# Edward Curtiss

Edward Curtiss (1898-1970) was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1960s.

## Biography

Curtiss was born in Los Angeles, California, to Frank Curtiss and Mabel West. He got his start in the film industry as a stuntman, and he had an aviator's license. He later transitioned into editing after impressing director Howard Hawks on set; he went on to edit a number of Hawks' films.

## Selected filmography

* College Confidential (1960)
* The Mountain Road (1960)
* Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
* The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
* Girls on the Loose (1958)
* Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
* Touch of Evil (1958)
* The Big Beat (1958)
* Man in the Shadow (1957)
* The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
* The Tattered Dress (1957)
* Mister Cory (1957)
* Gun for a Coward (1957)
* The Unguarded Moment (1956)
* The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
* Red Sundown (1956)
* The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
* Running Wild (1955)
* To Hell and Back (1955)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
* The Yellow Mountain (1954)
* The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
* Dawn at Socorro (1954)
* Johnny Dark (1954)
* Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
* All American (1953)
* The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
* City Beneath the Sea (1953)
* The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
* Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
* Red Ball Express (1952)
* Bronco Buster (1952)
* The Strange Door (1951)
* Cave of Outlaws (1951)
* Little Egypt (1951)
* Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
* The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
* The Fat Man (1951)
* Winchester '73 (1950)
* Outside the Wall (1950)
* The Story of Molly X (1949)
* Abandoned (1949)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
* Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
* Illegal Entry (1949)
* The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948)
* Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
* Casbah (1948)
* Brute Force (1947)
* Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
* Swell Guy (1946)
* Her Adventurous Night (1946)
* Blonde Alibi (1946)
* Tangier (1946)
* Pillow of Death (1945)
* Shady Lady (1945)
* The Woman in Green (1945)
* Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945)
* Swing Out, Sister (1945)
* Frisco Sal (1945)
* Hi, Beautiful (1944)
* The Singing Sheriff (1944)
* Pardon My Rhythm (1944)
* Week-End Pass (1944)
* Swingtime Johnny (1943)
* Corvette K-225 (1943)
* Good Morning, Judge (1943)
* Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
* Mug Town (1942)
* Strictly in the Groove (1942)
* Sin Town (1942)
* Invisible Agent (1942)
* Almost Married (1942)
* Saboteur (1942)
* Unseen Enemy (1942)
* Paris Calling (1941)
* This Woman Is Mine (1941)
* Law of the Range (1941)
* Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)
* The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
* Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941)
* Lucky Devils (1941)
* Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
* Law and Order (1940)
* When the Daltons Rode (1940)
* Hot Steel (1940)
* Ski Patrol (1940)
* Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940)
* My Little Chickadee (1940)
* Tower of London (1939)
* One Hour to Live (1939)
* I Stole a Million (1939)
* Exile Express (1939)
* Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
* Swing That Cheer (1938)
* Freshman Year (1938)
* Come and Get It (1936)
* The Road to Glory (1936)
* Barbary Coast (1935)
* The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
* Strange Wives (1934)
* Great Expectations (1934)
* Romance in the Rain (1934)
* I Give My Love (1934)
* Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)
* Uncertain Lady (1934)
* Today We Live (1933)
* The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
* Scarface (1932)
* The Good Bad Girl (1931)
* The Fighting Sheriff (1931)
* The Criminal Code (1930)
* The Love Trap (1929)
* The Snarl of Hate (1927)
* The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
* The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)