Ralph Dawson (April 18, 1897 in

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– November 15, 1962) was an American film editor who also did some acting, directing, and screenwriting. He was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Film Editing The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, ...

four times, and won the Award three times.

Selected filmography as editor

*1925: '' Lady of the Night'' *1928: '' The Singing Fool'' with co-editor Harold McCord *1928: '' Tenderloin'' *1929: '' Stark Mad'' *1929: ''

The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colo ...

'' *1930: ''

Under a Texas Moon ''Under A Texas Moon'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical Western film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the novel ''Two-Gun Man'' (from 1929) which was written by Stewart Edward White. It was the second all-color, all-talk ...

'' *1931: ''

The Mad Genius ''The Mad Genius'' (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, and in small roles, Boris K ...

'' *1933: '' Girl Missing'' *1934: '' Something Always Happens'' with co-editor Bert Bates *1934: '' The Life of the Party'' *1935: ''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict a ...

'' - First Academy Award *1936: ''

Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Herve ...

'' - Second Academy Award win *1936: '' The Story of Louis Pasteur'' *1937: ''

The Prince and the Pauper ''The Prince and the Pauper'' is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547 ...

'' *1938: ''

The Adventures of Robin Hood ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia d ...

'' - Third Academy Award win *1938: '' Four Daughters'' *1939: '' Daughters Courageous'' *1939: ''

Espionage Agent ''Espionage Agent'' is a pre– World War II spy melodrama produced by Hal B. Wallis in 1939. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, ''Espionage Agent'', like many Warner Bros. movies, clearly identifies the Germans as the enemy. This was unlike many other mov ...

'' *1941: '' The Great Lie'' *1942: '' Kings Row'' *1942: '' Larceny, Inc.'' *1944: '' The Adventures of Mark Twain'' *1944: ''

Mr. Skeffington ''Mr. Skeffington'' is a 1944 American drama film directed by Vincent Sherman, based on the 1940 novel of the same name by Elizabeth von Arnim. The film stars Bette Davis as a beautiful but self-centered woman who has many suitors but marries Jo ...

'' *1945: '' Saratoga Trunk'' *1948: '' An Act of Murder'' *1950: '' Harvey'' *1952: '' The Lusty Men'' *1954: '' The High and the Mighty'' - Fourth Academy Award nomination

External links

* American film editors Best Film Editing Academy Award winners 1897 births 1962 deaths {{US-film-editor-stub