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Slavko Vorkapich(1894-1976)

  • Editorial Department
  • Director
  • Special Effects
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Slavko Vorkapich was born on 17 March 1894 in Dobrinci near Sremska Mitrovica, Austria-Hungary [now Serbia]. He was a director, known for Hanka (1955), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928). He died on 20 October 1976 in Mijas, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain.
BornMarch 17, 1894
DiedOctober 20, 1976(82)
BornMarch 17, 1894
DiedOctober 20, 1976(82)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Vera Gregovic in Hanka (1955)
Hanka
7.4
  • Director
  • 1955
James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8.1
  • Visual Effects
  • 1939
The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928)
The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra
7.1
Short
  • Director
  • 1928
Jean Arthur, Eric Linden, and Helen MacKellar in The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
The Past of Mary Holmes
6.6
  • Director
  • 1933

Credits

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Editorial Department

  • Ray Milland, Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter, and Jon Hall in Lady in the Dark (1944)
    Lady in the Dark
    5.9
    • montages (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Edward G. Robinson in Moscow Strikes Back (1942)
    Moscow Strikes Back
    6.6
    • editor: English version
    • 1942
  • Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe (1941)
    Meet John Doe
    7.6
    • montage effects
    • 1941
  • Clark Gable and Norma Shearer in Idiot's Delight (1939)
    Idiot's Delight
    6.5
    • montage
    • 1939
  • Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in Sweethearts (1938)
    Sweethearts
    6.2
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in The Shopworn Angel (1938)
    The Shopworn Angel
    6.9
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • Port of Seven Seas (1938)
    Port of Seven Seas
    5.8
    • montage
    • 1938
  • Three Comrades (1938)
    Three Comrades
    7.1
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Myrna Loy in Test Pilot (1938)
    Test Pilot
    6.8
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
    The Girl of the Golden West
    6.3
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • James Stewart and Ann Rutherford in Of Human Hearts (1938)
    Of Human Hearts
    6.8
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, and Rose Stradner in The Last Gangster (1937)
    The Last Gangster
    6.7
    • montage effects
    • 1937
  • Allan Jones and Jeanette MacDonald in The Firefly (1937)
    The Firefly
    6.8
    • montage effects
    • 1937
  • Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
    Broadway Melody of 1938
    6.7
    • montage effects
    • 1937
  • William Powell and Luise Rainer in The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
    The Emperor's Candlesticks
    6.5
    • montage
    • 1937

Director

  • Vera Gregovic in Hanka (1955)
    Hanka
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Abstract Experiment in Kodachrome
    6.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1950
  • Forest Murmurs (1947)
    Forest Murmurs
    7.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 1947
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
    Short
    • Director
    • 1946
  • New Americans (1944)
    New Americans
    5.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Children of Mars (1943)
    Mail Call
    7.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Children of Mars (1943)
    Sailors All
    Short
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Private Smith of the U.S.A. (1942)
    Lieutenant Smith
    Short
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Private Smith of the U.S.A. (1942)
    Medicine on Guard
    Short
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Conquer by the Clock (1942)
    Conquer by the Clock
    5.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Moods of the Sea (1942)
    Moods of the Sea
    6.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Private Smith of the U.S.A. (1942)
    Private Smith of the U.S.A.
    6.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Abstract Experiment in Kodachrome (1940)
    Abstract Experiment in Kodachrome
    6.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 1940
  • The Furies (1934)
    The Furies
    7.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Jean Arthur, Eric Linden, and Helen MacKellar in The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
    The Past of Mary Holmes
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1933

Special Effects

  • Cary Grant, June Hedin, Dickie Jones, and Martha Scott in The Howards of Virginia (1940)
    The Howards of Virginia
    6.0
    • montage effects
    • 1940
  • Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in Boys Town (1938)
    Boys Town
    7.2
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • Tyrone Power and Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette (1938)
    Marie Antoinette
    7.3
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • Eleanor Powell and Nelson Eddy in Rosalie (1937)
    Rosalie
    5.9
    • montage effects
    • 1937
  • Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone in They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
    They Gave Him a Gun
    6.3
    • special effects
    • 1937
  • Romeo and Juliet (1936)
    Romeo and Juliet
    6.4
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • David Copperfield (1935)
    David Copperfield
    7.3
    • special effects
    • 1935
  • Claude Rains, Whitney Bourne, and Margo in Crime Without Passion (1934)
    Crime Without Passion
    7.1
    • special effects
    • 1934
  • Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and William Powell in Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
    Manhattan Melodrama
    7.1
    • special effects
    • 1934
  • Wallace Beery, David O. Selznick, and William A. Wellman in Viva Villa! (1934)
    Viva Villa!
    6.3
    • transitional effects (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Jean Alden, Gail Arnold, Lee Bailey, Lynn Bari, Bonita Barker, Kathryn Barnes, Esther Brodelet, Edna Callahan, Lorena Carr, Shirley Chambers, Dalie Dean, Shirley Deane, Dorothy Dearing, Dale Dee, Florine Baile, Elizabeth Cooke, Alan DeAstray, Francis Belmont, and Louis Delgardo in Dancing Lady (1933)
    Dancing Lady
    6.8
    • special effects
    • 1933
  • Dora
    Short
    • special effects: not credited
    • 1933
  • Lionel Barrymore and Helen Mack in Sweepings (1933)
    Sweepings
    6.5
    • transitional effects
    • 1933
  • Katharine Hepburn and Colin Clive in Christopher Strong (1933)
    Christopher Strong
    6.3
    • transitions
    • 1933
  • Charles Bickford, Irene Dunne, and Gwili Andre in No Other Woman (1933)
    No Other Woman
    5.9
    • transitional effects
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Slavko Vorkapic
  • Born
    • March 17, 1894
    • Dobrinci near Sremska Mitrovica, Austria-Hungary [now Serbia]
  • Died
    • October 20, 1976
    • Mijas, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Grandfather of Danica Vorkapich.

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