Carl Leo Pierson (1891–1977) was an American
film editor
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who edited more than 200 films (primarily low-budget Westerns for
Monogram
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and
Republic
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) and television episodes over the course of his lengthy career in Hollywood. He also produced and directed a handful of movies.
Biography
Carl Pierson was born in
Indianapolis, Indiana
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. He was married at least twice: first Minerva Jane Sherwood in 1924, who filed for divorce in 1930;
and then to an actress Mary; she sued for divorce in 1939.
He had a daughter, Lois, with his first wife.
Filmography (as editor)
* ''
That Tennessee Beat'' (1966)
*
''Hand of Death'' (1962)
* ''
Womanhunt'' (1962)
* ''
The Two Little Bears'' (1961)
* ''
The Silent Call'' (1961)
* ''
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come'' (1961)
* ''
Sniper's Ridge'' (1961)
*
''Diamond Safari'' (1958)
*
''She Devil'' (1958)
* ''
Stagecoach to Fury'' (1956)
*
''Naked Gun'' (1956)
* ''
Yaqui Drums'' (1956)
*
''Massacre'' (1956)
* ''
The Big Chase'' (1954)
* ''
The Black Pirates'' (1954)
* ''
Sins of Jezebel
''Sins of Jezebel'' is a 1953 American historical drama film produced by Sigmund Neufeld and directed by Reginald Le Borg. It stars Paulette Goddard as Jezebel, the biblical queen of the northern kingdom of Israel during the 9th century BC. The ...
'' (1953)
* ''
The Great Jesse James Raid'' (1952)
* ''
Leave It to the Marines'' (1951)
* ''
Savage Drums'' (1951)
* ''
Little Big Horn'' (1951)
* ''
Pier 23'' (1951)
* ''
Roaring City'' (1951)
* ''
Mask of the Dragon'' (1951)
* ''
Fingerprints Don't Lie'' (1951)
* ''
Three Desperate Men'' (1951)
* ''
Bandit Queen'' (1950)
* ''
Border Rangers'' (1950)
* ''
Train to Tombstone'' (1950)
* ''
Gunfire
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'' (1950)
* ''
I Shot Billy the Kid'' (1950)
* ''
Western Pacific Agent'' (1950)
* ''
Radar Secret Service'' (1950)
* ''
Roaring Westward'' (1949)
* ''
Brand of Fear'' (1949)
* ''
Gun Law Justice'' (1949)
* ''
Courtin' Trouble'' (1948)
* ''
Outlaw Brand'' (1948)
* ''
Cowboy Cavalier'' (1948)
* ''
Why Girls Leave Home'' (1945)
* ''
Dangerous Intruder'' (1945)
* ''
Minstrel Man'' (1944)
* ''
Block Busters
''Block Busters'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Wallace Fox and starring the East Side Kids.
Plot
After an afternoon of playing baseball, Muggs McGinnis and the East Side Kids gang arrive at the door of their clubhouse, where a man ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Return of the Ape Man'' (1944)
* ''
Follow the Leader'' (1944)
* ''
Voodoo Man'' (1944)
* ''
Million Dollar Kid'' (1944)
* ''
Raiders of the Border'' (1944)
* ''
Death Valley Rangers'' (1943)
*''
The Crime Smasher'' (1943)
* ''
The Texas Kid'' (1943)
* ''
Mr. Muggs Steps Out'' (1943)
* ''
Outlaws of Stampede Pass'' (1943)
* ''
Spotlight Scandals'' (1943)
* ''
Here Comes Kelly'' (1943)
* ''
The Law Rides Again'' (1943)
* ''
Ghosts on the Loose'' (1943)
* ''
Wings Over the Pacific'' (1943)
* ''
The Stranger from Pecos
''The Stranger from Pecos'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Adele Buffington. This is the second film in the "Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie" series, and stars Johnny Mack Brown as Jack McKenzie and R ...
'' (1943)
* ''
Sarong Girl
''Sarong Girl'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and written by Charles R. Marion, Arthur Hoerl and Tim Ryan. The film stars Ann Corio, Tim Ryan, Irene Ryan, Mantan Moreland, William Henry, Damian O'Flynn and Joh ...
'' (1943)
* ''
Clancy Street Boys'' (1943)
* ''
The Ape Man'' (1943)
* ''
Kid Dynamite'' (1943)
* ''
You Can't Beat the Law
''You Can't Beat the Law'' is a 1943 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen; also known as ''Prison Mutiny'' (American TV title).
