Jeanne Spencer

Jeanne Spencer
Born	Jeanne Genevieve Spencer November 29, 1897 Covington, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	July 18, 1986 (aged 88) Encinitas, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film editor
Spouse	Frank Ware
Relatives	Dorothy Spencer (sister)

Jeanne Spencer (sometimes credited as Jeanne Spencer Ware; born November 29, 1897 - July 18, 1986) was an American film editor active from the 1920s to the 1930s.^[1] Her younger sister, Dorothy, was also a film editor.

Biography

Jeanne was born in Covington, Kentucky, to Charles Spencer and Catherine Spellbrink. She was the eldest of the couple's children. After high school, she got a job working for her uncle at The Cincinnati Enquirer.

By the early 1920s, she was living in Hollywood and working as a film cutter, although she didn't receive credits on her earliest projects. She also worked as an assistant director in those early days (notably on 1920's The Devil's Pass Key).^[2][3][4] In the early 1920s, she married fellow editor Frank Ware. He died at the age of 39 in 1932.^{[citation needed]}

She continued editing after Frank's death and also took up writing plays. She sold her play Senate Page Boys (co-written with Albert Benham) in 1939 and helped write the adaptation that became 1941's Adventure in Washington.^[5]

Selected filmography

As editor:

• Hollywood Mystery (1934) (aka Hollywood Hoodlum)
• Her Resale Value (1933)
• Alimony Madness (1933)
• Neighbors' Wives (1933)
• Revenge at Monte Carlo (1933)
• Behind Jury Doors (1932)
• The Heart Punch (1932)
• Trapped in Tia Juana (1932)
• Evangeline (1929)
• Revenge (1928)^[6]
• Ramona (1928)^[7]
• Resurrection (1927)
• Passionate Youth (1925)

As screenwriter:

• Adventure in Washington (1941)

As assistant director:

• The Devil's Pass Key (1920)^[2]

References

1. "Original Play to Be Filmed". The Los Angeles Times. July 1, 1933. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
2. Koszarski, Richard (2001). Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879109547.
3. "The Devil's Passkey (1920) - Notes - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
4. Koszarski, Richard (2001). Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879109547.
5. Hopper, Hedda (3 Oct 1939). "London Tells English Movie Players to Stay in Hollywood". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
6. Curtis, James (2015-11-17). William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101870679.
7. "Special Screening: Ramona (1928)". UCLA School of TFT. Retrieved 2019-05-19.

External links

• Jeanne Spencer at IMDb