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Viola Lawrence is a Editor and Film Processor American born on 1 december 1894 at Brooklyn (USA)

Viola Lawrence

Viola Lawrence
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Birth name Lilian Viola Mallory
Nationality USA
Birth 1 december 1894 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 20 november 1973 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Viola Lawrence est une monteuse américaine, née Lilian Viola Mallory le 2 décembre 1894 à New York — Arrondissement de Brooklyn (État de New York), morte le 20 novembre 1973 à Los Angeles — Quartier d'Hollywood (Californie).

Biography

Créditée à ses débuts Viola Mallory (ses deux premiers films sortent en 1917), elle épouse en 1918 le monteur Frank Lawrence (1883-1960) et sera désormais connue comme Viola Lawrence. En tout, elle contribue à près de cent films américains, majoritairement produits par Columbia Pictures. Les cinq derniers sont réalisés par George Sidney, dont les deux ultimes sortis en 1960, Qui était donc cette dame ? (avec Tony Curtis, Dean Martin et Janet Leigh) et Pepe (coproduction américano-mexicaine, avec Cantinflas dans le rôle-titre).

Citons également The Virgin of Stamboul de Tod Browning (1920, avec Priscilla Dean et Wheeler Oakman), Bulldog Drummond de F. Richard Jones (monté par les époux Lawrence, 1929, avec Ronald Colman et Joan Bennett), Ceux de la zone de Frank Borzage (1933, avec Spencer Tracy et Loretta Young), La Dame de Shanghai d'Orson Welles (1947, avec Rita Hayworth et Orson Welles), Le Violent de Nicholas Ray (1950, avec Humphrey Bogart et Gloria Grahame), ainsi que La Blonde ou la Rousse de George Sidney (1957, avec Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth et Kim Novak).

Parmi les autres réalisateurs avec lesquels elle travaille, mentionnons Alexander Hall qu'elle retrouve pour treize films, dont Le Défunt récalcitrant (1941, avec Robert Montgomery et Evelyn Keyes) et Ma sœur est capricieuse (1942, avec Rosalind Russell et Janet Blair).

La Blonde ou la Rousse et Pepe pré-cités lui valent chacun une nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur montage.

Best films

Pal Joey (1957)
(Editor)
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
(Editor)
Salome (1953)
(Editor)
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
(Editor)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
(Editor)
The Awakening (1928)
(Editor)

Usually with

Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff
(25 films)
Jean Louis
Jean Louis
(22 films)
Joseph Walker
Joseph Walker
(14 films)
George Barnes
George Barnes
(7 films)
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Viola Lawrence (72 films)

