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Philip Cahn(1894-1984)

  • Editor
  • Editorial Department
  • Director
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Philip Cahn was born on 18 June 1894 in Manhattan [now in New York City], New York, USA. He was an editor and director, known for I've Been Around (1935), Nurse from Brooklyn (1938) and Black Friday (1940). He died on 28 September 1984 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
BornJune 18, 1894
DiedSeptember 28, 1984(90)
BornJune 18, 1894
DiedSeptember 28, 1984(90)
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Known for

Rochelle Hudson and Isabel Jewell in I've Been Around (1935)
I've Been Around
  • Director
  • 1935
Larry J. Blake, Sally Eilers, Paul Kelly, and Maurice Murphy in Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
Nurse from Brooklyn
7.0
  • Editorial Department(uncredited)
  • 1938
Black Friday (1940)
Black Friday
6.3
  • Editor
  • 1940
Leif Erickson, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, and Sabu in Arabian Nights (1942)
Arabian Nights
6.1
  • Editor
  • 1942

Credits

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Editor

  • Loretta Young in The Loretta Young Show (1953)
    The New Loretta Young Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1962–1963
  • Ride 'Em Cowboy
    Short
    • film editor
    • 1962
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1962
  • Loretta Young in The Loretta Young Show (1953)
    The Loretta Young Show
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1953–1961
  • Verboten! (1959)
    Verboten!
    6.7
    • Editor
    • 1959
  • Craig Hill and Kenneth Tobey in Whirlybirds (1957)
    Whirlybirds
    7.7
    TV Series
    • film editor
    • 1957
  • The Lineup (1954)
    The Lineup
    7.8
    TV Series
    • film editor
    • Editor
    • 1954–1955
  • Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
    Battles of Chief Pontiac
    5.7
    • Editor
    • 1952
  • Gene Evans and Mary Welch in Park Row (1952)
    Park Row
    7.2
    • Editor
    • 1952
  • F.B.I. Girl (1951)
    F.B.I. Girl
    6.1
    • Editor (as Phil Cahn)
    • 1951
  • Lost Continent (1951)
    Lost Continent
    3.5
    • Editor
    • 1951
  • Ann Dvorak and Gene Evans in I Was an American Spy (1951)
    I Was an American Spy
    6.4
    • supervising editor
    • 1951
  • Gene Evans in The Steel Helmet (1951)
    The Steel Helmet
    7.4
    • Editor
    • 1951
  • Joan Dixon, John Howard, and Robert Shayne in Experiment Alcatraz (1950)
    Experiment Alcatraz
    5.6
    • Editor
    • 1950
  • George P. Breakston and Yorke Coplen in Jungle Stampede (1950)
    Jungle Stampede
    5.5
    • Editor
    • 1950

Editorial Department

  • Bela Lugosi, Charlita, Ray Corrigan, Martin Garralaga, Duke Mitchell, and Sammy Petrillo in Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
    Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
    3.6
    • editorial supervisor
    • 1952
  • Larry J. Blake, Sally Eilers, Paul Kelly, and Maurice Murphy in Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
    Nurse from Brooklyn
    7.0
    • cutter (uncredited)
    • 1938

Director

  • Rochelle Hudson and Isabel Jewell in I've Been Around (1935)
    I've Been Around
    • Director
    • 1935

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Phil Cahn
  • Born
    • June 18, 1894
    • Manhattan [now in New York City], New York, USA
  • Died
    • September 28, 1984
    • Thousand Oaks, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Relatives
    • Edward L. Cahn(Sibling)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    American editor of Polish ancestry, in Hollywood from 1913. Unsuccessfully tried his hand at chicken farming. Subsequently joined the Universal editing department, where his brother Edward L. Cahn was already employed. Under contract as full editor, 1933-1946. Co-founder in 1937 of what is now the Motion Picture Editors Guild.
  • Nickname
    • Phil

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