Jane Loring
Jane Loring was an American film editor and producer active during the 1920s through the 1940s. She was related to screenwriter Hope Loring.[1]
Jane Loring | |
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Born | June 6, 1890 Denver, Colorado, USA |
Died | March 15, 1983 (aged 92) Los Angeles, California, USA |
Occupation | Film editor, producer, actress, assistant director |
Relatives | Hope Loring |
Biography
Little is known about Loring's early life, although she later told journalists she broke away from her parents when she was just 13.[2] Born in Denver, Loring decided when she was 16 that she wanted to become a director.[3][4]
She was also an accomplished violinist, and it was this talent that took her to New York City.[2] While in NYC, she performed in an orchestra and also took on stage roles.[4][5] She'd later appear as an actress in a number of silent films. After that, she secured a position as a stenographer for Al Kaufman; she then moved onto a script-girl position.[4]
Before joining Famous Players-Lasky's editing staff in 1926, she edited movie trailers. In the early 1930s, she moved to RKO, where she edited films and worked as Pandro S. Berman's right-hand woman, sometimes working as an assistant director.[6] She was good friends with Katharine Hepburn and edited many of Hepburn's films.[7][8]
Selected filmography
- A Woman Rebels (1936)
- Mary of Scotland (1936)
- Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- Alice Adams (1935)
- Thirty Day Princess (1934)
- Good Dame (1934)
- White Woman (1933)
- Three Cornered Moon (1933)
- Her Bodyguard (1933)
- The Crime of the Century (1933)
- Madame Butterfly (1932)
- Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
- Working Girls (1931)
- The Gang Buster (1931)
- Along Came Youth (1930)
- Anybody's Woman (1930)
- The Light of Western Stars (1930)
- Pointed Heels (1929)
- The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
- Fast Company (1929)
- Sunset Pass (1929)
- Avalanche (1929)
- The Water Hole (1928)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
References
- "28 Jun 1934, 15 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- "26 Dec 1937, Page 13 - Detroit Free Press at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- "20 Aug 1936, 8 - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- "15 Oct 1934, 26 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- "12 May 1920, Page 8 - The Evening News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- "24 May 1938, Page 11 - Detroit Free Press at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- Smyth, J. E. (2018-03-02). Nobody's Girl Friday: The Women Who Ran Hollywood. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190840839.
- "20 Feb 1938, Page 28 - The Ogden Standard-Examiner at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.