Gene Milford
Award-winning film editor who entered silent films as a stuntman and title writer before cutting his first film, "Two Can Play" starring Clara Bow in 1926. A prolific film editor for Columbia Pictures, RKO, Republic and Rank during the 1930s and 40s, Milford worked on several Frank Capra films including "Flight" (1929), "Platinum Blonde" (1931) and "Lost Horizon" (1937) for which he won the first of two Oscars. He also worked repeatedly with George B. Seitz and Victor Schertzinger.