George White (August 20, 1911 – February 15, 1998) was an American
film editor.
Life and career
George White first became a Hollywood editor in 1942, spending most of his career at
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Among his more well known efforts were the war film ''
Bataan'' (1943),
Vincente Minnelli’s ''
The Clock'' (1945),
Tay Garnett’s steamy version of ''
The Postman Always Rings Twice'' (1946), the epic special effects extravaganza ''
Green Dolphin Street'' (1947), for which he was nominated for an
Academy Award for Film Editing
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,
and ''
Challenge to Lassie'' in 1949.
The 1950s saw him working on such films as ''
A Life of Her Own'' (1950), ''
The Naked Spur
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'' (1953), generally considered to be one of
Anthony Mann
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’s finest
Westerns, and the
Biblical
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epic
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* Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation
* Epic film, a genre of film with heroic elements
Epic or EPIC may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and medi ...
''
The Silver Chalice
''The Silver Chalice'' is a 1952 English language historical novel by Thomas B. Costain. It is the fictional story of the making of a silver chalice to hold the Holy Grail (itself here conflated with the Holy Chalice) and includes 1st century b ...
'' (1954), which helped launch the career of
Paul Newman
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.
White's stock, however, waned considerably in the 1960s and he spent most of the decade working on
potboilers. His last film was ''
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
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'' (1966), which has become something of a cult classic. He retired in 1966.
Selected filmography
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One Way Wahine
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'' (1965)
* ''
Indian Paint
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'' (1965)
References
External links
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1911 births
1998 deaths
American film editors
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