Edward Curtiss

Edward Curtiss (1898-1970) was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Biography[edit]

Curtiss was born in Los Angeles, California, to Frank Curtiss and Mabel West. He got his start in the film industry as a stuntman, and he had an aviator's license.^[1] He later transitioned into editing after impressing director Howard Hawks on set; he went on to edit a number of Hawks' films.^[2]

Selected filmography[edit]

• College Confidential (1960)
• The Mountain Road (1960)
• Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
• The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
• Girls on the Loose (1958)
• Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• The Big Beat (1958)
• Man in the Shadow (1957)
• The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
• The Tattered Dress (1957)
• Mister Cory (1957)
• Gun for a Coward (1957)
• The Unguarded Moment (1956)
• The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
• Red Sundown (1956)
• The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
• Running Wild (1955)
• To Hell and Back (1955)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
• The Yellow Mountain (1954)
• The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
• Dawn at Socorro (1954)
• Johnny Dark (1954)
• Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
• All American (1953)
• The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
• City Beneath the Sea (1953)
• The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
• Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
• Red Ball Express (1952)
• Bronco Buster (1952)
• The Strange Door (1951)
• Cave of Outlaws (1951)
• Little Egypt (1951)
• Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
• The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
• The Fat Man (1951)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• Outside the Wall (1950)
• The Story of Molly X (1949)
• Abandoned (1949)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
• Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
• Illegal Entry (1949)
• The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948)
• Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
• Casbah (1948)
• Brute Force (1947)
• Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
• Swell Guy (1946)
• Her Adventurous Night (1946)
• Blonde Alibi (1946)
• Tangier (1946)
• Pillow of Death (1945)
• Shady Lady (1945)
• The Woman in Green (1945)
• Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945)
• Swing Out, Sister (1945)
• Frisco Sal (1945)
• Hi, Beautiful (1944)
• The Singing Sheriff (1944)
• Pardon My Rhythm (1944)
• Week-End Pass (1944)
• Swingtime Johnny (1943)
• Corvette K-225 (1943)
• Good Morning, Judge (1943)
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
• Mug Town (1942)
• Strictly in the Groove (1942)
• Sin Town (1942)
• Invisible Agent (1942)
• Almost Married (1942)
• Saboteur (1942)
• Unseen Enemy (1942)
• Paris Calling (1941)
• This Woman Is Mine (1941)
• Law of the Range (1941)
• Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)
• The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
• Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941)
• Lucky Devils (1941)
• Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
• Law and Order (1940)
• When the Daltons Rode (1940)^[3]
• Hot Steel (1940)
• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940)
• My Little Chickadee (1940)^[4]
• Tower of London (1939)^[5]
• One Hour to Live (1939)
• I Stole a Million (1939)
• Exile Express (1939)
• Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
• Swing That Cheer (1938)
• Freshman Year (1938)
• Come and Get It (1936)
• The Road to Glory (1936)
• Barbary Coast (1935)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
• Strange Wives (1934)
• Great Expectations (1934)
• Romance in the Rain (1934)
• I Give My Love (1934)
• Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)
• Uncertain Lady (1934)
• Today We Live (1933)
• The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
• Scarface (1932)
• The Good Bad Girl (1931)
• The Fighting Sheriff (1931)
• The Criminal Code (1930)
• The Love Trap (1929)
• The Snarl of Hate (1927)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

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