Gene Milford

Arthur Eugene Milford (January 19, 1902 – December 23, 1991) was an American film and television editor with about one hundred feature film credits. Among his most noted films are Lost Horizon (directed by Frank Capra - 1937), On the Waterfront (directed by Elia Kazan - 1954), A Face in the Crowd (Kazan - 1957), and Wait Until Dark (directed by Terence Young - 1967).^[1]

Gene Milford
Born	Arthur Eugene Milford (1902-01-19)January 19, 1902 Lamar, Colorado, United States
Died	December 23, 1991(1991-12-23) (aged 89) Santa Monica, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Film and television editor
Years active	1926–1981
Known for	One hundred feature film credits
Notable work	Lost Horizon - 1937 On the Waterfront - 1954 A Face in the Crowd - 1957 Wait Until Dark - 1967
Awards	Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon

Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (with Gene Havlick) and for On the Waterfront; he was also nominated for an Academy Award for One Night of Love (directed by Victor Schertzinger - 1934). He had been elected to the American Cinema Editors, and he and Barbara McLean received its inaugural Career Achievement Awards in 1988.

Partial filmography

Gene Milford began his career as an editor.

Based on Milford's filmography at the Internet Movie Database.

The director and release date of each film are indicated in parentheses.

With more than 90 film credits dating from 1926, his film editing work includes:

With more than 100 film credits dating from 1951, his TV editing work includes:

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Other notes
1926	Two Can Play	Nat Ross
1927	Say It with Diamonds	Jack Nelson Arthur Gregor
	Ladies at Ease	Jerome Storm
1928	Comrades	Cliff Wheeler
	Free Lips	Wallace MacDonald
	The Devil's Cage	Wilfred Noy
	The Masked Angel	Frank O'Connor
	Life's Mockery	Robert F. Hill
1929	Flight	Frank Capra	First collaboration with Frank Capra
1930	Vengeance	Archie Mayo
	Around the Corner	Bert Glennon
	Ladies Must Play	Raymond Cannon	First collaboration with Raymond Cannon
1931	The Lion and the Lamb	George B. Seitz	First collaboration with George B. Seitz
	The Flood	James Tinling
	The Texas Ranger	D. Ross Lederman	First collaboration with D. Ross Lederman
	Arizona	George B. Seitz	Second collaboration with George B. Seitz
	Branded	D. Ross Lederman	Second collaboration with D. Ross Lederman	Uncredited
	Shanghaied Love	George B. Seitz	Third collaboration with George B. Seitz
	Platinum Blonde	Frank Capra	Second collaboration with Frank Capra
	One Man Law	Lambert Hillyer	First collaboration with Lambert Hillyer
	Maker of Men	Edward Sedgwick
1932	The Big Timer	Edward Buzzell
	Hello Trouble	Lambert Hillyer	Second collaboration with Lambert Hillyer
	McKenna of the Mounted	D. Ross Lederman	Third collaboration with D. Ross Lederman
	White Eagle	Lambert Hillyer	Third collaboration with Lambert Hillyer
	Forbidden Trail		Fourth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer
	Sundown Rider		Fifth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer
1933	The California Trail		Sixth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer
	The Thrill Hunter	George B. Seitz	Fourth collaboration with George B. Seitz
	Brief Moment	David Burton	First collaboration with David Burton
	My Woman	Victor Schertzinger	First collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	Let's Fall in Love	David Burton	Second collaboration with David Burton
1934	The Ninth Guest	Roy William Neill
	The Fighting Ranger	George B. Seitz	Fifth collaboration with George B. Seitz
	The Man Trailer	Lambert Hillyer	Seventh collaboration with Lambert Hillyer
	Sisters Under the Skin	David Burton	Third collaboration with David Burton
	One Night of Love	Victor Schertzinger	Second collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	The Captain Hates the Sea	Lewis Milestone
1935	Carnival	Walter Lang
	Let's Live Tonight	Victor Schertzinger	Third collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	Fighting Shadows	David Selman	First collaboration with David Selman
	Love Me Forever	Victor Schertzinger	Fourth collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	The Public Menace	Erle C. Kenton	First collaboration with Erle C. Kenton
	Grand Exit		Second collaboration with Erle C. Kenton
	Too Tough to Kill	D. Ross Lederman	Fourth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman
1936	The Music Goes 'Round	Victor Schertzinger	Fifth collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	And So They Were Married	Elliott Nugent
	Shakedown	David Selman	Second collaboration with David Selman
	They Met in a Taxi	Alfred E. Green	First collaboration with Alfred E. Green
1937	When You're in Love	Robert Riskin
	Lost Horizon	Frank Capra	Third collaboration with Frank Capra
	The League of Frightened Men	Alfred E. Green	Second collaboration with Alfred E. Green
	It Can't Last Forever	Hamilton MacFadden
	Something to Sing About	Victor Schertzinger	Sixth collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
1938	Tarzan's Revenge	D. Ross Lederman	Fifth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman
	Mr. Boggs Steps Out	Gordon Wiles
	The Overland Express	Drew Eberson
1939	The Mikado	Victor Schertzinger	Seventh collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	I Was a Convict	Aubrey Scotto
	Frontier Pony Express	Joseph Kane
	Coast Guard	Edward Ludwig
	Those High Grey Walls	Charles Vidor
1940	Military Academy	D. Ross Lederman	Sixth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman
	Blondie Plays Cupid	Frank R. Strayer
1941	Tillie the Toiler	Sidney Salkow
	The Stork Pays Off	Lew Landers
	Confessions of Boston Blackie	Edward Dmytryk
1943	Higher and Higher	Tim Whelan	First collaboration with Tim Whelan
1944	The Falcon Out West	William Clemens
	Step Lively	Tim Whelan	Second collaboration with Tim Whelan
	The Falcon in Hollywood	Gordon Douglas
1945	Having Wonderful Crime	A. Edward Sutherland
	China Sky	Ray Enright
1951	The Man with My Face	Edward Montagne
1954	On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan	First collaboration with Elia Kazan
1955	Man with the Gun	Richard Wilson
1956	Baby Doll	Elia Kazan	Second collaboration with Elia Kazan
1957	A Face in the Crowd		Third collaboration with Elia Kazan
1961	Splendor in the Grass		Fourth collaboration with Elia Kazan
	Force of Impulse	Saul Swimmer
1962	Taras Bulba	J. Lee Thompson
1963	Rampage	Phil Karlson
1964	Wild and Wonderful	Michael Anderson
	The New Interns	John Rich
1965	Strange Bedfellows	Melvin Frank
	That Funny Feeling	Richard Thorpe
1966	The Chase	Arthur Penn
	Incident at Phantom Hill	Earl Bellamy
	Texas Across the River	Michael Gordon
1967	Countdown	Robert Altman
	Wait Until Dark	Terence Young	First collaboration with Terence Young
1969	The Great Bank Robbery	Hy Averback
1970	There Was a Crooked Man...	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1971	Mrs. Pollifax-Spy	Leslie H. Martinson
	The Steagle	Paul Sylbert		Uncredited
1974	W	Richard Quine
	The Klansman	Terence Young	Second collaboration with Terence Young

