Jeanne Spencer (sometimes credited as Jeanne Spencer Ware; born November 29, 1897 - July 18, 1986) was an American film editor active from the 1920s to the 1930s.[1] Her younger sister, Dorothy, was also a film editor.
Jeanne Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jeanne Genevieve Spencer November 29, 1897 Covington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | July 18, 1986 (aged 88) Encinitas, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Spouse | Frank Ware |
| Relatives | Dorothy Spencer (sister) |
Biography
editJeanne was born in Covington, Kentucky, to Charles Spencer and Catherine Spellbrink. She was the eldest of the couple's children. After high school, she got a job working for her uncle at The Cincinnati Enquirer.
By the early 1920s, she was living in Hollywood and working as a film cutter, although she didn't receive credits on her earliest projects. She also worked as an assistant director in those early days (notably on 1920's The Devil's Pass Key).[2][3][4] In the early 1920s, she married fellow editor Frank Ware. He died at the age of 39 in 1932.[citation needed]
She continued editing after Frank's death and also took up writing plays. She sold her play Senate Page Boys (co-written with Albert Benham) in 1939 and helped write the adaptation that became 1941's Adventure in Washington.[5]
Selected filmography
editAs editor:
- Hollywood Mystery (1934) (aka Hollywood Hoodlum)
- Her Resale Value (1933)
- Alimony Madness (1933)
- Neighbors' Wives (1933)
- Revenge at Monte Carlo (1933)
- Behind Jury Doors (1932)
- The Heart Punch (1932)
- Trapped in Tia Juana (1932)
- Evangeline (1929)
- Revenge (1928)[6]
- Ramona (1928)[7]
- Resurrection (1927)
- Passionate Youth (1925)
As screenwriter:
- Adventure in Washington (1941)
As assistant director:
- The Devil's Pass Key (1920)[2]
References
edit- ^ "Original Play to Be Filmed". The Los Angeles Times. July 1, 1933. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ a b Koszarski, Richard (2001). Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879109547.
- ^ "The Devil's Passkey (1920) - Notes - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (2001). Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879109547.
- ^ Hopper, Hedda (3 Oct 1939). "London Tells English Movie Players to Stay in Hollywood". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ Curtis, James (2015-11-17). William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101870679.
- ^ "Special Screening: Ramona (1928)". UCLA School of TFT. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
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