Editing

George Amy

Born — Died

1903-10-15 — 1986-12-18

Place of birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Editing

Credits

7 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Joseph Amy (October 15, 1903 – December 18, 1986) started his career aged 17 as an American film editor, finding his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. It was Amy's editing that was one of the main reasons Warners' films got their reputation for their fluid style and breakneck pace. He was a favorite of such top Warners directors as Michael Curtiz and Howard Hawks, and won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Hawks' Air Force (1943). He received Oscar nominations for Curtiz's Yankee Doodle Dandy in 1942 and Raoul Walsh's fanciful war film Objective, Burma! in 1945. Although Amy directed several shorts and a few features (including She …

Known for

Granny Get Your Gun poster
5.7

An elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges.

Granny Get Your Gun

1940

Gambling on the High Seas poster
5.7

A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.

Gambling on the High Seas

1940

Kid Nightingale poster
6.4

A waiter who sings gets in a fight with rude customers and overpowers them. A boxing promoter sees this and transforms him into "Kid Nightingale," marketing him as a boxer who sings.

Kid Nightingale

1939

She Had to Say Yes poster
5.7

Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have been using professional female entertainers to keep their clients very happy, but the clients are getting bored of them. Tommy convinces management to replace the professionals with "volunteers" from the pool of stenographers. Inevitably some clients expectations are greater than their "dates", boyfriends become unhappy, and the "voluntary" duty becomes less so over time. At first, Tommy prevents Florence from being a volunteer, but eventually the prospect of a bonus becomes too great and he encourages her to volunteer. Afterwards, Tommy considers Florence a loose woman.

She Had to Say Yes

1933

Ride, Cowboy, Ride poster
6.0

Dinny and his cowhand friends rescue Laura from a runaway stagecoach after it is robbed by outlaw Pancho Dominguez and his gang. Dinny is attracted to Laura, who isn't interested in him at all. The climax arises when Pancho's gang raids the town and robs the bank.

Ride, Cowboy, Ride

1939

The Royal Rodeo poster
5.0

A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.

The Royal Rodeo

1939

Behind the camera

Granny Get Your Gun poster
5.7

An elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges.

Granny Get Your Gun

1940

Gambling on the High Seas poster
5.7

A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.

Gambling on the High Seas

1940

Kid Nightingale poster
6.4

A waiter who sings gets in a fight with rude customers and overpowers them. A boxing promoter sees this and transforms him into "Kid Nightingale," marketing him as a boxer who sings.

Kid Nightingale

1939

She Had to Say Yes poster
5.7

Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have been using professional female entertainers to keep their clients very happy, but the clients are getting bored of them. Tommy convinces management to replace the professionals with "volunteers" from the pool of stenographers. Inevitably some clients expectations are greater than their "dates", boyfriends become unhappy, and the "voluntary" duty becomes less so over time. At first, Tommy prevents Florence from being a volunteer, but eventually the prospect of a bonus becomes too great and he encourages her to volunteer. Afterwards, Tommy considers Florence a loose woman.

She Had to Say Yes

1933

Ride, Cowboy, Ride poster
6.0

Dinny and his cowhand friends rescue Laura from a runaway stagecoach after it is robbed by outlaw Pancho Dominguez and his gang. Dinny is attracted to Laura, who isn't interested in him at all. The climax arises when Pancho's gang raids the town and robs the bank.

Ride, Cowboy, Ride

1939

The Royal Rodeo poster
5.0

A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.

The Royal Rodeo

1939

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9.0

Presentation of music by Matty Malneck and his Orchestra

Matty Malneck And His Orchestra

1940