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Editor

Who Was That Lady?, 1h55
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh, James Whitmore, John McIntire, Barbara Nichols
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2944553.2944553.2944553.2944553.294455
College chemistry professor David Wilson is caught by his wife in his lab, kissing another woman. Ann Wilson immediately wants a divorce.
Pepe
Pepe (1960)
, 3h15
Directed by Walter Hill, George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Janet Leigh, Carlos Montalbán, Vicki Trickett
Roles Editor
Rating54% 2.715952.715952.715952.715952.71595
Mario Moreno ("Cantinflas") is Pepe, a hired hand, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director, Mr. Holt, buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However Mr. Holt offers him a job when he realizes the Pepe brings new life to the stallion. Now his luck is changing and in Las Vegas Pepe wins big money, enough that Mr. Hold lets him be the producer of his next movie. Most of the movie centers around his meeting Shirley Jones who plays an actress on hard times and hating the world. Just like with the stallion, Pepe brings out the best in Shirley Jones and helps her become a big star in a movie made by Mr. Holt. Shirley Jones does a great job both as a dancer and singing the lead song called "Pepe." For those who love movies that are set in Acapulco, Mexico, this one has great appeal and beautiful scenery. The last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
Jeanne Eagels, 1h48
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.099083.099083.099083.099083.09908
Jeanne Eagels is a Kansas City waitress. After losing a carnival's beauty contest, she asks carny owner Sal Satori for a job. Her dancing in a skimpy costume is accused of being obscene. Sal decides to join his brother in New York and invites Jeanne to join them in an amusement park at Coney Island.
Pal Joey
Pal Joey (1957)
, 1h51
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols, Hank Henry, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2970953.2970953.2970953.2970953.297095
The setting is San Francisco; Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra) is a second-rate singer, a heel known for his womanizing ways (calling women "mice"), but charming and funny. When Joey meets Linda English (Kim Novak), a naive chorus girl, he has stirrings of real feelings. However, that does not stop him from romancing a former flame and ex-stripper (Joey says, "She used to be 'Vera...with the Vanishing Veils'"), now society matron Vera Prentice-Simpson (Rita Hayworth), a wealthy, willful, and lonely widow, in order to convince her to finance his dream, "Chez Joey", a night club of his own.
The Eddy Duchin Story, 2h3
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Piano
Actors Kim Novak, Tyrone Power, Victoria Shaw, James Whitmore, Shepperd Strudwick, Jack Albertson
Roles Editor
Rating67% 3.39373.39373.39373.39373.3937
Fresh out of pharmacy school, young Eddy Duchin travels to New York in the 1920s to take a job playing piano for bandleader Leo Reisman's orchestra. But upon arrival, Eddy learns there is no such job.
Tight Spot
Tight Spot (1955)
, 1h37
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene, Eve McVeagh, Lucy Marlow
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2969253.2969253.2969253.2969253.296925
Sherry Conley (Ginger Rogers) is a model who is in prison for a crime she did not knowingly commit. She is offered a deal for her freedom by U.S. attorney Lloyd Hallett (Edward G. Robinson) if she will testify as a witness in the trial of mobster Benjamin Costain (Lorne Greene). Hallett hides her in a hotel under the protection of a squad of detectives led by Lt. Vince Striker (Brian Keith), where she stalls making a final decision while she enjoys expensive meals from room service. Despite the presence of the prison matron escort Willoughby, sparks begin to fly between cop and potential witness.
Queen Bee
Queen Bee (1955)
, 1h35
Directed by Ranald MacDougall
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Betsy Palmer, Barry Sullivan, Fay Wray, Lucy Marlow
Roles Editor
Rating66% 3.3471553.3471553.3471553.3471553.347155
Eva Phillips (Joan Crawford) dominates her Georgia mansion and her husband Avery (Barry Sullivan), an alcoholic mill owner who hates his wife. A cousin, Jennifer Stewart (Lucy Marlow), is pressured into moving in with the family, and she watches in horror as Eva maneuvers to prevent the marriage of Avery's sister Carol (Betsy Palmer) to Judson Prentiss (John Ireland). Carol tells Jennifer to watch out for Eva, and that she read a book about bees and feels that Eva is like a queen bee who stings all her competitors to death. Jennifer refuses to believe such bad sentiments about Eva, and eventually becomes the putative personal assistant to Eva.
Three for the Show, 1h33
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon, Gower Champion, Marge Champion, Myron McCormick, Paul Harvey
Roles Editor
Rating60% 3.047963.047963.047963.047963.04796
Singing-and-dancing stage star Julie (Betty Grable) is told that husband Marty (Jack Lemmon) is reported missing in action during Korea. After a long waiting period, she makes plans to marry Vernon (Gower Champion), who is Marty's best friend. After the marriage, Marty (who crashed but survived on an island) turns up at one of Julie's shows. Upon discovering Julie's new marriage, Marty demands his rights as her first husband.
Jesse James vs. the Daltons, 1h5
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Brett King, Barbara Lawrence, James Griffith, William Phipps, Rory Mallinson, William Tannen
Roles Editor
Rating49% 2.497752.497752.497752.497752.49775
Joe Branch (Brett King) rumored to be the son of outlaw Jesse James, sets out to contact the infamous Dalton Gang and to learn the truth about his legendary father.
Miss Sadie Thompson, 1h31
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collins, Charles Bronson, Diosa Costello
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.9483052.9483052.9483052.9483052.948305
A bar girl from Hawaii, a religious zealot and a love-struck Marine struggle with sin and salvation just after World War II while Sadie Thompson kicks out several songs, including the Oscar-nominated "Blue Pacific Blues".
Salome
Salome (1953)
, 1h43
Directed by William Dieterle, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.901142.901142.901142.901142.90114
Although based on the New Testament story, the film does not follow the biblical text.
Man in the Dark, 1h10
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Nick Dennis, Horace McMahon, Ted de Corsia, William Tannen
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.095743.095743.095743.095743.09574
Steve Rawley is serving a 10-year prison sentence from a Christmas Eve factory robbery that netted $130,000. He is offered an immediate parole if willing to undergo an experimental procedure by Dr. Marsden, a brain surgeon.
Affair in Trinidad, 1h38
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis, Torin Thatcher, Karel Štěpánek
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.29653.29653.29653.29653.2965
The film is set in Trinidad while it was still a British colony. Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) works as a nightclub singer and dancer. One night after her performance she receives news from Inspector Smythe (Torin Thatcher) and Anderson (Howard Wendell), a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil was found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby).