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William Hamilton is a Director, Writer and Editor American born on 11 november 1893 at Pennsylvania (USA)

William Hamilton

William Hamilton
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 november 1893 at Pennsylvania (USA)
Death 3 august 1942 (at 48 years) at North Hollywood (USA)

William Hamilton (November 11, 1893 - August 3, 1942) was an American film editor whose career spanned two decades.

His credits include The Bright Shawl (1923), The Enchanted Cottage (1924), Classmates (1924), Soul-Fire (1925), Shore Leave (1925), Our Dancing Daughters (1928), Morning Glory (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), Top Hat (1935), The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Too Many Girls (1940), and The Big Street (1942).

Hamilton was born in Pennsylvania and died in North Hollywood.

Biography

William Hamilton contribue comme monteur à soixante-cinq films américains, depuis Le Châle aux fleurs de sang de John S. Robertson (1923, avec Richard Barthelmess et Dorothy Gish) jusqu'à La Poupée brisée d'Irving Reis (avec Henry Fonda et Lucille Ball). Ce dernier film est projeté en avant-première à New York le 13 août 1942, dix jours après sa mort prématurée à 48 ans, des suites d'une crise cardiaque.

À partir de 1929, il travaille au sein de la RKO Pictures, y collaborant notamment à La Ruée vers l'Ouest de Wesley Ruggles (1931, avec Richard Dix et Irene Dunne), Quasimodo de William Dieterle (1939, avec Charles Laughton et Maureen O'Hara), Soupçons d'Alfred Hitchcock (1941, avec Cary Grant et Joan Fontaine), ainsi qu'à plusieurs films musicaux du couple Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers (dont Le Danseur du dessus de Mark Sandrich en 1935).

Par ailleurs, William Hamilton contribue à cinq films comme réalisateur, dont Le Mystère de l'allée cavalière (1936, avec James Gleason et Helen Broderick), coréalisé par Edward Killy.

Best films

Suspicion (1941)
(Editor)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
(Editor)
Cimarron (1931)
(Editor)
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
(Editor)
Morning Glory (1933)
(Editor)

Usually with

Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(20 films)
Darrell Silvera
Darrell Silvera
(14 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of William Hamilton (58 films)

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Director

Call Out the Marines, 1h7
Directed by William Hamilton, Frank Ryan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Military humor in film, Spy films, Political films
Actors Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes, Paul Kelly, Robert Smith, Dorothy Lovett
Rating50% 2.5002152.5002152.5002152.5002152.500215
Ex-Marines Jimmy McGinnis (Victor McLaglen) and Harry Curtis (Edmund Lowe), who haven't seen each other for fifteen years, meet at a racetrack. They both immediately drop their jobs as an attendant and cleaner to rekindle their friendship and brawl over which one will have Violet (Binnie Barnes) for their girl. When visiting a clip joint called the Shoreleave Cafe with Violet, they meet the owner, Jim Blake (Paul Kelly). Blake was their former captain; he left the Corps under a cloud when he was blamed for a security breach. Blake is involved in espionage, arranging to buy the plans for a new amphibious vehicle.
Murder on a Bridle Path, 1h6
Directed by William Hamilton, Edward Killy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer, John Arledge, John Carroll, Willie Best
Rating61% 3.0982453.0982453.0982453.0982453.098245
An apparent accident involving a horse in Central Park leads a police inspector to join forces with a brash amateur detective, (Hildegarde Withers, played by Helen Broderick) and solve a woman's death.

Scriptwriter

Editor

The Big Street, 1h28
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette, Sam Levene, Agnes Moorehead
Roles Editor
Rating63% 3.1970853.1970853.1970853.1970853.197085
The film focuses on busboy Augustus Pinkerton II (Henry Fonda), known as "Little Pinks," and his relationship with heartless singer Gloria Lyons (Lucille Ball), who is crippled in a fall after her boyfriend, New York City nightclub owner Case Ables (Barton MacLane), pushes her down a flight of stairs in a fit of jealousy. Left penniless by the expenses she incurs during a long convalescence, Gloria is forced to rely on the kindness of Pinks, who invites her to stay with him in his apartment.
Suspicion
Suspicion (1941)
, 1h39
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, May Whitty, Isabel Jeans
Roles Editor
Rating72% 3.648193.648193.648193.648193.64819
Handsome, irresponsible playboy Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant) meets dowdy Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine) on a train, and charms her into running away and marrying him, despite the strong disapproval of her wealthy father, General McLaidlaw (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). After a lavish honeymoon and returning to an extravagant house, Lina discovers that Johnnie has no job, no income, habitually lives on borrowed money, and was intending to try to sponge off her father. She talks him into getting a job, and he goes to work for his cousin, estate agent Captain Melbeck (Leo G. Carroll).
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 1h35
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson, Philip Merivale, Lucile Watson
Roles Editor
Rating62% 3.1490153.1490153.1490153.1490153.149015
Ann (Carole Lombard) and David Smith (Robert Montgomery) are a married couple living in New York who, though happy, often have fights that last for days before they lovingly reconcile. One morning, Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her disappointment, although he is very happy with her now and wouldn't marry someone else, he answers that he would not. Later that day, Harry Deever (Charles Halton), an Idaho county official informs David that due to a jurisdictional mishap, their three-year-old marriage license from Idaho is not valid. Since Deever is a family acquaintance of Ann's from Idaho, he stops by their apartment to tell Ann and her mother (Esther Dale) the same thing. Ann does not mention this to David, and thinks he will remarry her that very night, as he just invited her out to a romantic dinner at the fancy restaurant they ate at before they were married. When they arrive at the restaurant, however, they realize that the restaurant has turned into a seedy joint, and they head home. When Ann feels she has given David long enough to propose and leave to get married, she confronts him and accuses him of not wanting to marry her again. While David protests and says he was going to ask her shortly, Ann dismisses that and kicks him out of their apartment.
Primrose Path, 1h33
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, Charlie Hall, Miles Mander
Roles Editor
Rating67% 3.3951753.3951753.3951753.3951753.395175
Tomboy Ellie May Adams (Ginger Rogers) keeps her virtue despite her difficult circumstances. Her alcoholic, Greek scholar father Homer (Miles Mander) is unemployable, leaving her loving mother Mamie (Marjorie Rambeau) to support the family by going out with men. Her ex-prostitute grandmother (Queenie Vassar) sees nothing wrong with their shared profession.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, 1h33
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Lew Fields, Victor Varconi
Roles Editor
Rating68% 3.447893.447893.447893.447893.44789
The film tells of novice American dancer Irene Foote (Ginger Rogers) who convinces New York-based British vaudeville comic Vernon Castle (Fred Astaire) to give up slapstick comedy in favor of sophisticated ballroom dancing.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1h57
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about religion
Actors Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Davenport
Roles Editor
Rating77% 3.8946153.8946153.8946153.8946153.894615
The film opens in 1482 with King Louis XI and his close advisor, Frollo, the King's Chief Justice of Paris, in a printing shop. Frollo is determined to do everything in his power to rid Paris of anything he sees as evil, including the printing press and gypsies, who at the time are persecuted and prohibited from entering Paris. That day is Paris' annual celebration, the Festival of Fools. Esmeralda, a young gypsy girl, is seen dancing in front of an audience of people, including the King and Frollo. Quasimodo, the hunchback and bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, is crowned the Pope of Fools until Frollo catches up to him and takes him back to the church.
5th Ave Girl, 1h23
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, James Ellison, Tim Holt, Kathryn Adams Doty
Roles Editor
Rating67% 3.396983.396983.396983.396983.39698
Wealthy industrialist Alfred Borden (Walter Connolly) has problems both at work and at home. His employees at Amalgamated Pump are making demands that may drive the business he has built up from nothing into bankruptcy, and his son Tim (Tim Holt) has lost a major customer through neglect (he prefers playing polo). On his birthday, Borden's secretary gives him a loud tie as a gift, but when he goes home to his Fifth Avenue mansion, he finds nobody there but the servants. His unfaithful wife Martha (Verree Teasdale), his daughter Katherine (Kathryn Adams), and Tim have all forgotten or do not care.
In Name Only, 1h34
Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson, Charles Coburn, Katharine Alexander
Roles Editor
Rating69% 3.497643.497643.497643.497643.49764
Alec Walker (Cary Grant) puts up with a loveless marriage to Maida (Kay Francis) until he meets widow Julie Eden (Carole Lombard). They fall in love and he asks his wife for a divorce. She refuses; as she goes on to tell him, she married him solely for his social position and wealth and won't give them up. She is such a skillful liar that she has Alec's parents (Charles Coburn, Nella Walker) convinced that Julie is out to destroy the marriage.