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes	Other notes
1938	Swing It, Sailor!	Raymond Cannon	Supervising editor	Second collaboration with Raymond Cannon	Uncredited
1981	Inchon	Terence Young	Supervising film editor	Third collaboration with Terence Young

Director

Year	Film
1958	The Pusher

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
1958	The Pusher	Himself	Producer

Documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1942	The World at War	Lowell Mellett

Short documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1940	Look to Lockheed for Leadership	Shirley Burden
1946	Kentucky Basketeers	Joseph Walsh
	Battle for Survival	—

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1962	On the Harmfulness of Tobacco	Paul Newman

TV documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1957	Maurice Chevalier's Paris	Andrew Marton

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1967	Valley of Mystery	Joseph Lejtes
1972	No Place to Run	Delbert Mann
1973	The Man Without a Country
	Miracle on 34th Street	Fielder Cook
1974	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Joseph Hardy
1975	The Count of Monte Cristo	David Greene
1978	Breaking Up	Delbert Mann
	Home to Stay
1979	Torn Between Two Lovers
	And Baby Makes Six	Waris Hussein

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1977	Tell Me My Name	Delbert Mann	Supervising editor
1978	Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II	Jud Taylor

TV pilots

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1977	The World of Darkness	Jerry London	Supervising editor
1978	The World Beyond	Noel Black

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1971−72	Nichols	9 episodes
1972	The Rookies	2 episodes

Director

Year	Title	Notes
1951	The Faye Emerson Show	14 episodes
1953−56	Omnibus	2 episodes

Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint in the trailer for the 1954 film On the Waterfront, for which Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing