- Hugh Stewart
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name = Hugh Stewart
birth_date = birth date and age|1910|12|14
birth_place = flagicon|UKFalmouth, England
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occupation = Film editor and producerHugh Stewart (b.
December 14 ,1910 ) is a British film editor and producer.Born in
Falmouth, England , Stewart was educated first at Claysmore and then atCambridge and entered the film industry in the early 1930’s. He trained as a film editor at Gaumont-British, initially cutting together out-takes from "Marry Me" (1932) and working as assembly cutter on "The Constant Nymph" that same year. His first film as editor was "Forbidden Territory" (1934). Among the films he cut were "Evergreen" (1934), Alfred Hitchcock’s original version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934), "Dark Journey" (1937), "Action for Slander" (1937), "South Riding" (1938), "St. Martin’s Lane" (1938), and "The Spy in Black" (1939).After World War II, Stewart became a film producer, beginning with "Trottie True" (1949). He made a series of films with comedian
Norman Wisdom , starting with "Man of the Moment" (1955), and the comedy duo ofMorecambe and Wise . Although he went into semi-retirement in the late 1960's, he produced several films for the Children’s Film Foundation, including "All At Sea" (1970), "Mr. Horatio Knibbles" (1971), and "High Rise Donkey" (1980).External links
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References
* [http://www.uea.ac.uk/eas/britcin/descriptions.html Listing from the British Cinema History Research Project]
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