Conrad Albinus Nervig (June 24, 1889 – November 26, 1980) was an American

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with 81 film credits. During

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, he served as a

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and was an officer aboard before it disappeared. Immediately after retiring from the Navy in 1922, Nervig began work at

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as a film lab assistant, and remained with the studio after its merger to form

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(MGM) in 1924. He spent essentially his entire career at MGM, retiring from the studio in 1954; he edited one final film for

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in 1956. Nervig was the first recipient of the

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for the film ''

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'' (1933). He won a second Oscar (shared with Ralph E. Winters) for the film ''

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'' (1950). He was also nominated for his work on ''

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'' (1935). After his retirement, he frequently talked about his experiences aboard ''Cyclops'' before its disappearance. These include "The Cyclops Mystery", an article published in 1969 by the US Naval Institute, as well as the 1971 documentary film, "The Devil's Triangle". Before his death, he remained as a life member of

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Personal life

Nervig was married twice. His first wife, Elizabeth Alder, died on September 8, 1951. On August 18, 1961, he married his second wife Ann Griffin in

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. Ann Griffin was the owner of the Ramona Sentinel newspaper. He also has a daughter. Nervig died at Palomar Memorial Hospital in

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on November 26, 1980. His ashes were scattered at sea.

Filmography

*'' Winners of the Wilderness'' (1927) *'' Rookies'' (1927) *'' The Fair Co-Ed'' (1927) *'' The Divine Woman'' (1928) *''

The Actress ''The Actress'' is a 1953 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play ''Years Ago''. Gordon also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, and Teresa Wright, and featur ...

'' (1928) *'' The Masks of the Devil'' (1928) *'' The Wind'' (1928) *'' Wild Orchids'' (1929) *'' The Idle Rich'' (1929) *'' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' (1929) *''

Devil-May-Care Devil May Care may refer to: Music * ''Devil May Care'', an album by Bob Dorough, 1956 * ''Devil May Care'' (album), by Teri Thornton, 1961 * ''Devil May Care'', an album by Claire Martin, 1993 * "The Devil May Care (Mom & Dad Don't)", a song b ...

'' (1929) *''Die Sehnsucht Jeder Frau'' (1930) *'' A Lady to Love'' (1930) *'' Call of the Flesh'' (1930) *''

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'' (1930) *''Le procès de Mary Dugan'' (1931) *'' Buster se marie'' (1931) *'' Inspiration'' (1931) *'' Son of India'' (1931) *'' The Guardsman'' (1931) *''

Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetuall ...

'' (1931) *'' Letty Lynton'' (1932) *'' Downstairs'' (1932) *'' Kongo'' (1932) *'' The Women in His Life'' (1933) *''

'' (1934) *'' Paris Interlude'' (1934) *'' The Night Is Young'' (1935) *'' The Casino Murder Case'' (1935) *'' Murder in the Fleet'' (1935) *'' Calm Yourself'' (1935) *''

'' (1935) *'' Exclusive Story'' (1936) *''

Absolute Quiet ''Absolute Quiet'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Harry Clork. The film stars Lionel Atwill, Irene Hervey, Raymond Walburn, Stuart Erwin, Ann Loring and Louis Hayward. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, it was ...

'' (1936) *''

Women Are Trouble ''Women Are Trouble'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Paul Kelly, Florence Rice, Margaret Irving, Cy Kendall and John Harrington. The film was released on J ...

'' (1936) *'' His Brother's Wife'' (1936) *'' Maytime'' (1937) *'' The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1937) *'' Live, Love and Learn'' (1937) *'' Beg, Borrow or Steal'' (1937) *'' Love Is a Headache'' (1938) *'' The First Hundred Years'' (1938) *'' The Crowd Roars'' (1938) *'' Spring Madness'' (1938) *''

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'' (1939) *'' Sergeant Madden'' (1939) *'' 6,000 Enemies'' (1939) *'' Henry Goes Arizona'' (1939) *''

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'' (1940) *'' The Man from Dakota'' (1940) *'' And One Was Beautiful'' (1940) *'' Phantom Raiders'' (1940) *'' The Golden Fleecing'' (1940) *'' Hullabaloo'' (1940) *'' The Bad Man'' (1941) *'' The Big Store'' (1941) *'' Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day'' (1941) *'' The Omaha Trail'' (1942) *'' I Married an Angel'' (1942) *'' Kathleen'' (1942) *'' Grand Central Murder'' (1942) *'' The Human Comedy'' (1943) *'' An American Romance'' (1944) *'' Nothing but Trouble'' (1945) *'' Courage of Lassie'' (1946) *'' No Leave, No Love'' (1946) *'' High Barbaree'' (1947) *'' High Wall'' (1948) *'' Act of Violence'' (1949) *''

Border Incident ''Border Incident'' is a 1949 American film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, and Howard Da Silva. Directed by Anthony Mann, the MGM production was written by John C. Higgins from a story by John C. Higgins and George Zuckerman. ...

'' (1949) *''

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'' (1949) *'' Devil's Doorway'' (1950) *''

'' (1950) *'' Vengeance Valley'' (1951) *''

Too Young to Kiss ''Too Young to Kiss'' (also ''All Too Young'') is a 1951 American comedy film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Van Johnson and June Allyson. The film, in which the 34-year-old Allyson's Cynthia Potter masquerades as a 14-year-old child prodigy ...

(1951) *''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...

'' (1952) *''

The Bad and the Beautiful ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' is a 1952 American melodrama film that tells the story of a film producer who alienates everyone around him. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, written by George Bradshaw and Charles Schnee, and stars Lan ...

'' (1953) *''

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis ''The Affairs of Dobie Gillis'' is a 1953 American comedy film, comedy musical film directed by Don Weis. The film is based on the short stories by Max Shulman collected as ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' (also the title of the The Many Loves ...

'' (1953) *'' Gypsy Colt'' (1954) *'' Death of a Scoundrel'' (1956)

Awards and nominations

References

Notes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nervig, Conrad A. 1889 births 1980 deaths Best Film Editing Academy Award winners People from Grant County, South Dakota American film editors