# Gene Havlick

Gene Havlick (March 16, 1894 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA – May 11, 1959 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film editor.
He was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one. He worked on over 100 films during his 30-year career.

## Early life

Eugene Charles Havlicek was born in Enid, Oklahoma to Frank Havlicek and Agnes Petricka, of Czech descent. His parents married in Heidelberg, Minnesota. Frank was a cabinet-maker, and later, an undertaker. By 1900, the family went by "Havlick".

## Filmography

* The Crimson Canyon (1928)
* Beauty and Bullets (1928)
* Grit Wins (1929)
* The Border Wildcat (1929)
* The Fall of Eve (1929)
* The Smiling Terror (1929)
* The Ridin' Demon (1929)
* The College Coquette (1929)
* Song of Love (1929)
* A Royal Romance (1930)
* Sisters (1930)
* Brothers (1930)
* Madonna of the Streets (1930)
* The Last Parade (1931)
* The Sky Raiders (1931)
* Lover Come Back (1931)
* Fifty Fathoms Deep (1931)
* A Dangerous Affair (1931)
* The Deceiver (1931)
* The Menace (1932)
* Shopworn (1932)
* Attorney for the Defense (1932)
* Hollywood Speaks (1932)
* War Correspondent (1932)
* The Last Man (1932)
* Vanity Street (1932)
* The Woman I Stole (1933)
* Lady for a Day (1933)
* Master of Men (1933)
* It Happened One Night (1934)
* Twentieth Century (1934)
* Blind Date (1934)
* Broadway Bill (1934)
* Eight Bells (1935)
* Unknown Woman (1935)
* She Couldn't Take It (1935)
* If You Could Only Cook (1935)
* Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
* Lost Horizon (1937)
* A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
* It's All Yours (1937)
* Start Cheering (1938)
* Extortion (1938)
* Law of the Plains (1938)
* You Can't Take It With You (1938)
* Blondie (1938)
* My Son Is a Criminal (1939)
* Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
* Missing Daughters (1939)
* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
* His Girl Friday (1940)
* Blondie on a Budget (1940)
* Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
* Angels Over Broadway (1940)
* Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
* She Knew All the Answers (1941)
* Our Wife (1941)
* Go West, Young Lady (1941)
* Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
* The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
* Counter-Espionage (1942)
* The Desperadoes (1943)
* Destroyer (1943)
* Once Upon a Time (1944)
* Kansas City Kitty (1944)
* The Unwritten Code (1944)
* Youth on Trial (1945)
* A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
* Snafu (1945)
* The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)
* The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)
* Sing While You Dance (1946)
* Dead Reckoning (1947)
* It Had to Be You (1947)
* Relentless (1948)
* The Return of October (1948)
* Shockproof (1949)
* Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
* Lust for Gold (1949)
* The Reckless Moment (1949)
* Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
* Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
* Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
* Santa Fe (1951)
* Dick Turpin's Ride (1951)
* The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
* My Six Convicts (1952)
* Captain Pirate (1952)
* Hangman's Knot (1952)
* Voodoo Tiger (1952)
* Serpent of the Nile (1953)
* The Last Posse (1953)
* Valley of Head Hunters (1953)
* The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
* Killer Ape (1953)
* The Iron Glove (1954)
* The Saracen Blade (1954)
* Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
* Three Hours to Kill (1954)
* Ten Wanted Men (1955)
* New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
* A Lawless Street (1955)
* Inside Detroit (1956)
* 7th Cavalry (1956)
* Domino Kid (1957)
* Screaming Mimi (1958)

## Academy Awards

All 3 are in the category of Best Film Editing.
* 10th Academy Awards-Nominated for Lost Horizon. Nomination shared with Gene Milford. Won.
* 11th Academy Awards-Nominated for You Can't Take It With You. Lost to The Adventures of Robin Hood.
* 12th Academy Awards-Nominated for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, nomination shared with Al Clark. Lost to Gone with the Wind.