Frank DeWar (1907-1969) was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.
Frank DeWar | |
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| Born | Francis Duncan DeWar Jr. December 3, 1907 Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Died | May 27, 1969 (aged 61) Inyo County, California, USA |
| Occupation | Film editor |
Biography
editFrank was born in Seattle, Washington, to Francis DeWar Sr. (a native of Antwerp) and Mercedes Earle. The family soon relocated to Los Angeles, where Francis Sr. eventually became a prominent member of law enforcement there before dying in a 1932 plane crash.[1][2]
Frank married Zelma Kennedy (niece of former Texas Gov. Ma Ferguson) in 1928;[3] they had three children together. The pair split in 1939, and Frank was linked to actress Ann Sheridan in newspaper reports.[4] His last known credit as a film editor was on 1942's The Right Timing.
Selected filmography
edit- The Right Timing (1942)
- Water Sports (1941)
- Big Bill Tilden (1941)
- Diary of a Racing Pigeon (1940)
- Famous Movie Dogs (1940)
- Pony Express Days (1940)
- Dogs You Seldom See (1940)
- American Saddle Horses (1939)
- Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
- Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
- King of the Underworld (1939)
- Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
- He Couldn't Say No (1938)
- West of Shanghai (1937)
- Alcatraz Island (1937)
- White Bondage (1937)
- Public Wedding (1937)
- Under Southern Stars (1937)
- Guns of the Pecos (1937)
- Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
- The Sunday Round-Up (1936)
- Echo Mountain (1936)
- The Song of a Nation (1936)
- Changing of the Guard (1936)
- Hollywood Newsreel (1934)
References
edit- ^ "Victims of Crash". The San Bernardino County Sun. 5 Feb 1932. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Mrs. DeWar Seeks Decree". The Los Angeles Times. 2 Nov 1934. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Leave on Honeymoon". Los Angeles Evening Express. 13 Jan 1928. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Marriage Rumors Denied by Gwynn". The Knoxville Journal. 26 Jul 1939. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
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