Gene Havlick

Gene Havlick

Editor. Born 16 March 1894 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA. Died 11 May 1959.

EditorAmerican
3
Titles on Fi1m
87
Average Fi1m score
Born
16 March 1894, Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Died
11 May 1959
Active
1934–1940
Frequent collaborators

Biography

Gene Havlick (born Eugene Charles Havlick, 16 March 1894 – 11 May 1959) was an American film editor. He worked primarily at Columbia Pictures from 1929 to 1957, after a brief period at Universal, and edited more than 100 films over a 30-year career.

His credits include It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and His Girl Friday (1940). Havlick received three Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing, winning one for Lost Horizon (shared with Gene Milford).

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Gene Havlick is known for You Can't Take It with You (1938), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), Dead Reckoning (1946), The Reckless Moment (1949), Twentieth Century (1934), Lady for a Day (1933) and Shockproof (1949).