David M. Weisbart was an American

United States

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 film editor and producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

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A native of Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, Weisbart began working in the film industry in 1942 as an editor. Between then and 1951 he was involved with the editing of twenty films, including Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce (film)

Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American drama film starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, and Eve Arden in a film noir about a long-suffering mother and her ungrateful daughter. The screenplay by Ranald MacDougall, William Faulkner, and Catherine Turney was based upon the 1941...

, Night and Day, That Hagen Girl

That Hagen Girl

That Hagen Girl is a 1947 American drama film directed by Peter Godfrey. The screenplay by Charles Hoffman was based on the novel by Edith Kneipple Roberts. The film focuses on small town teenage girl Mary Hagen whom gossips believe is the illegitimate daughter of former resident and lawyer Tom...

, The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead (film)

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, The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie (1950 film)

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, and A Streetcar Named Desire. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Editing

Academy Award for Film Editing

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 for Johnny Belinda.

In 1952 Weisbart became the youngest producer under contract for Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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 and that year produced his first film, Mara Maru, starring Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

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 and Ruth Roman

Ruth Roman

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. In 1955 Weisbart produced the film for which he would be most remembered: the James Dean

James Dean

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 classic, Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. Directed by Nicholas Ray, it offered both social commentary and an alternative to previous films depicting delinquents in urban slum environments...

. He joined 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

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 in the middle of 1956 and the following year produced Love Me Tender

Love Me Tender (1956 film)

Love Me Tender is a 1956 American black-and-white CinemaScope motion picture directed by Robert D. Webb, and released by 20th Century Fox on November 21, 1956. The film, named after the song, stars Richard Egan, Debra Paget, and Elvis Presley in his film debut. It is in the Western genre with...

, the first Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

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 film. Weisbart would produce three more Presley movies as well as April Love

April Love (film)

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for another teen idol

Teen idol

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, Pat Boone

Pat Boone

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Weisbart made his last film, Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls (film)

The soundtrack was released in 1967. Dionne Warwick sang the title track; however, her version is not on the soundtrack. Warwick was signed to Scepter Records at the time and could not contractually appear...

in 1967 before he died at the age of fifty-two in Los Angeles.