Otho Lovering
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Otto Lovering also credited as Otho Lovering, was an American film editor. He edited John Ford's classic Westerns
Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
, among many other films. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing
for Stagecoach.
He was born in Philadelphia.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart and John Wayne. The black-and-white film was released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a short story written by Dorothy M...
, among many other films. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing
Academy Award for Film Editing
The Academy Award for Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. Since 1981, every film selected as Best Picture has also been nominated for the Film Editing...
for Stagecoach.
He was born in Philadelphia.
Filmography
- The Good Guys and the Bad GuysThe Good Guys and the Bad GuysThe Good Guys and the Bad Guys is a 1969 film directed by Burt Kennedy. It stars Robert Mitchum and George Kennedy.-Cast:*Robert Mitchum as Flagg*George Kennedy as McKay*Martin Balsam as Mayor Wilker*David Carradine as Waco*Tina Louise as Carmel...
(1969) - Young Billy YoungYoung Billy YoungYoung Billy Young is a 1969 western movie starring Robert Mitchum and featuring Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker, Jr. , David Carradine, Jack Kelly , and Paul Fix. The film was written by Heck Allen and Burt Kennedy, and directed by Kennedy...
(1969) - The Green BeretsThe Green Berets (film)The Green Berets is a 1968 war film featuring John Wayne, George Takei, David Janssen, Jim Hutton and Aldo Ray, nominally based on the eponymous 1965 book by Robin Moore, though the screenplay has little relation to the book....
(1968) - The Way WestThe Way West (film)The Way West is a 1967 American epic western film based on the novel by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.. The film stars Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark, and features Sally Field in her first major film role. The film was directed by veteran television director Andrew V. McLaglen and featured...
(1967) - The Ballad of JosieThe Ballad of JosieThe Ballad of Josie is a 1967 Technicolor American comedy western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Doris Day, Peter Graves and George Kennedy...
(1967) - The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966)
- 7 Women7 Women7 Women, also known as Seven Women, is a 1966 film drama made by MGM. It was directed by John Ford, produced by Bernard Smith and John Ford, from a screenplay by Janet Green and John McCormick, based on the story Chinese Finale by Norah Lofts. The music score was by Elmer Bernstein and the...
(1966) - Ride Beyond VengeanceRide Beyond VengeanceRide Beyond Vengeance is a 1966 western film. It stars Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Kathryn Hays and Bill Bixby.The film was directed by Bernard McEveety and produced by Andrew J. Fenady from the story "The Night of the Tiger" by Al Dewlen. Glenn Yarbrough sang the title song vocals. It was...
(1966) - ShenandoahShenandoah (film)Shenandoah is a 1965 American Civil War film starring James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne, and Katharine Ross. The picture was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Though set during the American Civil War, the film's strong antiwar and humanitarian themes resonated with audiences...
(1965) - Cheyenne AutumnCheyenne AutumnCheyenne Autumn is a 1964 western starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, and Edward G. Robinson. Regarded as an epic film it tells the story of a factual event, the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878-9, although it is told in 'Hollywood style' using a great degree of artistic license...
(1964) - Law of the Lawless (1964)
- McLintock!McLintock!McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The film is notable, perhaps even infamous, for its two spanking scenes, in which mother and daughter are each paddled with coal shovels: the daughter by her...
(1963) - Donovan's ReefDonovan's ReefDonovan's Reef is a 1963 American film starring John Wayne. It was directed John Ford and filmed on location on Kauai, Hawaii.The cast included Elizabeth Allen, Lee Marvin, Dorothy Lamour, and Cesar Romero. The film marked the last time Ford and Wayne ever worked together on a...
(1963) - Bonanza (2 episodes, 1962)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceThe Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart and John Wayne. The black-and-white film was released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a short story written by Dorothy M...
(1962) - The RebelThe Rebel (TV series)The Rebel is an American Western television series that ran originally on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The program was produced by Goodson-Todman Productions, marking one of their few non-game show ventures...
(21 episodes, 1959-1961) - The VeilThe VeilThe Veil is the title of an American horror/suspense anthology television series produced in 1958 by Hal Roach Studios.The series was hosted by Boris Karloff, who also acted in every episode but one, and was allegedly based upon real-life reports of supernatural happenings and the unexplained...
