Clarence Kolster
| Clarence Kolster | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
6 September 1895 Plattsburgh, New York, United States |
| Died |
6 May 1972 (aged 76) Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Years active | 1922–1958 |
Clarence Kolster was an American film editor, active during the later years of the silent era, right through the 1950s. Born in Plattsburgh, New York in 1895, he would begin his film career editing the 1922 silent film, Rags to Riches. In the more than thirty years of his career, he would edit almost 100 films, as well as his sole directing foray, as the assistant on the 1924 silent film, The Lighthouse by the Sea.[1] His career would include such classics as The Painted Desert, also in 1931, which featured Clark Gable's first speaking role; the 1946 remake of Of Human Bondage; Always Leave Them Laughing, starring Milton Berle and Virginia Mayo; and 1958's Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden.
But Kolster's crowning achievement was his first mega-hit, the 1931 version of Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff. Kolster's editing of when the monster is revealed has been called, "... possibly the most distinguished piece of cutting in all of horror movie history."[2] In addition, the creation sequence, the monster finding the small child by the lake, and the confrontation between the monster and Frankenstein's bride, have all become iconic scenes in film history, often imitated and parodied in later pictures.[2]
In 1958, Kolster would make the switch from the big screen to the small screen, where he worked on several television series, including Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip. Kolster retired in 1962, and would die ten years later.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Rags to Riches | Editor | |
| 1923 | Country Kid, TheThe Country Kid | Editor | |
| 1923 | Little Johnny Jones | Editor | |
| 1923 | Printer's Devil, TheThe Printer's Devil | Editor | |
| 1924 | Conductor 1492 | Editor | |
| 1924 | Lighthouse by the Sea, TheThe Lighthouse by the Sea | Assistant director | |
| 1925 | Three Weeks in Paris | Editor | |
| 1925 | Hogan's Alley | Editor | |
| 1925 | The Clash of the Wolves | Editor | |
| 1925 | On Thin Ice | Editor | |
| 1926 | The Fighting Edge | Editor | |
| 1926 | Little Irish Girl, TheThe Little Irish Girl | Editor | |
| 1926 | Broken Hearts of Hollywood | Editor | |
| 1926 | His Jazz Bride | Editor | |
| 1926 | The Night Cry | Editor | |
| 1926 | The Sap | Editor | |
| 1926 | Third Degree, TheThe Third Degree | Editor | |
| 1927 | College Widow, TheThe College Widow | Editor | |
| 1927 | A Dog of the Regiment | Editor | |
| 1927 | Ginsberg the Great | Editor | |
| 1927 | Husbands for Rent | Editor | |
| 1930 | Sunny Skies | Editor | |
| 1930 | Hot Curves | Editor | |
| 1930 | Peacock Alley | Editor | |
| 1930 | Thoroughbred, TheThe Thoroughbred | Editor | |
| 1930 | Troopers Three | Editor | |
| 1930 | Wings of Adventure | Editor | |
| 1931 | Frankenstein | Editor | |
| 1931 | Painted Desert, TheThe Painted Desert | Editor | |
| 1931 | Waterloo Bridge | Editor | |
| 1932 | Old Dark House, TheThe Old Dark House | Editor | |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Editor | |
| 1932 | Doomed Battalion | Editor | |
| 1933 | King of the Wild Horses | Editor | |
| 1933 | Havana Widows | Editor | |
| 1933 | The Fighting Code | Editor | |
| 1933 | Unknown Valley | Editor | |
| 1934 | Twenty Million Sweethearts | Editor | |
| 1934 | Circus Clown | Editor | |
| 1934 | St. Louis Kid, TheThe St. Louis Kid | Editor | |
| 1934 | I've Got Your Number | Editor | |
| 1935 | The White Cockatoo | Editor | |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Editor | |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's Pa | Editor | |
| 1935 | Miss Pacific Fleet | Editor | |
| 1936 | Brides Are Like That | Editor | |
| 1936 | Polo Joe | Editor | |
| 1936 | Hot Money | Editor | |
| 1936 | The Law in Her Hands | Editor | |
| 1937 | Her Husband's Secretary | Editor | |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation | Editor | |
| 1937 | Empty Holsters | Editor | |
| 1937 | Once a Doctor | Editor | |
| 1937 | Sh! The Octopus | Editor | |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | Editor | |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd | Editor | |
| 1938 | Going Places | Editor | |
| 1939 | Hell's Kitchen | Editor | |
| 1939 | On Your Toes | Editor | |
| 1940 | River's End | Editor | |
| 1940 | South of Suez | Editor | |
| 1940 | Angel from Texas, AnAn Angel from Texas | Editor | |
| 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Editor | |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Editor | |
| 1941 | Thieves Fall Out | Editor | |
| 1942 | Men of Texas | Editor | |
| 1942 | Spoilers, TheThe Spoilers | Editor | |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Editor | |
| 1943 | The Mysterious Doctor | Editor | |
| 1943 | Truck Busters | Editor | |
| 1943 | Adventure in Iraq | Editor | |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Editor | |
| 1946 | Of Human Bondage | Editor | |
| 1947 | Escape Me Never | Editor | |
| 1948 | Smart Girls Don't Talk | Editor | |
| 1948 | Woman in White, TheThe Woman in White | Editor | |
| 1949 | Always Leave Them Laughing | Editor | |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis | Editor | |
| 1950 | Barricade | Editor | |
| 1950 | Dallas | Editor | |
| 1951 | Close to My Heart | Editor | |
| 1951 | Fort Worth | Editor | |
| 1951 | Sugarfoot | Editor | |
| 1951 | Storm Warning | Editor | |
| 1952 | Big Trees, TheThe Big Trees | Editor | |
| 1952 | Operation Secret | Editor | |
| 1952 | She's Working Her Way Through College | Editor | |
| 1953 | South Sea Woman | Editor | |
| 1953 | System, TheThe System | Editor | |
| 1954 | Bounty Hunter, TheThe Bounty Hunter | Editor | |
| 1954 | Drum Beat | Editor | |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Editor | |
| 1955 | Target Zero | Editor | |
| 1956 | Our Miss Brooks | Editor | |
| 1956 | Zarak | Editor | |
| 1956 | Burning Hills, TheThe Burning Hills | Editor | |
| 1956 | Lone Ranger, TheThe Lone Ranger | Editor | |
| 1957 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | Editor | |
| 1958 | Fort Dobbs | Editor |
References
- 1 2 "Clarence Kolster". American Film Institute. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- 1 2 Essman, Scott (November–December 1999). "The Men Who Made The Monsters". The Motion Picture Editors Guild Newsletter. Archived from the original on March 18, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
