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Thomas Pratt (1898–1973) was an American film editor.
Born in Santa Barbara, California, Pratt was active as an editor from 1928 through 1959, apparently exclusively for Warner Brothers. His films include:
The Terror (1928)
Glorious Betsy (1928)
Hearts in Exile (1929)
The Redeeming Sin (1929)
The Gamblers (1929)
Tiger Shark (1932)
The Crowd Roars (1932)
42nd Street (1933)
Elmer, the Great (1933)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Lawyer Man (1933)
Mandalay (1934)
Murder in the Clouds (1934)
Desirable (1934)
Alibi Ike (1935)
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
The Hard Way (1943)
Jet Over the Atlantic (1959)
Suivent notamment Glorious Betsy d'Alan Crosland (1928, avec Dolores Costello et Conrad Nagel), The Crowd Roars d'Howard Hawks (1932, avec James Cagney et Joan Blondell), Le Mort qui marche de Michael Curtiz (1936, avec Boris Karloff et Ricardo Cortez) et Underground de Vincent Sherman (1941, avec Jeffrey Lynn et Philip Dorn).
Après 1944, il revient brièvement au cinéma dans les années 1950, pour un documentaire de 1952 et trois ultimes films ; le dernier est Bagarre au-dessus de l'Atlantique de Byron Haskin (Benedict Bogeaus Production, avec Guy Madison et Virginia Mayo), sorti en 1959.
En outre, pour son unique incursion à la télévision, Thomas Pratt est monteur d'un épisode, diffusé en 1955, de la série américaine Badge 714.
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Born in Santa Barbara, California, Pratt was active as an editor from 1928 through 1959, apparently exclusively for Warner Brothers. His films include:
The Terror (1928)
Glorious Betsy (1928)
Hearts in Exile (1929)
The Redeeming Sin (1929)
The Gamblers (1929)
Tiger Shark (1932)
The Crowd Roars (1932)
42nd Street (1933)
Elmer, the Great (1933)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Lawyer Man (1933)
Mandalay (1934)
Murder in the Clouds (1934)
Desirable (1934)
Alibi Ike (1935)
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
The Hard Way (1943)
Jet Over the Atlantic (1959)
Biography
Au sein de la Warner Bros. principalement, il est monteur sur soixante-quatre films américains, le premier sorti en 1925 étant le film muet Tourbillon de jeunesse de William A. Seiter (produit par Universal Pictures, avec May McAvoy et Jack Mulhall).Suivent notamment Glorious Betsy d'Alan Crosland (1928, avec Dolores Costello et Conrad Nagel), The Crowd Roars d'Howard Hawks (1932, avec James Cagney et Joan Blondell), Le Mort qui marche de Michael Curtiz (1936, avec Boris Karloff et Ricardo Cortez) et Underground de Vincent Sherman (1941, avec Jeffrey Lynn et Philip Dorn).
Après 1944, il revient brièvement au cinéma dans les années 1950, pour un documentaire de 1952 et trois ultimes films ; le dernier est Bagarre au-dessus de l'Atlantique de Byron Haskin (Benedict Bogeaus Production, avec Guy Madison et Virginia Mayo), sorti en 1959.
En outre, pour son unique incursion à la télévision, Thomas Pratt est monteur d'un épisode, diffusé en 1955, de la série américaine Badge 714.
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Jet Over The Atlantic (1959)
, 1h35Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Ilona Massey, George Macready, Margaret Lindsay
Rating56%
Wanted on a charge of murder, Brett Matton (Guy Madison), a war veteran, has fled the country to Spain, where he has been living for two years and is engaged to wed Jean Gurney (Virginia Mayo), a former showgirl. FBI Agent Stafford (George Raft) arrives in Spain to arrest Brett and bring him back to the U.S.
Miss Robin Crusoe (1953)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on Robinson Crusoe, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors George Nader, Amanda Blake
Roles Editor
Rating45%
On September 28, 1659, a ship founders. The captain's daughter and cabin boy, Robin Crusoe (Amanda Blake), and a sailor named Sykes reach a deserted island. When Sykes tries to force Robin to show her appreciation for his efforts, she flees up a hill. In the ensuing struggle, he falls over a cliff and is killed.
The Woman in the Window (1944)
, 1h39Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Dan Duryea, Edmund Breon, Dorothy Peterson
Roles Additional Editing
Rating75%
After criminology professor Richard Wanley sends his wife and two children off on vacation, he goes to his club to meet friends. Next door, Wanley sees a striking oil portrait of Alice Reed (Joan Bennett) in a storefront window. He and his friends talk about the beautiful painting and its subject. Wanley stays at the club and reads Song of Songs. When he leaves, Wanley stops at the portrait and meets Reed, who is standing near the painting watching people watch it. Reed convinces Wanley to join her for drinks.
The Hard Way (1943)
, 1h49Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Gladys George, Faye Emerson, Joan Leslie, Paul Cavanagh
Roles Editor
Rating70%
Helen Chernen (Ida Lupino) is an ambitious woman, determined to once and for all become rich. She pushes her younger sister Katie (Joan Leslie) into a marriage with singer/dancer Albert Runkel (Jack Carson). Katie has no interest in the man, but is desperate to leave the poor conditions she and her sister live in, a dirty steel town. Runkel's partner Paul Collins (Dennis Morgan) sees what Helen's real intentions are and tries to stop her from breaking Runkel's heart.
