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| Harold F. Kress |
| Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1999. "Harold F. Kress, Academy Award-winning film editor for both the 1962 Cinerama epic 'How the West Was Won' and the 1974 disaster movie 'The Towering Inferno,' died September 18. He was 86. Although he directed a few documentaries and B movies, Mr. Kress made his real mark as an editor, becoming one of the most respected in the industry. He spent 40 years with MGM Studios and Columbia Pictures and edited more than 50 major motion pictures. His colleagues elected him to the board of the American Cinema Editors and to the presidency of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. ..." |
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| No Questions Asked (1951) Harold F. Kress |
| John Greco, Twenty Four Frames, September 16, 2009. "... The script, written by Sidney Sheldon, who also wrote quite a few screenplays before becoming a best selling author. Harold F. Kress, best known as a film editor of such films as “East Side, West Side”, “How the West Was Won, The Teahouse of the August Moon, “The Poseidon Adventure” and “The Towering Inferno” among many others, directed the film. ..." |
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| Obituary: Harold Kress |
| Tony Sloman, The Independent, October 26, 1999. "Very few members of the picture-going public can name a film editor. Film buffs may be able to identify a cameraman or two, or even a dress designer, but the names, and indeed the crafts, of the editor remain trade secrets. The editor's testimonial is the film itself, for no other technician stays with a film from script to premiere. In the great days of the American studios, studio style was set by the art director and the editor. ..." |
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| Wikipedia: Harold F. Kress |
| "Harold F. Kress (June 26, 1913 - September 18, 1999) was an American film editor best known for the 1962 film How the West Was Won and the 1974 film The Towering Inferno. ... He entered the film industry in the late 1930s as an editor. Although he directed a few documentaries and made a stab at directing features, his real niche was as an editor, where he became one of the most respected editors in the industry. Kress won his first Academy Award for editing How the West Was Won (1962). He would win another for the 1974 action film The Towering Inferno along with his son Carl Kress. He was nominated for Academy Awards for The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Yearling (1947), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1942). ..." |
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