Philip Cahn (1894–1984) was an American
film editor
Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology.
The film edit ...
who edited more than eighty films and television series. He also directed the 1935 film ''
I've Been Around''.
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
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'' in 1944.
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Philip Cahn was the brother of the director Edward L. Cahn
Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director.
Early life and education
Cahn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He went to work at Universal Pictures in 1917 while still a student at UCLA.
Career
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and the father of the editor Dann Cahn
Daniel Richard "Dann" Cahn (April 9, 1923 – November 21, 2012) was an American film editor who received the Career Achievement Award from the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Cahn was best known as the head editor of the TV series, ''I Lo ...
.
Selected filmography
* '' King for a Night'' (1933)
* '' I've Been Around'' (1935)
* '' The Great Impersonation'' (1935)
* ''The Affair of Susan
''The Affair of Susan'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Zasu Pitts, Hugh O'Connell and Walter Catlett.Lowe p.1968 It is a remake of the 1928 silent film '' Lonesome''. Two lonely people meet at an amusemen ...
'' (1935)
* ''Alias Mary Dow
''Alias Mary Dow'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Sally Eilers, Ray Milland and Henry O'Neill.Quinlan p.331
The film's sets were designed by the art director Ralph Berger.
Premise
In order to comfort his dy ...
'' (1935)
* ''The Girl on the Front Page
''The Girl on the Front Page'' is a 1936 American comedy crime film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart and Reginald Owen.Gates p.106-7 It was produced and distributed by Hollywood major Universal Pictures.
Synop ...
'' (1936)
* '' Girl Overboard'' (1937)
* ''Behind the Mike
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'' (1937)
* ''Rio
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'' (1939)
* ''The Big Guy
''The Big Guy'' is a 1939 American drama crime film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper.
Plot
A prison warden (Victor McLaglen) can either keep loot for his family or save an innocent youth ( Jackie Cooper) cond ...
'' (1939)
* ''Senorita from the West
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'' (1945)
* ''I Was an American Spy
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'' (1951)
References
Bibliography
* Lisa Dombrowski. ''The Films of Samuel Fuller: If You Die, I’ll Kill You''. Wesleyan University Press, 2015.
External links
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1894 births
1984 deaths
American film editors
Artists from New York City
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