(1958) - Destination Nightmare (1958)
- The VeilThe VeilThe Veil is the title of an American horror/suspense anthology television series produced in 1958 by Hal Roach Studios.The series was hosted by Boris Karloff, who also acted in every episode but one, and was allegedly based upon real-life reports of supernatural happenings and the unexplained...
(7 episodes, 1958) - Jack the Ripper (1958)
- LassieLassie (1954 TV series)Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...
(1 episode, 1954) - The Abbott and Costello ShowThe Abbott and Costello ShowThe Abbott and Costello Show is an American television sitcom starring the popular comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that premiered in syndication in the fall of 1952 and ran until May 1954....
(6 episodes, 1953) - Jack and the BeanstalkJack and the Beanstalk (1952 film)Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1952 American family comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is a comic revision of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale.-Plot:...
(1952) - Disc Jockey (1951)
- The Lion Hunters (1951)
- Navy Bound (1951)
- Short Grass (1950)
- A Modern Marriage (1950)
- The Lost Volcano (1950)
- Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
- Young Daniel Boone (1950)
- Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
- Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950)
- Bomba on Panther Island (1949)
- Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)
- Mississippi Rhythm (1949)
- Bomba, the Jungle BoyBomba, the Jungle BoyBomba the Jungle Boy was a series of American boy's adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood and published by Cupples & Leon in the first half of the 20th century in imitation of the successful Tarzan series....
(1949) - Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
- Bad Boy (1949 film)Bad Boy (1949 film)Bad Boy is a 1949 film starring Audie Murphy in his first leading role. It was directed by Kurt Neumann.In the film, Murphy plays Danny Lester, a hardened juvenile delinquent sent away by a judge to a Variety Clubs Boys Ranch in Texas run by Marshall Brown and his wife Maud where the couple...
(1949) - Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
- The Shanghai Chest (1948)
- Docks of New OrleansDocks of New OrleansDocks of New Orleans is a 1948 American film featuring Roland Winters in his second appearance as Charlie Chan.- Cast :*Roland Winters as Charlie Chan*Victor Sen Yung as Tommy Chan*Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown*Virginia Dale as Rene Blanchette...
(1948)
- Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
- SuspenseSuspenseSuspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead-up to a big event or dramatic...
(1946) - Pardon My Past (1945)
- JacaréJacare (film)Jacaré was a film made in 1942 of James Dannaldson’s expedition to the Amazon.Clyde E. Elliott, Charles E. Ford and James Dannaldson led the film crew, which shot some 260,000 feet of film on the lower reaches of the Amazon River in Spring 1942...
(1942) - Slightly HonorableSlightly Honorable- Cast :*Pat O'Brien as John Webb*Edward Arnold as Vincent Cushing*Broderick Crawford as Russ Sampson*Ruth Terry as Nightclub singer*Alan Dinehart as District Attorney Joyce*Claire Dodd as Alma Brehmer*Phyllis Brooks as Sarilla Cushing*Eve Arden as Miss Ater...
(1940) - Eternally YoursEternally Yours (film)Eternally Yours is a 1939 American comedy film made by Walter Wanger and released by United Artists. The film was produced and directed by Tay Garnett with Walter Wanger as executive producer, from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne....
(1939) - Winter CarnivalWinter carnivalA Winter carnival is an outdoor celebration that occurs in wintertime.Winter carnivals, or festivals, are popular in places where winter is particularly long or severe, such as Scandinavia, Canada and the northern United States...
(1939) - Stagecoach (1939)
- Trade Winds (1938)
- AlgiersAlgiers' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
(1938) - I Met My Love AgainI Met My Love AgainI Met My Love Again is a 1938 romantic drama film distributed by United Artists, directed by Joshua Logan, Arthur Ripley and George Cukor. The screenplay was written by David Hertz, based on the novel Summer Lightning by Allene Corliss. The film stars Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda.-Synopsis:Two...
(1938) - Stand-InStand-InStand-In is a movie about Hollywood and the film industry starring Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, and Humphrey Bogart. It was directed by Tay Garnett, produced by Walter Wanger, and released by United Artists.- Plot :...
(1937) - Vogues of 1938Vogues of 1938Vogues of 1938 is a 1937 musical film distributed by United Artists, directed by Irving Cummings, written by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack, and starring by Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett...
(1937) - I Met Him in ParisI Met Him in ParisI Met Him in Paris is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, and Robert Young.-Cast:* Claudette Colbert as Kay Denham* Melvyn Douglas as George Potter...
(1937) - Valiant Is the Word for CarrieValiant Is the Word for CarrieValiant is the word for Carrie is a 1936 film starring Gladys George, Arline Judge, John Howard, Dudley Digges, Harry Carey, Isabel Jewell, and Hattie McDaniel. The movie was adapted by Claude Binyon from the novel of the same name by Barry Benefield...
(1936) - Accent on YouthAccent on YouthAccent on Youth is a Broadway play written by Samson Raphaelson which debuted on Christmas Day, 1934. The plot concerns a lazy, middle-aged playwright who is spurred to write by his new young secretary. The original cast included Nicholas Hannen as playwright Steven Gaye and Constance Cummings as...
(1935) - ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
(1935) - Stolen HarmonyStolen HarmonyStolen Harmony is a 1935 film about a saxophone-player/dancer who joins a Big Band upon his release from jail. The movie climaxes with an exciting car chase and was directed by Alfred L...
(1935) - The Gilded LilyThe Gilded Lily (1935 film)The Gilded Lily is a 1935 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland and C. Aubrey Smith...
(1935) - We Live AgainWe Live AgainWe Live Again is a 1934 film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection , starring Anna Sten and Frederic March...
(1934) - You're Telling Me!You're Telling Me!You’re Telling Me! is a 1934 comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, and starring W. C. Fields; this film is a remake of his earlier silent film So's Your Old Man , and both films are adapted from the story Mr. Bisbee’s Princess by Julian Leonard Street.-Synopsis:Sam Bisbee is an optometrist...
(1934) - All of MeAll of Me (1934 film)All of Me is a 1934 drama film starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and George Raft. The film was written by actor Thomas Mitchell and Sidney Buchman from Rose Porter's play Chrysalis, and directed by James Flood.-Cast:*Fredric March as Don Ellis...
(1934) - I'm No AngelI'm No AngelI'm No Angel is Mae West's third motion picture. West received sole story and screenplay credit. A young Cary Grant plays her leading man for the second time. Being Pre-Code, this was one of the few Mae West movies that was not subjected to heavy censorship...
(1933) - A Bedtime StoryA Bedtime StoryA Bedtime Story is a 1933 romantic comedy film starring Maurice Chevalier. Chevalier plays a Parisian playboy who finds himself obliged to care for an abandoned baby...
(1933) - A Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Hemingway concerning events during the Italian campaigns during the First World War. The book, which was first published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant in the ambulance...
(1932) - Devil and the DeepDevil and the DeepDevil and the Deep is a Paramount Pictures film starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, and Cary Grant.-Plot:Charles Storm is a naval commander whose jealousy makes life miserable for his wife Diana . His suspicions fall over his own subordinate, Lieutenant Jaeckel...
(1932) - The Conquering Horde (1931)
- The Virtuous SinThe Virtuous SinThe Virtuous Sin is a 1930 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and Louis J. Gasnier. The screenplay by Martin Brown and Louise Long is based on the play The General by Lajos Zilahy.-Plot:...
(1930) - ManslaughterManslaughter (1930 film)Manslaughter is a 1930 film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.-Cast:*Claudette Colbert as Lydia Thorne...
(1930) - Anybody's War (1930)
- The Social Lion (1930)
- Street of ChanceStreet of Chance (1930 film)Street of Chance is a 1930 film directed by John Cromwell and starring William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis and Regis Toomey.- Plot :...
(1930) - The Mighty (1929)
- The Wheel of Life (1929)
- The Wild PartyThe Wild Party (1929 film)The Wild Party is a Pre-Code film directed by Dorothy Arzner, released by Paramount Pictures, and known as Clara Bow's first talkie.-Plot:...
(1929) - RedskinRedskin (film)Redskin is a feature film with a synchronized score and sound effects, filmed partially in Technicolor. Color film was used for the scenes taking place on the Indians' land, while black and white was used only in the scenes set in the white man's world. Roughly two-thirds of the film is in...
(1929) - Moran of the Marines (1928)
- Take Me Home (1928)
- Sawdust Paradise (1928)
- Warming UpWarming upA warm-up is usually performed before participating in technical sports or exercising. A warm-up generally consists of a gradual increase in intensity in physical activity , a joint mobility exercise, stretching and a sport related activity. For example, before running or playing an intense sport...
(1928) - Easy Come, Easy Go (1928)
- Sporting Goods (1928)
Sources
- Otho Lovering > Overview - at Allmovie