Edward Curtiss

{{short description|American film editor}}

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| birth_date = July 7, 1898

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, US

| death_date = November 7, 1970 (aged 72)

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, US

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| occupation = Film editor

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Edward Curtiss (1898-1970) was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Biography

Curtiss was born in Los Angeles, California, to Frank Curtiss and Mabel West. He got his start in the film industry as a stuntman, and he had an aviator's license.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/385564095/?terms=%22edward%2Bcurtiss%22%2B%22film%2Beditor%22|title=Worried|date=October 7, 1928|work=The Los Angeles Times}} He later transitioned into editing after impressing director Howard Hawks on set; he went on to edit a number of Hawks' films.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEvgRkHdEjkC&q=%22edward+curtiss%22+film+editor&pg=PA241|title=Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=2000|publisher=Grove Press|isbn=9780802137401|language=en}}

Selected filmography

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