Gene Milford
American film and television editor
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Arthur Eugene Milford (January 19, 1902 – December 23, 1991) was an American film and television editor with about one hundred feature film credits. Among his most noted films are Lost Horizon (directed by Frank Capra - 1937), On the Waterfront (directed by Elia Kazan - 1954), A Face in the Crowd (Kazan - 1957), and Wait Until Dark (directed by Terence Young - 1967).[1]
Born
January 19, 1902
Arthur Eugene Milford
January 19, 1902
Lamar, Colorado, United States
DiedDecember 23, 1991 (aged 89)
Santa Monica, California, United States
OccupationsFilm and television editor
Yearsactive1926–1981
Gene Milford | |
|---|---|
| Born | Arthur Eugene Milford January 19, 1902 Lamar, Colorado, United States |
| Died | December 23, 1991 (aged 89) Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Occupations | Film and television editor |
| Years active | 1926–1981 |
| Known for | One hundred feature film credits |
| Notable work | Lost Horizon - 1937 On the Waterfront - 1954 A Face in the Crowd - 1957 Wait Until Dark - 1967 |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon |
Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (with Gene Havlick) and for On the Waterfront; he was also nominated for an Academy Award for One Night of Love (directed by Victor Schertzinger - 1934). He had been elected to the American Cinema Editors, and he and Barbara McLean received its inaugural Career Achievement Awards in 1988.
Partial filmography
Gene Milford began his career as an editor.
Based on Milford's filmography at the Internet Movie Database.
The director and release date of each film are indicated in parentheses.
With more than 90 film credits dating from 1926, his film editing work includes:
With more than 100 film credits dating from 1951, his TV editing work includes:
| Year | Film | Director | Notes | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Two Can Play | Nat Ross | ||
| 1927 | Say It with Diamonds | |||
| Ladies at Ease | Jerome Storm | |||
| 1928 | Comrades | Cliff Wheeler | ||
| Free Lips | Wallace MacDonald | |||
| The Devil's Cage | Wilfred Noy | |||
| The Masked Angel | Frank O'Connor | |||
| Life's Mockery | Robert F. Hill | |||
| 1929 | Flight | Frank Capra | First collaboration with Frank Capra | |
| 1930 | Vengeance | Archie Mayo | ||
| Around the Corner | Bert Glennon | |||
| Ladies Must Play | Raymond Cannon | First collaboration with Raymond Cannon | ||
| 1931 | The Lion and the Lamb | George B. Seitz | First collaboration with George B. Seitz | |
| The Flood | James Tinling | |||
| The Texas Ranger | D. Ross Lederman | First collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| Arizona | George B. Seitz | Second collaboration with George B. Seitz | ||
| Branded | D. Ross Lederman | Second collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | Uncredited | |
| Shanghaied Love | George B. Seitz | Third collaboration with George B. Seitz | ||
| Platinum Blonde | Frank Capra | Second collaboration with Frank Capra | ||
| One Man Law | Lambert Hillyer | First collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| Maker of Men | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| 1932 | The Big Timer | Edward Buzzell | ||
| Hello Trouble | Lambert Hillyer | Second collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| McKenna of the Mounted | D. Ross Lederman | Third collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| White Eagle | Lambert Hillyer | Third collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| Forbidden Trail | Fourth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | |||
| Sundown Rider | Fifth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | |||
| 1933 | The California Trail | Sixth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| The Thrill Hunter | George B. Seitz | Fourth collaboration with George B. Seitz | ||
| Brief Moment | David Burton | First collaboration with David Burton | ||
| My Woman | Victor Schertzinger | First collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | ||
| Let's Fall in Love | David Burton | Second collaboration with David Burton | ||
| 1934 | The Ninth Guest | Roy William Neill | ||
| The Fighting Ranger | George B. Seitz | Fifth collaboration with George B. Seitz | ||
| The Man Trailer | Lambert Hillyer | Seventh collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| Sisters Under the Skin | David Burton | Third collaboration with David Burton | ||
| One Night of Love | Victor Schertzinger | Second collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | ||
| The Captain Hates the Sea | Lewis Milestone | |||
| 1935 | Carnival | Walter Lang | ||
| Let's Live Tonight | Victor Schertzinger | Third collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | ||
| Fighting Shadows | David Selman | First collaboration with David Selman | ||
| Love Me Forever | Victor Schertzinger | Fourth collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | ||
| The Public Menace | Erle C. Kenton | First collaboration with Erle C. Kenton | ||
| Grand Exit | Second collaboration with Erle C. Kenton | |||
