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Frank Sullivan is a Editor American born on 7 february 1896 at Saint Paul (USA)

Frank Sullivan

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Birth name Franklin Starbuck Sullivan
Nationality USA
Birth 7 february 1896 at Saint Paul (USA)
Death 30 september 1972 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Franklin Starbuck "Frank" Sullivan (February 7, 1896 – September 30, 1972) was an American film editor.

Biography

Comme monteur, à partir de 1925, Frank Sullivan collabore à quatre-vingt-neuf films américains. Le troisième est le mélodrame muet Le Torrent de Monta Bell (1926, avec Ricardo Cortez et Greta Garbo). Le dernier est le western Terreur au Texas de Joseph H. Lewis, avec Sterling Hayden et Sebastien Cabot, sorti en 1958.

Dans l'intervalle, il contribue notamment à Trois camarades de Frank Borzage (1938, avec Robert Taylor et Margaret Sullavan), Indiscrétions de George Cukor (1940, avec Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn et James Stewart), La Femme de l'année de George Stevens (1942, avec Katharine Hepburn et Spencer Tracy), ou encore Jeanne d'Arc de Victor Fleming (1948, avec Ingrid Bergman dans le rôle-titre). Ce dernier lui vaut en 1949 une nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur montage.

Toujours au cinéma, il est occasionnellement directeur de la photographie (quatre courts métrages muets d'Harold Beaudine, en 1926 et 1928) et scénariste (un film muet en 1923, puis Ziegfeld Follies de Vincente Minnelli et autres, en 1946).

À la télévision, entre 1955 et 1962, Frank Sullivan est monteur sur quatorze séries, dont Au nom de la loi (six épisodes, 1959-1961) et L'Homme à la carabine (vingt épisodes, 1959-1962).

Il est le frère du scénariste C. Gardner Sullivan (1884-1965).

Best films

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
(Editor)
Joan of Arc (1948)
(Editor)
Shanghai Express (1932)
(Editor)
The Philadelphia Story (1941)
(Editor)
Woman of the Year (1942)
(Editor)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
(Editor)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(50 films)
Adrian
Adrian
(15 films)
Dolly Tree
Dolly Tree
(10 films)
Harold Rosson
Harold Rosson
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Frank Sullivan (79 films)

