Daniel Mandell
{{Short description|American film editor}}
{{for|the American historian|Daniel R. Mandell}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Daniel Mandell
| image =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|8|13}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|6|8|1895|8|13}}
| death_place = Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
| occupation = Film editor
| years_active = 1922–1966
| spouse =
}}
Daniel Mandell (August 13, 1895 – June 8, 1987) was an American film editor with more than 70 film credits.{{cite news |title=Daniel Mandell, Won 3 Film Editing Oscars |date=June 13, 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/13/obituaries/daniel-mandell-won-3-film-editing-oscars.html |work=The New York Times }} This article incorrectly indicates that Mandell was nominated for an Academy Award for Wuthering Heights (1939).Birth and death information checked at the Social Security Death Index, where it is listed as unverified.See {{IMDb name|0541721}} for list of film credits. His first editing credit was for The Turmoil in 1924. From Dodsworth (1936) to Porgy and Bess (1959), Mandell worked for Samuel Goldwyn Productions. He had notable collaborations with directors William Wyler (1933–1946) and Billy Wilder (1957–1966). Mandell's last credit was for The Fortune Cookie in 1966.
Mandell won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Pride of the Yankees (1942; directed by Sam Wood), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946; directed by William Wyler), and The Apartment (1960; directed by Billy Wilder). No editor has won more than three Academy Awards, and only three others have won three times: Ralph Dawson, Michael Kahn, and Thelma Schoonmaker.{{cite web |title=Film Editing Facts |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/filmeditingfacts.html |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |date=March 2010 |access-date=2010-07-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019124338/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/filmeditingfacts.html |archive-date=2009-10-19 }} Mandell was nominated for the Academy Award for two additional films, The Little Foxes (1941; directed by William Wyler) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957; directed by Billy Wilder).
Additional credits include Holiday (1930), Counsellor at Law (1933), Dodsworth (1936), Wuthering Heights (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), The North Star (1943), Enchantment (1948), Roseanna McCoy (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).
Filmography
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|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Notes ! Other notes |
|---|
| 1924
| | |
| 1925
|rowspan=2| Harry A. Pollard |First collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| 1926
|Second collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| rowspan=3| 1927
| Love Me and the World Is Mine | | |
| Beware of Widows
| | |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin
|Harry A. Pollard |Third collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| rowspan=4| 1929
|First collaboration with Edward Laemmle | |
| Silks and Saddles
|First collaboration with Robert F. Hill | |
| Show Boat
|Harry A. Pollard |Fourth collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| Melody Lane
|Robert F. Hill |Second collaboration with Robert F. Hill |{{center|Uncredited}} |
| rowspan=4| 1930
| Undertow |Harry A. Pollard |Fifth collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| Swing High
| | |
| Holiday
|First collaboration with Edward H. Griffith | |
| Sin Takes a Holiday
|First collaboration with Paul L. Stein | |
| rowspan=3| 1931
| | |
| Rebound
|Edward H. Griffith |Second collaboration with Edward H. Griffith | |
| Devotion
| | |
| rowspan=2| 1932
|Paul L. Stein |Second collaboration with Paul L. Stein | |
| The Animal Kingdom
|Edward H. Griffith |Third collaboration with Edward H. Griffith | |
| rowspan=3| 1933
| | |
| Saturday's Millions
|First collaboration with Edward Sedgwick |{{center|Uncredited}} |
| Counsellor at Law
|First collaboration with William Wyler | |
| rowspan=5| 1934
| | |
| I'll Tell the World
|Edward Sedgwick |Second collaboration with Edward Sedgwick | |
| Embarrassing Moments
|Edward Laemmle |Second collaboration with Edward Laemmle | |
| Wake Up and Dream
| | |
| There's Always Tomorrow
| | |
| rowspan=4| 1935
|William Wyler |Second collaboration with William Wyler | |
| Diamond Jim
| | |
| His Night Out
| | |
| King Solomon of Broadway
| | |
| rowspan=2| 1936
|rowspan=2| William Wyler |Third collaboration with William Wyler | |
| Dodsworth
|Fourth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| rowspan=3| 1937
| | |
| Woman Chases Man
| | |
| Dead End
|rowspan=2| William Wyler |Fifth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| rowspan=2| 1939
|Sixth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| The Real Glory
| | |
| 1940
|William Wyler |Seventh collaboration with William Wyler | |
| rowspan=3| 1941
|First collaboration with Frank Capra | |
| The Little Foxes
|William Wyler |Eighth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| Ball of Fire
|First collaboration with Howard Hawks | |
| 1942
| | |
| rowspan=2| 1943
|First collaboration with David Butler | |
| The North Star
| | |
| rowspan=3| 1944
| | |
| Arsenic and Old Lace
|Frank Capra |Second collaboration with Frank Capra | |
| The Princess and the Pirate
|David Butler |Second collaboration with David Butler | |
| 1945
| | |
| rowspan=2| 1946
| | |
| The Best Years of Our Lives
|William Wyler |Ninth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| rowspan=2| 1948
|Howard Hawks |Second collaboration with Howard Hawks | |
| Enchantment
|rowspan=2| Irving Reis |First collaboration with Irving Reis | |
| rowspan=2| 1949
|Second collaboration with Irving Reis | |
| My Foolish Heart
|rowspan=2| Mark Robson |First collaboration with Mark Robson | |
| 1950
|Second collaboration with Mark Robson | |
| rowspan=3| 1951
| | |
| A Millionaire for Christy
| | |
| I Want You
|Mark Robson |Third collaboration with Mark Robson | |
| 1952
| | |
| 1953
|Mark Robson |Fourth collaboration with Mark Robson | |
| 1955
| | |
| 1956
| | |
| 1957
|First collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1959
| | |
| 1960
|rowspan=6| Billy Wilder |Second collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1961
|Third collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1963
|Fourth collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1964
|Fifth collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1966
|Sixth collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1922
|Assistant editor |rowspan=3| {{center|Uncredited}} |
| 1956
|Assistant film editor |
| 1964
|Billy Wilder |Assistant editor |
;Shorts
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director |
|---|
| rowspan=4| 1932
| Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath |
| A Firehouse Honeymoon
|George Marshall |
| Sham Poo, the Magician
|Harry Sweet |
| Jitters the Butler |
| rowspan=2| 1933
| Art in the Raw |Harry Sweet |
| The Gay Nighties
|Mark Sandrich |
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0541721}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Hanson |first=Patricia King |date=2000 |chapter=Daniel Mandell |editor1-first=Tom |editor1-last=Pendergast |editor2-first=Sara |editor2-last=Pendergast |title=International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers |edition=4 |publisher=St. James Press |isbn=978-1-55862-449-8 |oclc=44818539 |chapter-url=http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Lo-Me/Mandell-Daniel.html |quote=His second Oscar, again for Goldwyn, was for the magnificent work he did on The Best Years of Our Lives. Although the film was an almost actionless drama, the superb editing of the climactic sequence at the deserted airfield was an outstanding achievement. It still stands up well against the more modern, technologically advanced work of films like the Terminator series, in which technique dominates artistry. |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/internationaldic0000unse_i4g6 }}
- {{cite book |title=Billy Wilder, American Film Realist |first=Richard |last=Armstrong |publisher=McFarland |date=2004 |isbn=9780786421190 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lA2BCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA100 |quote=Daniel Mandell's editing [of The Apartment] reinforces Wilder's critique and even appears to reinstall a sense of continuity into lives reduces to moments of material and sexual gratification.}}
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