Plot
Johnny Gray (Edward Norris) is a self-proclaimed playboy. Gray's car is found at the scene of a crime; a ...
'' (1943)
* ''
Dawn on the Great Divide'' (1942)
* ''
Rhythm Parade'' (1942)
* ''
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge'' (1942)
* ''
Bowery at Midnight
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'' (1942)
* ''
City of Silent Men'' (1942)
* ''
Down Texas Way'' (1942)
* ''
Inside the Law'' (1942)
* ''
Ghost Town Law'' (1942)
* ''
Black Dragons'' (1942)
* ''
Mr. Wise Guy'' (1942)
* ''
Below the Border'' (1942)
* ''
Caught in the Act'' (1941)
* ''
Forbidden Trails'' (1941)
* ''
Double Trouble'' (1941)
* ''
Road to Happiness'' (1941)
* ''
The Gunman from Bodie'' (1941)
* ''
Reg'lar Fellers
''Reg'lar Fellers'' is a long-running newspaper comic strip adapted into a feature film, a radio series on the NBC Red Network, and two animated cartoons. Created by Gene Byrnes (1889–1974), the comic strip offered a humorous look at a gang ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Arizona Bound'' (1941)
* ''
That Gang of Mine'' (1940)
* ''
Boys of the City'' (1940)
* ''
The Mad Empress'' (1939)
* ''
Sky Patrol
''Sky Patrol'' is a 1939 American film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring John Trent, along with Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone and Jason Robards Sr. The film also featured actor and comedian Jackie Coogan, who began his film career a ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Stunt Pilot
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History From t ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Double Deal'' (1939)
* ''
Wolf Call'' (1939)
* ''
Mystery Plane'' (1939)
* ''
The Phantom Stage'' (1939)
* ''
Ghost Town Riders
''Ghost Town Riders'' is a 1938 American Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker, Fay McKenzie, Hank Worden, George Cleveland, Forrest Taylor and Glenn Strange. The film was released on December 16, 19 ...
'' (1938)
* ''
King of the Sierras'' (1938)
* ''
Prairie Justice
''Prairie Justice'' is a 1938 American Western "B" movie directed by George Waggner and starring Bob Baker as a singing cowboy.
Plot
Baker plays an undercover marshall investigating a series of stage coach robberies. After his father is kille ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Paroled from the Big House'' (1938)
* ''
Guilty Trails
''Guilty Trails'' is a 1938 American Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Wally Wales, Georgia O'Dell, Jack Rockwell and Carleton Young. The film was released on October 21, 1938 ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Black Bandit
''Black Bandit'' is a 1938 American Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Wally Wales, Jack Rockwell, Forrest Taylor and Glenn Strange. The film was released on September 16, 1938 ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Rebellious Daughters'' (1938)
* ''
Where the West Begins'' (1938)
* ''
Spirit of Youth'' (1938)
* ''
Western Gold
''Western Gold'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Earle Snell and Forrest Barnes. The film stars Smith Ballew, Heather Angel, LeRoy Mason, Howard Hickman, Ben Alexander, Frank McGlynn, Sr. and ...
'' (1937)
* ''
The Outer Gate
''The Outer Gate'' is a 1937 American film directed by actor/screenwriter Raymond Cannon. The screenplay concerns a man who organizes a revenge plot after being sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Plot summary
Bob Terry works for Joh ...
'' (1937)
* ''
The Legion of Missing Men'' (1937)
* ''
The Californian'' (1937)
* ''
Reefer Madness
''Reefer Madness'' (originally made as ''Tell Your Children'' and sometimes titled ''The Burning Question'', ''Dope Addict'', ''Doped Youth'', and ''Love Madness'') is a 1938/1939 American exploitation film about drugs, revolving around the me ...
'' (1936)
* ''
I Cover Chinatown'' (1936)
* ''
Red River Valley
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'' (1936)
* ''
Frisco Waterfront'' (1935)
* ''
Lawless Range'' (1935)
* ''
Cappy Ricks Returns'' (1935)
* ''
Westward Ho'' (1935)
* ''
Honeymoon Limited'' (1935)
* ''
The Dawn Rider'' (1935)
* ''
The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' (1935)
* ''
The Desert Trail
''The Desert Trail'' is a 1935 American Monogram Western (genre), Western film starring John Wayne and directed by Lewis D. Collins (credited as Cullin Lewis). The movie also features Eddy Chandler, Mary Kornman, and Paul Fix.
Plot
Rodeo sta ...
