Biography

Gene Havlick was an American film editor. Among his most noted films are It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), and His Girl Friday (1940).

Havlick won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (with Gene Milford); he was also nominated for an Academy Award for You Can't Take It with You and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (with Al Clark).
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American editor, briefly at Universal (1928-29), then for the remainder of his career at Columbia (1929-57).

Editor for two Oscar Best Picture winners: It Happened One Night (1934) and You Can't Take It with You (1938), and four other nominees: Lady for a Day (1933), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). All six films were directed by Frank Capra.