Chester Schaeffer (September 9, 1902 – January 5, 1992) was an American film and television editor with about thirty documentary and feature film credits, often for

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. Schaeffer's first feature film editing credit was for ''

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'' (directed by

Jules Dassin Julius "Jules" Dassin (December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, wher ...

-1944). The film was produced by

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in Hollywood. In the era of the Hollywood studio system, film editors typically served an apprenticeship at the studio of about ten years as assistant editors before promotion to editor, and Schaeffer had been an Ben Lewis' assistant editor on '' Dinner at Eight'' (directed by

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-1933).Schaeffer was interviewed about his recollections of the 1930s in Hollywood for ''Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince''. See Schaeffer continued to edit for MGM productions through about 1949. Schaeffer was nominated for an

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for the small scale drama ''

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'' (1951), which was independently produced. The film was directed by

Russell Rouse Russell Rouse (November 20, 1913 – October 2, 1987) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer who is noted for the "offbeat creativity and originality" of his screenplays and for film noir movies and television episodes produced ...

, and initiated their extended collaboration on seven films. He was nominated for an

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for the

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television program ''Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter'' (1954). Schaeffer subsequently wove the footage from the first three "Davy Crockett" broadcast programs into the feature film ''

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'' (1955). He also worked on the classic chiller ''

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'' (directed by

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-1959). Schaeffer's final feature film, ''

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'' (1967), was also Rouse's final film as a director; Schaeffer retired from editing around 1968.

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