Milton Carruth (March 23, 1899 – September 7, 1972) was an American film editor and, for a period in the 1930s, film director. Among the 129 films he edited are '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (directed by

Lewis Milestone Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein (Russian: Лейб Мильштейн); September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was a Moldovan-American film director. He is known for directing '' Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) and ''All Quiet on the Weste ...

, 1930 (silent version)), '' Shadow of a Doubt'' (directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1943), ''

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'' (directed by Michael Gordon, 1959), and '' Imitation of Life'' (directed by

Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for ...

, 1959). His career as an editor spanned nearly four decades, from 1929 through 1966 (''

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'' (directed by Brian G. Hutton, 1966). In 1937 and 1938, he directed seven films: '' Love Letters of a Star'', '' She's Dangerous'', '' Breezing Home'', '' The Man in Blue'', '' Reported Missing!'', '' The Lady Fights Back'' and '' Some Blondes Are Dangerous''. Following these he returned to his "first love", which was film editing. Carruth spent his entire career working at

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; he was "one of three editors who served as the core of Universal's editing department for a span of some forty years". He had been selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carruth, Milton 1899 births 1972 deaths American film directors American film editors American Cinema Editors