Quotes

. . . the question of "Who is cutting so-and-so's picture?" is the vernacular for "Who is the film editor on such and such a production?" Thus, the feeling has become prevalent that "all these fellows do is to cut the bad parts out of the film and stick them together again". This is, of course, a rank injustice and has minimized the great value of a group of men who are equally as important to motion picture production as is either the writer, the star, or the director.

Common sense tells them that [film editing is] the final polish given to a two-, three- or four-million-dollar production, and that it must be important, but they do not know or realize how important. They are not aware, most of them, after many years in pictures, of the diversified background which the successful film editor must have.