| Too Tough to Kill | D. Ross Lederman | Fourth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| 1936 | The Music Goes 'Round | Victor Schertzinger | Fifth collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | |
| And So They Were Married | Elliott Nugent | |||
| Shakedown | David Selman | Second collaboration with David Selman | ||
| They Met in a Taxi | Alfred E. Green | First collaboration with Alfred E. Green | ||
| 1937 | When You're in Love | Robert Riskin | ||
| Lost Horizon | Frank Capra | Third collaboration with Frank Capra | ||
| The League of Frightened Men | Alfred E. Green | Second collaboration with Alfred E. Green | ||
| It Can't Last Forever | Hamilton MacFadden | |||
| Something to Sing About | Victor Schertzinger | Sixth collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | ||
| 1938 | Tarzan's Revenge | D. Ross Lederman | Fifth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |
| Mr. Boggs Steps Out | Gordon Wiles | |||
| The Overland Express | Drew Eberson | |||
| 1939 | The Mikado | Victor Schertzinger | Seventh collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | |
| I Was a Convict | Aubrey Scotto | |||
| Frontier Pony Express | Joseph Kane | |||
| Coast Guard | Edward Ludwig | |||
| Those High Grey Walls | Charles Vidor | |||
| 1940 | Military Academy | D. Ross Lederman | Sixth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |
| Blondie Plays Cupid | Frank R. Strayer | |||
| 1941 | Tillie the Toiler | Sidney Salkow | ||
| The Stork Pays Off | Lew Landers | |||
| Confessions of Boston Blackie | Edward Dmytryk | |||
| 1943 | Higher and Higher | Tim Whelan | First collaboration with Tim Whelan | |
| 1944 | The Falcon Out West | William Clemens | ||
| Step Lively | Tim Whelan | Second collaboration with Tim Whelan | ||
| The Falcon in Hollywood | Gordon Douglas | |||
| 1945 | Having Wonderful Crime | A. Edward Sutherland | ||
| China Sky | Ray Enright | |||
| 1951 | The Man with My Face | Edward Montagne | ||
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Elia Kazan | First collaboration with Elia Kazan | |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun | Richard Wilson | ||
| 1956 | Baby Doll | Elia Kazan | Second collaboration with Elia Kazan | |
| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Third collaboration with Elia Kazan | ||
| 1961 | Splendor in the Grass | Fourth collaboration with Elia Kazan | ||
| Force of Impulse | Saul Swimmer | |||
| 1962 | Taras Bulba | J. Lee Thompson | ||
| 1963 | Rampage | Phil Karlson | ||
| 1964 | Wild and Wonderful | Michael Anderson | ||
| The New Interns | John Rich | |||
| 1965 | Strange Bedfellows | Melvin Frank | ||
| That Funny Feeling | Richard Thorpe | |||
| 1966 | The Chase | Arthur Penn | ||
| Incident at Phantom Hill | Earl Bellamy | |||
| Texas Across the River | Michael Gordon | |||
| 1967 | Countdown | Robert Altman | ||
| Wait Until Dark | Terence Young | First collaboration with Terence Young | ||
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Hy Averback | ||
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | ||
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy | Leslie H. Martinson | ||
| The Steagle | Paul Sylbert | Uncredited | ||
| 1974 | W | Richard Quine | ||
| The Klansman | Terence Young | Second collaboration with Terence Young |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor! | Raymond Cannon | Supervising editor | Second collaboration with Raymond Cannon | Uncredited |
| 1981 | Inchon | Terence Young | Supervising film editor | Third collaboration with Terence Young |
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1958 | The Pusher |
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | The Pusher | Himself | Producer |
- Documentaries
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | The World at War | Lowell Mellett |
- Short documentaries
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Look to Lockheed for Leadership | Shirley Burden |
| 1946 | Kentucky Basketeers | Joseph Walsh |
| Battle for Survival | N/a |
- Shorts
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | On the Harmfulness of Tobacco | Paul Newman |
- TV documentaries
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Maurice Chevalier's Paris | Andrew Marton |
- TV movies
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Valley of Mystery | Joseph Lejtes |
| 1972 | No Place to Run | Delbert Mann |
| 1973 | The Man Without a Country | |
| Miracle on 34th Street | Fielder Cook | |
| 1974 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Joseph Hardy |
| 1975 | The Count of Monte Cristo | David Greene |
| 1978 | Breaking Up | Delbert Mann |
| Home to Stay | ||
| 1979 | Torn Between Two Lovers | |
| And Baby Makes Six | Waris Hussein |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Tell Me My Name | Delbert Mann | Supervising editor |
| 1978 | Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II | Jud Taylor |
- TV pilots
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The World of Darkness | Jerry London | Supervising editor |
| 1978 | The World Beyond | Noel Black |
- TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1971−72 | Nichols | 9 episodes |
| 1972 | The Rookies | 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Faye Emerson Show | 14 episodes |
| 1953−56 | Omnibus | 2 episodes |
