# Milton Carruth

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American film editor, director

Milton Carruth Born (1899-03-23)March 23, 1899 Coronado, California, U.S. Died September 7, 1972(1972-09-07) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupations Film editor, director Years active 1929–1966

Marsha Hunt (left) & Susan Hayward in *[Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman](/source/Smash-Up%2C_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](/source/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1930_film))* (directed by [Lewis Milestone](/source/Lewis_Milestone), 1930, silent version), *[Shadow of a Doubt](/source/Shadow_of_a_Doubt)* (directed by [Alfred Hitchcock](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock), 1943), *[Pillow Talk](/source/Pillow_Talk_(film))* (directed by [Michael Gordon](/source/Michael_Gordon_(film_director)), 1959), and *[Imitation of Life](/source/Imitation_of_Life_(1959_film))* (directed by [Douglas Sirk](/source/Douglas_Sirk), 1959). His career as an editor spanned from 1929 through 1966 (*[The Pad and How to Use It](/source/The_Pad_and_How_to_Use_It)* (directed by [Brian G. Hutton](/source/Brian_G._Hutton), 1966).

In 1937 and 1938, he directed seven films: *[Love Letters of a Star](/source/Love_Letters_of_a_Star)*, *[She's Dangerous](/source/She's_Dangerous)*, *[Breezing Home](/source/Breezing_Home)*, *[The Man in Blue](/source/The_Man_in_Blue_(1937_film))*, *[Reported Missing!](/source/Reported_Missing!)*, *[The Lady Fights Back](/source/The_Lady_Fights_Back)* and *[Some Blondes Are Dangerous](/source/Some_Blondes_Are_Dangerous)*.[1] Following these films, he returned to his "first love", which was film editing.[2]

Carruth spent his entire career working at [Universal Studios](/source/Universal_Pictures); he was "one of three editors who served as the core of Universal's editing department for a span of some forty years".[3] He had been selected as a member of the [American Cinema Editors](/source/American_Cinema_Editors).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Milton Carruth"](https://www.allmovie.com/artist/miton-carruth-p84302). AllMovie. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Soister, John T. (2015). [*Of Gods and Monsters: A Critical Guide to Universal Studios' Science Fiction, Horror and Mystery Films, 1929–1939*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bhKbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 286. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4766-0499-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-0499-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Staggs, Sam (2009). [*Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life*](https://books.google.com/books?id=9QJ3gxzcTXYC&pg=PA227). New York: Macmillan. p. 227. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-312-37336-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-312-37336-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tonguette_4-0)** Tonguette, Peter (November 1, 2012). ["Give Them Some Credit!: How Post-Production Practitioners Received On-Screen Acknowledgment"](https://cinemontage.org/give-credit-post-production-practitioners-received-screen-acknowledgment/). *Cinemontage*.

## External links

- [Milton Carruth](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141085/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Films directed by Milton Carruth Love Letters of a Star (1936) She's Dangerous (1937) Breezing Home (1937) The Man in Blue (1937) Reported Missing! (1937) The Lady Fights Back (1937) Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937)

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