Marie Halvey

Marie Halvey was an American film editor active during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Marie Halvey
BornOctober 16, 1895
Chicago, Illinois, USA
DiedJune 11, 1967 (aged 71)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationFilm editor
RelativesGeraldine Halvey (sister)

Biography

Marie was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Halvey and Sarah Casey. By the early 1920s, she and her sister Geraldine (future Hal Roach bathing girl and wife of stuntman Leo Nomis) had moved to Los Angeles.[1]

She started off in the film industry as a stenographer, working for Archie Mayo at Samuel Goldwyn Studio.[2] She eventually worked her way into a continuity role and finally an editing role, working on a string of Herbert Brenon films.[3][4][5][6] Later on in her career, she worked as a script girl for directors like Ernst Lubitsch and H.C. Potter.[7][8]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "13 Feb 1932, 316 - Daily News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  2. "2 Apr 1939, 40 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  3. "4 Aug 1927, 15 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  4. "7 Feb 1926, 28 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  5. "27 Mar 1927, 58 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  6. "4 Sep 1927, 36 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  7. "5 Mar 1943, 5 - The Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  8. "2 Oct 1938, 49 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
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