'' (1935)
* ''
The Nut Farm'' (1935)
* ''
Rainbow Valley'' (1935)
* ''
The Mystery Man'' (1935)
* ''
Texas Terror'' (1935)
* ''
Sing Sing Nights'' (1934)
* ''
'Neath the Arizona Skies
''Neath the Arizona Skies'' is a 1934 Western (genre), Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser, produced by Lone Star Productions, released by Monogram Pictures and starring John Wayne. Wayne's character attempts to locate a little girl's fath ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Flirting with Danger'' (1934)
* ''
Lost in the Stratosphere
''Lost in the Stratosphere'' is a 1934 American aviation Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring William Cagney, Edward J. Nugent, and June Collyer. In one of his few roles in front of the cameras, Cagne ...
'' (1934)
* ''
A Girl of the Limberlost'' (1934)
* ''
Tomorrow's Youth'' (1934)
* ''
Happy Landing'' (1934)
* ''
Jane Eyre
''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...
'' (1934)
* ''
The Star Packer
''The Star Packer'' is a 1934 Western (genre), Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes, Yakima Canutt, and Verna Hillie.
Plot
U.S. Marshal John Travers becomes the sheriff of a turn-of-the-2 ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Million Dollar Baby
''Million Dollar Baby'' is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Paul Haggis. It is based on stories from the 2000 collection ''Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner' ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Randy Rides Alone'' (1934)
* ''
Monte Carlo Nights'' (1934)
* ''
The Man from Utah
''The Man from Utah'' is a 1934 pre-Code Monogram Western (genre), Western film starring John Wayne, Polly Ann Young and the stuntman/actor Yakima Canutt. It was written by Lindsley Parsons and directed by Robert N. Bradbury. Wayne has a "singi ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Blue Steel'' (1934)
* ''
Manhattan Love Song'' (1934)
* ''
House of Mystery
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'' (1934)
* ''
Mystery Liner'' (1934)
* ''
West of the Divide'' (1934)
* ''
A Woman's Man'' (1934)
* ''
The Lucky Texan'' (1934)
* ''
Sixteen Fathoms Deep'' (1934)
* ''
Trailing North'' (1933)
* ''
Sagebrush Trail'' (1933)
* ''
Broken Dreams'' (1933)
* ''
Riders of Destiny'' (1933)
* ''
The Devil's Mate'' (1933)
* ''
Galloping Romeo
''Galloping Romeo'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film released by Monogram Pictures, written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury, and starring Bob Steele.
Plot
Cast
* Bob Steele as Bob Rivers
* Doris Hill as Mary Kent
*George "Gabby" ...
'' (1933)
* ''
The Gallant Fool'' (1933)
* ''
The Return of Casey Jones'' (1933)
* ''
Diamond Trail
''Diamond Trail'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code
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'' (1933)
* ''
Wine, Women and Song
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'' (1933)
* ''
The Phantom Broadcast'' (1933)
* ''
Breed of the Border'' (1933)
* ''
The Fugitive'' (1933)
* ''
West of Singapore'' (1933)
* ''
Sensation Hunters'' (1933)
* ''
A Strange Adventure'' (1932)
* ''
The Girl from Calgary
''The Girl from Calgary'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Phil Whitman, and starring Fifi D'Orsay and Paul Kelly (actor), Paul Kelly.
Plot summary
A French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider ...
'' (1932)
* ''
The Man from Arizona'' (1932)
* ''
Broadway to Cheyenne'' (1932)
* ''
Hidden Valley'' (1932)
* ''
Son of Oklahoma
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Social issues
In pre-industrial societies and some current c ...
'' (1932)
* ''
The Arm of the Law'' (1932)
* ''
Honor of the Mounted'' (1932)
* ''
The Man from Hell's Edges'' (1932)
* ''
Vanishing Men'' (1932)
* ''
Police Court'' (1932)
* ''
The Law of the Sea'' (1931)
* ''
The Florodora Girl
''The Florodora Girl'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Ralph Spence, Al Boasberg and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stars Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett, and Ilka Chase. The film was ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Montana Moon'' (1930)
* ''
The Mysterious Island'' (1929)
* ''
The Baby Cyclone'' (1928)
* ''
Rose-Marie
''Rose-Marie'' is an operetta-style musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. The story is set in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and concerns Rose-Marie La Flemme, a F ...
'' (1928)
References
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American film editors
1891 births
1977 deaths
People from Indianapolis
Film directors from Indiana