Philip Cahn
American film editor (1894–1984)
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Philip Cahn (June 18, 1894–September 28, 1984) was an American film editor who edited more than eighty films and television series.[1] He also directed the 1935 film I've Been Around.
Philip Cahn | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 18, 1894 |
| Died | September 28, 1984 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Years active | 1930 - 1962 (film) |
Philip Cahn, I. James Wilkinson, and Ben Lewis founded The Society of Motion Picture Film Editors in 1937, which was renamed the Motion Picture Editors Guild in 1944.[2]
Philip Cahn was the brother of the director Edward L. Cahn and the father of the editor Dann Cahn.
Selected filmography
- King for a Night (1933)
- I've Been Around (1935)
- The Great Impersonation (1935)
- The Affair of Susan (1935)
- Alias Mary Dow (1935)
- The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
- Girl Overboard (1937)
- Behind the Mike (1937)
- Rio (1939)
- The Big Guy (1939)
- Senorita from the West (1945)
- I Was an American Spy (1951)
