Charles CrichtonAKA:
Charles Ainslie Crichton
Nationality:
English Birthdate:
08/06/1910 Birthplace:
Wallasey, Cheshire, England Death Date:
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biography
British director Charles Crichton entered the industry as an assistant editor for Alexander Korda's London Films, working on four pictures helmed by the Korda brothers (including "The Private Life of Henry VIII", which featured Charles Laughton's Oscar-winning performance) before earning his first credit as editor on Zoltan Korda's "Sanders of the River" (1935). He moved to Ealing Studios in 1940 and eventually made his feature directing debut with "For Those in Peril" (1944). Beginning with his breakthrough film , the delightful "Hue and Cry (1946), Crichton became established as a key
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1931
Entered industry as assistant editor at Alexander Korda's London Films
1932
First credit as assistant editor, "Men of Tomorrow"
1935
First film as editor, "Sanders of the River"
1940
Edited Ludwig Berger's lush version of "The Thief of Bagdad"
1940
Joined Michael Balcon's Ealing Studios; initially editing documentary films for Albert Cavalcanti
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