turn, finds every man she knows too dull and predictable, and for this reason prefers to stay single. Jeff then tries to make Angelica interested in the mild-mannered and timid Reggie Irving passing him off as a notorious playboy to intrigue her. He asks his friend Polly to teach Reggie "how to treat a woman right", but he turns to be a disastrous learner.


Reducing
1931 · 1h 17m · US
Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.


War Nurse
1930 · 1h 21m · US
Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.


Doughboys
1930 · 1h 19m · US
Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's sergeant likes Mary, too. And worst of all, they're all about to ship out for France.


Good News
1930 · 1h 30m · US
A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.


Free and Easy
1930 · 1h 32m · US
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?


The Bishop Murder Case
1929 · 1h 28m · US
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.


His Glorious Night
1929 · 1h 20m · US
Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil), who has found out about the affair forces her to dump Kovacs and take part in the arranged marriage. Though not believing her own words, Orsolini reluctantly tells Kovacs she cannot ever fall in love with a man with his social position. Feeling deeply hurt, Kovacs decides to take revenge by indulging in blackmail, spreading a rumor that he is an imposter and a swindler.


Sioux Blood
1929 · 1h
One of John Waters' two Tim McCoy westerns made with MGM in the last years of the silent era. A print is preserved at the George Eastman House in New York but it hasn't been made available to the public and there don't seem to be any plans for it.


The Overland Telegraph
1929 · 1h · US
At the beginning of the Civil War, as federal troops start to build the first overland telegraph, Indians, who fear the wires, kill some of the linesmen. In response, Major Hammond, who oversees the troops, requests that President Abraham Lincoln send twenty thousand more soldiers to come to his aid. Lincoln grants Hammond's request, and sends along Capt. Allen, who is knowledgeable about Indians. At his new post, Allen discovers that a Confederate spy has been fomenting trouble with the Indians. Allen eventually uncovers the spy, makes peace with the Indians and wins the love of Dorothy, a young woman who lives at the post.


Beyond the Sierras
1928 · 1h · US
A masked avenger takes on claim jumpers.


Tea For Three
1927 · 1h 10m · US
Businessman Carter Langford is violently jealous of his wife's attentions to other men, particularly young bachelor Philip Collamore.


Body and Soul
1927 · 1h · US
A disgraced alcoholic surgeon settles in a small village in the Swiss Alps. He falls for Hilda, a servant at the hotel where he lives. He tricks her into marrying him by making her think her lover, Ruffo, has abandoned her. Things don't go quite as planned, however, when Ruffo returns.


A Little Journey
1927 · 1h 4m · US
A girl travelling by train to meet her boyfriend meets another young man and falls in love with him.


Monte Carlo
1926 · 1h 10m · US
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newspaper, which sends along its ace reporter Bancroft as their "chaperone".