Katherine Hilliker (born Katharine Clark, and sometimes referred to as Kitty Prosser) was an American screenwriter and film editor known for her work on films like '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans''. She was married to fellow writer-editor Harry H. Caldwell, with whom she often collaborated.

Biography

Katherine was born in Tacoma, Washington. Her father died when she was young, and she was raised by her stepfather (hence her sometimes being referred to as Katherine Prosser). She attended high school in Savannah, Georgia, before moving to San Francisco to begin a career as a journalist. While working at ''The Oakland Call'', she met her first husband, Douglas "Bill" Hilliker. Hilliker was a graphic designer who was working in the fledgling motion picture industry, and after the pair married, she took an interest in the medium as well. She went to work as film critic at ''The New York Morning Telegraph'' before leaving journalism behind to work as an editor at Universal. She then moved on to work as David O. Selznick publicity chief Vivian Moses's assistant, writing publicity copy on the studio's releases. By 1916, she was writing and editing films at Select; she later worked at C.L. Chester Pictures Corporation, where she helped put together documentary-style travel shorts. While working at Chester, she met the man who would become her second husband, H.H. Caldwell. She and Clark would work on English titles for foreign releases at Samuel Goldwyn's studio. They later worked on titles at Fox (most notably on ''Sunrise''), though their career in Hollywood came to an end with the advent of talkies.

Selected filmography

As writer: *'' City Girl'' (1930) *'' Christina'' (1929) *'' Black Magic'' (1929) *''

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The Rescue ''The Rescue'' may refer to: Art * ''The Rescue'' (painting), an 1855 painting by John Everett Millais * ''The Rescue'' (statue), a marble sculpture group (1837–50) by Horatio Greenough Film and television * " Chapter 16: The Rescue", 202 ...

'' (1929) *'' The Awakening'' (1928) *'' No Other Woman'' (1928) *'' Four Sons'' (1928) *''

The Gateway of the Moon ''The Gateway of the Moon'' is a lost American 1928 silent film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring Dolores del Río, Walter Pidgeon and Anders Randolf. Plot Arthur Wyatt, an American railroad conductor, is lost in the jungle of the Amaz ...

'' (1928) *'' Mother Machree'' (1927) *'' Sunrise'' (1927) *'' The Loves of Carmen'' (1927) *'' 7th Heaven'' (1927) *'' The Country Beyond'' (1926) *''

The Boob ''The Boob'' (released in the UK as ''The Yokel'') is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Gertrude Olmstead, Antonio D'Algy, George K. Arthur, and Joan Crawford as a law enforcement agent. P ...

'' (1926) *'' The Devil's Circus'' (1926) * Torrent (1926) *''

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The Masked Bride ''The Masked Bride'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Mae Murray, Francis X. Bushman, and Basil Rathbone. It is currently a lost film. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Ga ...

'' (1925) *'' The Prairie Wife'' (1925) *'' Welcome Stranger'' (1924) *'' The Right of the Strongest'' (1924) *''

Lost and Found on a South Sea Island ''Lost and Found on a South Sea Island'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It was filmed on location in Tahiti and includes a nude scene involving a young woman bathing. Plot Captain Blackbird ...

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Love's Penalty ''Love's Penalty'' is a 1921 American drama film written and directed by John Gilbert. The film stars Hope Hampton, Irma Harrison, Mrs. Phillip Landau, Percy Marmont, John B. O'Brien, and Virginia Valli. The film was released in June 1921, by ...

'' (1921) *'' What Women Love'' (1920) *''Some More Samoa'' (1920) *''

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'' (1920) *'' Cameraing Through Africa'' (1919) As editor: *'' City Girl'' (1930) *'' Christina'' (1929) *''

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'' (1929) *'' Black Magic'' (1929) *''

'' (1929) *'' The Awakening'' (1928) *'' Mother Machree'' (1927) *'' The Loves of Carmen'' (1927) *'' The Prairie Wife'' (1925) *''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hilliker, Katherine 1885 births 1965 deaths American women film editors American film editors American women screenwriters Writers from Tacoma, Washington Women film pioneers Screenwriters from Washington (state) 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters