George White

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia George White August 20 1911 February 15 1998 first became a Hollywood editor in 1942 spending most of his career at MetroGoldwynMayer Among his more well known efforts were the war film Bataan 1943 Vincente Minnellis The Clock 1945 Tay Garnetts steamy version of The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 the epic special effects extravaganza Green Dolphin Street 1947 for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing and Challenge to Lassie in 1949 The 1950s saw him working on such films as A Life of Her Own 1950 The Naked Spur 1953 generally considered to be one of Anthony Manns finest Westerns and the Biblical epic The Silver Chalice 1954 which helped launch the career of Paul Newman Whites stock however waned considerably in the 1960s and he spent most of the decade working on potboilers His last film was The Navy vs the Night Monsters 1966 which has become something of a cult classic He retired in 1966