James Sweeney (film editor)

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Occupation Film editor Name James Sweeney		Role Film Editor Books Chameleon
Born 1901 Illinois, United States Died March 11, 1957, Hollywood, California, United States Similar People Lucien Ballard, Jerry Warren, Sol Lesser, Burnett Guffey, Jules White

James Sweeney (1901–1957) was an American film editor.

Sweeney was born in Illinois and started his Hollywood career in 1929. After starting as a film editor for Columbia, including a number of Three Stooges short subjects, Sweeney spent most of the rest of his career on Columbia features and programmers. He was active through 1957, and worked on about 100 films and some early television series.

Filmography

Shadow Ranch, 1930

Woman Haters, 1934 (the first Three Stooges short)

Three Little Pigskins, 1934 (Three Stooges short)

Horses' Collars, 1935 (Three Stooges short)

Hoi Polloi, 1935 (Three Stooges short)

Pop Goes the Easel, 1935 (Three Stooges short)

Pardon My Scotch, 1935 (Three Stooges short)

Killer at Large (1936)

Trapped by Television, 1936

Venus Makes Trouble, 1937

So You Won't Talk, 1940

Atlantic Convoy 1942

Is Everybody Happy?, 1943

Best Man Wins, 1948

Mary Ryan, Detective, 1949

The Blazing Sun, (1950)

Winning of the West, 1953

Gun Fury, 1953

The Incredible Petrified World, 1958

References

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