Always in My Heart (1942)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kay Francis, Walter Huston, Gloria Warren, Frankie Thomas, Una O'Connor, Sidney Blackmer
Roles Editor
Rating61%
MacKenzie Scott (Walter Huston), a brilliant musician, is falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to life. While Scott languishes in prison, his long-suffering ex-wife Marjorie (Kay Francis) raises their two children to adulthood. Out of respect for Scott, whom she still loves, Marjorie never reveals to the kids that their father is in jail, insisting instead that Scott has long since died.
Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
, 1h4Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel, Bruce Lester, Miles Mander, Lumsden Hare
Roles Editor
Rating57%
Residents of a London boarding house come under suspicion during a string of murders.
Underground (1941)
, 1h35Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Jeffrey Lynn, Philip Dorn, Kaaren Verne, Mona Maris, Peter Whitney, Martin Kosleck
Roles Editor
Rating71%
Le film raconte l'histoire de deux frères, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en Allemagne. L'un fait partie de la résistance (underground) et l'autre est un nazi. Celui-ci va peu à peu douter de son engagement idéologique et rejoindre son frère dans la clandestinité.
The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)
, 1hDirected by Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors William Lundigan, Maris Wrixon, Eddie Foy, Jr., Paul Cavanagh, Luli Deste, Charles Waldron
Roles Editor
Rating59%
A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
, 53minutesOrigin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Roger Pryor, Eddie Foy, Jr., Lucile Fairbanks, Sheila Bromley, Donald Douglas, Morgan Conway
Roles Editor
Rating49%
Fugitive Lee Leslie is wanted by three groups; the police, the gangsters who fear his testimony in court and the insurance company that carries a $1,000,000 policy on him and is anxious to protect its interests by seeing that Leslie stays alive. The company assigns Dan Miller to find Leslie. A night club singer, Ruby Patterson the beneficiary of his will, tips the gangsters as to his whereabouts. He escapes but the gang kidnaps his sister Janet and his mother. His plan to surrender to the police now depends on being able to rescue them first.
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
, 1h16Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess, William Lundigan, George Tobias
Roles Editor
Rating62%
Sons of Liberty (1939)
, 20minutesDirected by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard, Donald Crisp, Montagu Love, Henry O'Neill, James Stephenson
Rating58%
L'histoire de Haym Salomon, l'un des acteurs de la Guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis, depuis son accueil en 1776, à New York, par l'organisation secrète Les Fils de la Liberté, jusqu'à sa mort en 1785...
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
, 1h2Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Dennis Morgan, John Litel
Roles Editor
Rating57%
A pair of bizarre murders occur wherein the victims are drained of their rare blood type. Reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) consults with his friend Dr. Mike Rhodes (Dennis Morgan) which leads them to Rhodes' former mentor, hematologist Dr. Francis Flegg (John Litel). Flegg is initially unhelpful but when Garrett and Rhodes notice a striking resemblance between Flegg's strange assistant, Marshall Quesne (Humphrey Bogart) and the late Dr. Maurice Xavier, they confront Flegg. Flegg admits that he used scientific methods to bring Xavier back from the grave and employed a synthetic blood formula to sustain his life. However, the formula is unstable, and therefore, Quesne/Xavier must seek out human victims with a rare blood type featured in the formula in order stay alive.
British Intelligence (1939)
, 1hDirected by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Maris Wrixon
Roles Editor
Rating60%
During World War I, Franz Strendler, a master German spy has cost the British dearly. In desperation, they send for their best agent, currently undercover in Germany. Pilot Frank Bennett (Bruce Lester) is sent to pick him up, but the Germans are forewarned and Bennett is shot down. Luckily, he survives and is rescued by friendly soldiers. While recovering in a hospital, Bennett is tended by a pretty nurse, Helene Von Lorbeer (Margaret Lindsay). He tells her he loves her, but she informs him she is leaving, and they will not see each other again. However, after Bennett falls asleep, she kisses him on the cheek.
Women in the Wind (1939)
, 1h5Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Kay Francis, William Gargan, Victor Jory, Eddie Foy, Jr., Sheila Bromley, Eve Arden
Roles Editor
Rating60%
The women's air derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland means a lot to young aviator Janet Steele (Kay Francis), who uses every trick in the book to try to persuade record-setting pilot Ace Boreman (William Gargan) to lend her his very fast aircraft. Ace is reluctant, but Janet steals his craft to demonstrate her skill. He also learns that she is the sister of Bill Steele (Charles Anthony Hughes), a pilot friend of his who crashed and is bedridden. When Ace discovers that Janet needs the money to pay for an operation for Bill, he has no further objections to Janet flying his airplane.
Accidents Will Happen (1938)
, 1h2Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ronald Reagan, Sheila Bromley, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell, Addison Richards, Hugh O'Connell
Roles Editor
Rating60%
Eric Gregg is an insurance investigator whose avaricious wife Nona wants him to make more money. After he solves a case and is promised a raise, Nona buys a fur coat on credit, misses a payment and perpetrates a fraud with the help of Thurston, the loan company's boss.