{{short description|American film editor, director}} {{Use American English|date=October 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Milton Carruth | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|3|23}} | birth_place = [[Coronado, California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|9|7|1899|3|23}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | occupation = Film editor, director | years_active = 1929–1966 }} [[File:Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947) 1.jpg|thumb|Marsha Hunt (left) & Susan Hayward in ''[[Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman]]'' - cropped screenshot]] '''Milton Carruth''' (March 23, 1899 – September 7, 1972) was an American film editor and, for a period in the 1930s, film director. Among the 129 films he edited are ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (directed by [[Lewis Milestone]], 1930, silent version), ''[[Shadow of a Doubt]]'' (directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], 1943), ''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'' (directed by [[Michael Gordon (film director)|Michael Gordon]], 1959), and ''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]'' (directed by [[Douglas Sirk]], 1959). His career as an editor spanned from 1929 through 1966 (''[[The Pad and How to Use It]]'' (directed by [[Brian G. Hutton]], 1966).
In 1937 and 1938, he directed seven films: ''[[Love Letters of a Star]]'', ''[[She's Dangerous]]'', ''[[Breezing Home]]'', ''[[The Man in Blue (1937 film)|The Man in Blue]]'', ''[[Reported Missing!]]'', ''[[The Lady Fights Back]]'' and ''[[Some Blondes Are Dangerous]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/miton-carruth-p84302 |title=Milton Carruth |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2018-10-07}}</ref> Following these films, he returned to his "first love", which was film editing.<ref>{{cite book |title=Of Gods and Monsters: A Critical Guide to Universal Studios' Science Fiction, Horror and Mystery Films, 1929–1939 |last=Soister |first=John T. |publisher=McFarland |year =2015 | location = Jefferson, NC | isbn=978-1-4766-0499-2 |page=286 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhKbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286}}</ref>
Carruth spent his entire career working at [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]; he was "one of three editors who served as the core of Universal's editing department for a span of some forty years".<ref>{{cite book |title=Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life | first=Sam |last=Staggs |publisher=Macmillan |year=2009 | location = New York | isbn=978-0-312-37336-8 |page=227 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QJ3gxzcTXYC&pg=PA227}}</ref> He had been selected as a member of the [[American Cinema Editors]].<ref name="Tonguette">{{cite news |title=Give Them Some Credit!: How Post-Production Practitioners Received On-Screen Acknowledgment |first=Peter |last=Tonguette |work=Cinemontage |date=November 1, 2012 |url=https://cinemontage.org/give-credit-post-production-practitioners-received-screen-acknowledgment/}}</ref>
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