# Adelaide Cannon

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American film editor

Adelaide Cannon Born Adelaide Brevoort Cannon January 4, 1883 Kansas City, Missouri, USA Died February 17, 1971 (aged 88) San Gabriel, California, USA Occupation Film editor

**Adelaide Cannon** (born January 4, 1883 – February 17, 1971) was an American film editor and script assistant active during the 1920s.

## Biography

Adelaide was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to James Cannon and Katherine Brevoort.[1]

She worked various jobs after moving to Los Angeles with her mother in the 1910s, before ultimately finding her way into [Paramount](/source/Paramount_Pictures)'s editing department in the 1920s.[2]

She worked on over half a dozen films as an editor and script assistant, although she wasn't always credited.[3] She also worked as a secretary and script clerk for actress [Colleen Moore](/source/Colleen_Moore), writer-director [Ralph Ince](/source/Ralph_Ince), and director [Raoul Walsh](/source/Raoul_Walsh).[4]

## Selected filmography

- *[Tenth Avenue](/source/Tenth_Avenue_(film))* (1928)

- *[Skyscraper](/source/Skyscraper_(1928_film))* (1928)

- *[Almost Human](/source/Almost_Human_(1927_film))* (1927)

- *[The Wise Wife](/source/The_Wise_Wife)* (1927)

- *[The Little Adventuress](/source/The_Little_Adventuress_(1927_film))* (1927)

- *[For Alimony Only](/source/For_Alimony_Only)* (1926)

- *[Mantrap](/source/Mantrap_(1926_film))* (1926)

- *[Locked Doors](/source/Locked_Doors)* (1924) (uncredited)[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["1 Mar 1914, 30 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/380533522/?terms=%22adelaide+cannon%22). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["7 Dec 1924, Page 66 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/95363455/?terms=%22adelaide+cannon%22). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["25 Sep 1923, 10 - Tampa Bay Times at Newspapers.com"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/316230199/?terms=%22adelaide+cannon%22). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["30 Jan 1929, 40 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/385479481/?terms=%22adelaide+cannon%22). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["7 Dec 1924, Page 66 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/95363455/?terms=%22adelaide+cannon%22). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

## External links

- [Adelaide Cannon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134152/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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