Gene Milford
Arthur Eugene Milford (January 19, 1902 – December 23, 1991) was an American film and television editor with about one hundred feature film credits. Among his most noted films are Lost Horizon (directed by Frank Capra - 1937), On the Waterfront (directed by Elia Kazan - 1954), A Face in the Crowd (Kazan - 1957), and Wait Until Dark (directed by Terence Young - 1967). Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (with Gene Havlick) and for On the Waterfront; he was also nominated for an Academy Award for One Night of Love (directed by Victor Schertzinger - 1934). He had been elected to the American Cinema Editors, and he and Barbara McLean received its inaugural Career Achievement Awards in 1988. Partial filmography 1926: Two Can Play 1927: Say It with Diamonds 1927: Ladies at Ease 1928: The Devil's Cage 1928: Life's Mockery 1930: Around the Corner 1931: Branded 1932: Sundown Rider 1932: Forbidden Trail 1933: My Woman 1933: The California Trail 1934: The Ninth Guest 1934: The Man Trailer 1934: One Night of Love 1934: The Captain Hates the Sea 1935: Let's Live Tonight 1935: Grand Exit 1936: Shakedown 1936: The Music Goes 'Round