Display filmography as list

Editor

Showdown at Boot Hill, 1h11
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Carradine, Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton, Argentina Brunetti, Carole Mathews, Barbara Woodell
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.0995253.0995253.0995253.0995253.099525
Le Marshall Luke Welsh (Charles Bronson), traque et abat un hors-la-loi nommé Maynor. Il le ramène dans sa ville natale afin de toucher la prime mais les habitants se refusent à identifier le corps.
Terror in a Texas Town, 1h20
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Nedrick Young, Victor Millan, Hank Patterson, Frank Ferguson
Roles Editor
Rating67% 3.3966253.3966253.3966253.3966253.396625
The wealthy McNeil wants to control Prairie City and the land around it. He tries to burn out small ranchers and then hires gunfighter Johnny Crale to run them off.
I Bury the Living, 1h16
Directed by Albert Band
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Zombie films
Actors Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Barbara Steele, Helga Liné, Howard Smith, Herbert Anderson
Roles Editor
Rating62% 3.148193.148193.148193.148193.14819
Robert Kraft (Richard Boone) is the newly appointed chairman of a committee that oversees a large cemetery. The cemetery caretaker, Andy MacKee (Theodore Bikel), keeps a map in the cemetery office displaying the grounds and each grave site. Filled graves are marked by black pins and unoccupied but sold graves are marked with white pins. New to the position and unobservant, Kraft accidentally places a pair of black pins where they don't belong, only to discover later that the young couple who had bought the grave sites in question died in an automobile accident soon afterwards. He believes that he marked them for death.
She Gods of Shark Reef, 1h3
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Don Durant, Lisa Janti, Ed Nelson
Roles Editor
Rating28% 1.426421.426421.426421.426421.42642
A young and reckless criminal, Jim (Don Durant), stows away on his brother Chris Johnston's (Bill Cord) boat after killing two men interrupting his gun running. As they sail out to the Sulu Sea they are caught in a terrible storm and are shipwrecked off a beautiful island that is inhabited by a secretive village of pearl divers. Though the lonely and beautiful women of the island are friendly and flirtatious with the two brothers (the only remaining survivors), the village elder Queen Pua (Jeanne Gearson) is cautious and hostile, wanting the two off the island as soon as possible. Chris falls in love with one of the island beauties, Mahia (Lisa Montell), while Jim, being a wanted man, seeks to escape before the naval ship sent to rescue them arrives. Terrified of being recognized and executed for his crimes, Jim fixes one of the islanders' broken boats and lets his brother and his forbidden love in on his plan. But before they can leave, the black-hearted criminal is overcome by greed and steals the islanders' precious pearls, injuring a native in the process. Once out to sea Chris discovers what his sibling has done and tries to stop him in a fight on some jagged rocks. Jim tries to get away, but he gets tangled in the boats ropes and falls to the sea, where the shark kills him, finally punishing him for his crimes.
My Gun Is Quick, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph, Fred Essler, Pamela Duncan, Booth Colman
Roles Editor
Rating60% 3.04453.04453.04453.04453.0445
Private investigator Mike Hammer, by assisting a prostitute being assaulted, cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. When she later is found murdered that ring is nowhere to be found. From here the story goes to a cache of jewelry stolen by the Nazis during World War II and smuggled out of France after the war by an American army colonel, who, together with Mike Hammer, tries to find the ring and recover all the other jewels. However many parties are on the lookout and the private eye runs into big troubles.
Rock All Night, 1h2
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Actors Dick Miller, Abby Dalton, Russell Johnson, Mel Welles, Ed Nelson, Jonathan Haze
Roles Editor
Rating57% 2.8557852.8557852.8557852.8557852.855785
Two escaping killers hide out in a club called the Cloud Nine and hold the bartender and clients hostage. Amongst the patrons are a nervous singer (Abby Dalton), a boxer, his wife, and manager, an extortionist, a loud thug and his girlfriend, as well as a small man who can determine people's real (as opposed to posed) personalities and has no fear (Dick Miller).
The Undead
The Undead (1957)
, 1h15
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Pamela Duncan, Billy Barty, Allison Hayes, Dick Miller, Val Dufour, Mel Welles
Roles Editor
Rating46% 2.304122.304122.304122.304122.30412
The psychic sends the prostitute back in time to find out about her past-life experiences. She goes back as Helene, a woman from the Middle Ages who is to die at dawn under suspicion of being a witch. In an attempt to save Diana (the prostitute) and keep all of time from being distorted, Quintis (the psychic) goes back in time to convince Helene to let herself be killed. If she avoids her death, it will change history.
A Life at Stake, 1h18
Directed by Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglass Dumbrille, Jane Darwell, Claudia Barrett, Gavin Gordon
Roles Editor
Rating57% 2.896322.896322.896322.896322.89632
