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name: "George Boemler"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "5 March 1902"
died: "11 June 1968"
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average_fi1m_score: 66
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# George Boemler

Editor. Born 5 March 1902 in Kansas City. Died 11 June 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 5 March 1902, Kansas City
- **Died:** 11 June 1968
- **Active:** 1941–1958
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 58 (1), 1950s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boemler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329793, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091283/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22086

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Separate Tables*](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

George Boemler was an American film editor. Born on 5 March 1902 in Kansas City, Missouri, he worked primarily at MGM from the late 1920s until the mid-1950s.

He edited numerous features including *Waterloo Bridge* (1940), *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), *Adam's Rib* (1949), *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), *Oklahoma!* (1955), *Run Silent, Run Deep* (1958) and *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1961). He also worked on television series such as *Ben Casey* and *Peyton Place*. Boemler received an Academy Award nomination for best editing for *Oklahoma!* and an Emmy nomination for *Ben Casey*.

He died on 11 June 1968 in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Separate Tables* (1958), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md)
- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rowan & Martin at the Movies* (1968), Editor
- *Five Weeks in a Balloon* (1962), Editor
- *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1961), Editor
- *Sunrise at Campobello* (1960), Editor
- *Pork Chop Hill* (1959), Editor
- *Separate Tables* (1958), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md)
- *Run Silent, Run Deep* (1958), Editor
- *Desire Under the Elms* (1958), Editor
- *This Could Be the Night* (1957), Editor
- *Slander* (1957), Editor
- *The Power and the Prize* (1956), Editor
- *Bhowani Junction* (1956), Editor
- *Oklahoma!* (1955), Editor
- *Her Twelve Men* (1954), Editor
- *Escape from Fort Bravo* (1953), Editor
- *The Actress* (1953), Editor
- *Battle Circus* (1953), Editor
- *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1952), Editor
- *Pat and Mike* (1952), Editor
- *Love Is Better Than Ever* (1952), Editor
- *Invitation* (1952), Editor
- *The Light Touch* (1951), Editor
- *Kim* (1950), Editor
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), Editor
- *Adam's Rib* (1949), Editor
- *Big Jack* (1949), Editor
- *The Three Musketeers* (1948), Editor
- *The Bride Goes Wild* (1948), Editor
- *Tenth Avenue Angel* (1948), Editor
- *The Beginning or the End* (1947), Editor
- *Her Highness and the Bellboy* (1945), Editor
- *Thrill of a Romance* (1945), Editor
- *Mrs. Parkington* (1944), Editor
- *Two Girls and a Sailor* (1944), Editor
- *Thousands Cheer* (1943), Editor
- *Stand by for Action* (1942), Editor
- *Crossroads* (1942), Editor
- *Fingers at the Window* (1942), Editor
- *Two-Faced Woman* (1941), Editor
- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md)
- *Escape* (1940), Editor
- *Waterloo Bridge* (1940), Editor
- *I Take This Woman* (1940), Editor
- *Balalaika* (1939), Editor
- *On Borrowed Time* (1939), Editor
- *Four Girls in White* (1939), Editor
- *A Christmas Carol* (1938), Editor
- *The Chaser* (1938), Editor
- *Man-Proof* (1938), Editor
- *The Women Men Marry* (1937), Editor
- *A Family Affair* (1937), Editor
- *Mama Steps Out* (1937), Editor
- *Mad Holiday* (1936), Editor
- *Suzy* (1936), Editor
- *The Voice of Bugle Ann* (1936), Editor
- *Pursuit* (1935), Editor
- *Hollywood Party* (1934), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1956: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Oklahoma!*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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