Mildred Johnston (born Mildred Bell; June 11, 1890March 20, 1974) was an American film editor active in the 1920s and 1930s.

Biography

Mildred was born in

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, in 1890, the daughter of Thomas Bell and May Greene. Her father, the city auditor (and a respected journalist), died of typhoid fever when she was 8. She later attended college at the

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. By the early 1920s, she was living in Los Angeles with her mother, where she was working as an assistant film editor and script girl. In 1921, she married Richard Johnston, an assistant director and production manager at Paramount. The pair had two daughters. Between 1928 and 1935, she edited almost three dozen films, most of which were produced by Liberty Pictures. Much of her earlier work during that time range was on B-Westerns. She was also a founding member of the Blind Children's Center of Los Angeles. By the late 1940s, she seems to have retired from the film industry; her last known credit was on 1935's '' The Old Homestead''. She died on March 20, 1974, in Valley Village, California.

Selected filmography

* '' The Boiling Point'' (1932) * '' The Iron Master'' (1933) * '' The Fighting Parson'' (1933) *'' Once to Every Bachelor'' (1934) * '' The Old Homestead'' (1935) * ''

Born to Gamble ''Born to Gamble'' is a 1935 American film directed by Phil Rosen and released by Republic Pictures. Plot Four brothers feel cursed by their family's gambling bug. All four try to overcome the addiction: only one, the youngest, is successful. C ...

'' (1935) * '' Dizzy Dames'' (1935) * '' Without Children'' (1935) * '' Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' Bonds of Honour'' (1934) * '' Two Heads on a Pillow'' (1934) * '' The Great Radio Mystery'' (1934) * '' Once to Every Man'' (1934) * ''Cheaters'' (1934) * '' Picture Brides'' (1934) * '' School for Girls'' (1934) * '' No Ransom'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1933) * '' The Fighting Parson'' (1933) * '' The Dude Bandit'' (1933) * '' The Eleventh Commandment'' (1933) * '' The Intruder'' (1933) * '' The Iron Master'' (1933) * '' The Golden West'' (1932) * '' The Cowboy Counsellor'' (1932) * '' A Parisian Romance'' (1932) * ''The Boiling Point'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * ''

A Man's Land ''A Man's Land'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film, written by Adele Buffington and directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Hoot Gibson, Marion Shilling, and Robert Ellis, and was released on June 11, 1932. Plot Tex Mason's ranch is facing ...

'' (1932) * ''Vanity Fair'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' The Gay Buckaroo'' (1932) * ''

The Local Bad Man ''The Local Bad Man'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western (genre), Western film directed by Otto Brower. Plot Cast * Hoot Gibson as Jim Bonner * Sally Blane as Marion Meade * Hooper Atchley as Joe Murdock * Guy Edward Hearn, Edward Hearn as ...

'' (1932) * '' The Hard Hombre'' (1931) * ''Wild Horse'' (1931) * '' Clearing the Range'' (1931) * '' The Red Mark'' (1928) * '' The Night Flyer'' (1928) * '' On to Reno'' (1928)

References

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