Down-on-his-luck Los Angeles architect and builder Edward Shaw (Keith Andes) is approached by Doris Hillman (Angela Lansbury) with a business proposal: buying land together, on which he would build houses that she would then sell, using her experience as a former real estate broker. Her husband, Gus Hillman, a wealthy businessman, would be willing to contribute half a million dollars as capital for the venture.
Mutiny
Mutiny (1952)
, 1h17
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles, Gene Evans, Rhys Williams, Robert Osterloh
Roles Editor
Rating52% 2.610892.610892.610892.610892.61089
During the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall has to run the blockade enforced by the British in order to collect a war loan obtained from France. His first mate is Ben Waldridge, who is a former Royal Navy captain cashiered by the navy. Waldridge brings his former gun crew along and as soon as they realize that there's gold coming on board, they plot mutiny. Leslie, Waldridge's gold-loving former sweetheart, arrives at the same time.
Teresa
Teresa (1951)
, 1h42
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Patricia Collinge, Peggy Ann Garner, Ralph Meeker, Rod Steiger
Roles Editor
Rating63% 3.1947153.1947153.1947153.1947153.194715
Phillip Cass, a sensitive young man (John Ericson), is saddled with a mother from hell, while fighting in Italy during World War II. As he continues his service, he meets and marries a sweet young Italian woman (Pier Angeli) who might be able to change his life and satisfy his desire to be loved.
The Fireball, 1h25
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mickey Rooney, Pat O'Brien, Marilyn Monroe, James Brown, Ralph Dumke, Milburn Stone
Roles Editor
Rating57% 2.855722.855722.855722.855722.85572
Johnny Casar (Mickey Rooney) runs away from a home for wayward boys, tired of being teased about being short and a poor athlete. He soon finds a pair of roller skates and is befriended by Bruno Crystal (Ralph Dumke), who allows him to wash dishes at his café, while a priest who runs the home, Father O'Hara (Pat O'Brien), secretly keeps an eye on him.
Johnny One-Eye, 1h18
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Dolores Moran, Donald Woods, Barton Hepburn, John Doucette
Roles Editor
Rating55% 2.7681752.7681752.7681752.7681752.768175
In Manhattan, former gangster turned legitimate businessman Martin Martin (Pat O'Brien) has become the target of a politically ambitious district attorney, who has offered immunity for Martin's former partner in crime Dane Cory in exchange for his testimony. After being informed about the deal and narrowly escaping arrest, Martin pays a visit to Cory to persuade him not to testify. The meeting ends up with a shootout, with Martin killing one of Cory's henchmen and being hit himself before fleeing. With his picture on newspaper front pages and a reward on his head, Martin decides to hide in an abandoned house. While recovering to prepare a final assault on Cory, he adopts an injured dog that strays into his hideout and names him Johnny One-Eye.
The Crooked Way, 1h30
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.294633.294633.294633.294633.29463
After sustaining a head wound in combat, decorated World War II veteran Eddie Rice (John Payne) is treated at a San Francisco military hospital for a permanent form of amnesia. This leaves him with no knowledge of his life, family and friends prior to his enlistment, a void that the army intelligence unit was unable to fill as they couldn't find any information about him, other than the fact he enlisted in Los Angeles. Doctors tell him that no medical cure exists for his case, but that if he returns to Los Angeles he might run into people who know him and could help him fill in the blanks.
Joan of Arc, 2h25
Directed by Richard Rosson, Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Jeanne d'Arc, Political films, Films based on plays, Histoire de France
Actors Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish, George Coulouris, Gene Lockhart
Roles Editor
Rating63% 3.197613.197613.197613.197613.19761
Unlike the play Joan of Lorraine, which is a drama that shows how the story of Joan affects a group of actors who are performing it, the film is a straightforward recounting of the life of the French heroine. It begins with an obviously painted shot of the inside of a basilica with a shaft of light, possibly descending from heaven, shining down from the ceiling, and a solemn off-screen voice pronouncing the canonization of the Maid of Orleans. Then, the opening page of what appears to be a church manuscript recounting Joan's life in Latin is shown on the screen, while some uncredited voiceover narration by actor Shepperd Strudwick sets up the tale. The actual story of Joan then begins, from the time she becomes convinced that she has been divinely called to save France to her being burnt at the stake at the hands of the English and the Burgundians.
The Hucksters, 1h55
Directed by Jack Conway, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn
Roles Editor
Rating66% 3.347953.347953.347953.347953.34795
Victor Norman (Clark Gable) is a radio advertising executive just back from World War II and looking for a job in his old field. He literally throws his money out the hotel window, telling the hotel valet that being down to his last fifty dollars "will help me seem sincere about not needing a job." On his way to his interview, he stops and spends thirty-five of those dollars on a "sincere" hand-painted necktie.