Anne Bauchens

Anne Bauchens
Cast and crew from The Affairs of Anatol (1921), Bauchens is third from the left in the front row
Born
Roseanne Bauchens

(1882-02-02)February 2, 1882
St. Louis, Missouri
Died(1967-05-07)May 7, 1967 (aged 85)
Woodland Hills, California
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Film Editing 1940 North West Mounted Police

Anne Bauchens, born Roseanne Bauchens, (February 2, 1882 – May 7, 1967)[1] was an American film editor who is remembered for her collaboration over 40 years with the director Cecil B. DeMille. In 1940, she won the Academy Award for film editing.

Personal life

Originally Roseanne Bauchens, she was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Otto Bauchens and Louella McKee. She had a brother named Harry. She never married.

Hollywood career

Bauchens was trained as an editor by DeMille,[2] and shared her first credit with him on the film Carmen (1915). Prior to 1918, DeMille had edited, as well as directed, his films.[3] After Carmen and We Can't Have Everything (1918), Bauchens no longer shared the editing credits with DeMille. She edited DeMille's films for the rest of their long careers, through the film The Ten Commandments (1956).

When the Academy Award for Best Film Editing was created in 1934, Bauchens received one of the three nominations for her editing of Cleopatra. She later won the Academy Award for North West Mounted Police (1940) and became the first woman to win the Oscar in that category. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing again twice, first for The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and then for The Ten Commandments (1956). In total, Bauchens is credited with editing on 43 films directed by DeMille and on 20 films with other directors.[4]

Despite her long career and her series of awards, the characterizations of Bauchens as an editor are not invariably flattering. Margaret Booth, another film editor, has been quoted as saying in 1965 that "Anne Bauchens is the oldest editor in the business. She was editing for years before I came into the business. DeMille was a bad editor, I thought, and made her look like a bad editor. I think Anne really would have been a good editor, but she had to put up with him — which was something."[5]

Filmography

NOTE: Some films were released/premiered at the end of a given year, but not copyrighted until the beginning of the following year. The sources themselves are inconsistent as to which date they applied to a given film. Either date might be used in the title of its corresponding Wikipedia article.

Anne Bauchens filmography
Year Title Notes (as editor unless otherwise noted) Ref(s)
1915 Carmen Paramount Pictures [5]
1918 The Squaw Man Famous Players Lasky
Editor and director 		[6]
1918 We Can't Have Everything Famous Players Lasky [7]
1918 Till I Come Back to You Famous Players Lasky [8]
1919 For Better, for Worse Famous Players Lasky [9]
1919 Male and Female Famous Players Lasky [10]
1919 Don't Change Your Husband Famous Players Lasky [11]
1920 Why Change Your Wife? Famous Players Lasky [12]
1920 Something to Think About Famous Players Lasky [13]
1921 Forbidden Fruit Famous Players Lasky [14]
1921 The Affairs of Anatol Famous Players Lasky [15]
1922 Saturday Night Famous Players Lasky [16]
1922 Fool's Paradise Famous Players Lasky [17]
1922 Manslaughter Famous Players Lasky [18]
1923 Adam's Rib Famous Players Lasky [19]
1923 The Ten Commandments Famous Players Lasky [20]
1924 Feet of Clay Famous Players Lasky [21]
1924 Triumph Famous Players Lasky [22]
1925 The Golden Bed Famous Players Lasky [23]
1925 The Road to Yesterday De Mille Pictures Corp. [24]
1926 The Volga Boatman Cecil De Mille Pictures Corp. [25]
1927 The King of Kings De Mille Pictures Corp. [26]
1928 Chicago De Mille Pictures Corp.
Copyright and release 1928 		[27]
1928 Craig's Wife Pathé Exchange [28]
1929 Dynamite MGM [29]
1929 The Godless Girl De Mille Pictures Corp. [30]
1929 Ned McCobb's Daughter Pathé Exchange
Copyright November 1928; release January 1929 		[28]
1929 Noisy Neighbors Pathé Exchange [31]
1930 Lord Byron of Broadway MGM [32]
1930 Madam Satan MGM [33]
1930 This Mad World MGM [34]
1931 The Squaw Man MGM [35]
1931 Guilty Hands MGM [36]
1932 The Wet Parade MGM [37]
1932 The Beast of the City MGM [38]
1932 The Sign of the Cross Paramount Pictures [39]
1933 Tonight Is Ours Paramount Pictures [40]
1933 This Day and Age Paramount Pictures [41]
1934 Menace Paramount Pictures [42]
1934 Four Frightened People Paramount Pictures [43]
1934 Cleopatra Paramount Pictures [44]
1935 The Crusades Paramount Pictures [45]
1936 The Plainsman Paramount Pictures
Picture wrapped 1936, copyrighted January 1, 1937 		[46]
1937 This Way Please Paramount Pictures [47]
1938 The Buccaneer Paramount Pictures [48]
1938 Bulldog Drummond in Africa Paramount Pictures [49]
1938 Sons of the Legion Paramount Pictures [50]
1938 Hunted Men Paramount Pictures [51]
1939 Television Spy Paramount Pictures [52]
1939 Union Pacific Paramount Pictures [53]
1940 North West Mounted Police Paramount Pictures
Bauchens won the Academy Award for film editing 		[54]
1940 Women Without Names Paramount Pictures [55]
1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Paramount Pictures [56]
1942 Reap the Wild Wind Paramount Pictures [57]
1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn Columbia Pictures
Lester Cowan Productions, Inc. 		[58]
1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell Paramount Pictures [59]
1944 Tomorrow, the World! Lester Cowan Productions, Inc. [60]
1945 Love Letters Hal Wallis Productions, Inc.
Paramount Pictures 		[61]
1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up Paramount Pictures [62]
1948 Unconquered Paramount Pictures
Copyrighted November 4, 1947; released February 4, 1948 		[63]
1949 Samson and Delilah Paramount Pictures [64]
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth Paramount Pictures [65]
1956 The Ten Commandments Paramount Pictures [66]

Bibliography

  • Birchard, Robert S. S. (2009). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2636-4.(subscription required)

References

  1. ^ Smith, Fredrick Y., ed. (1971). "In Memoriam". ACE Second Decade Anniversary Book. American Cinema Editors, Inc. p. 73.
  2. ^ Higashi, Sumiko (1994). Cecil B. DeMille and American Culture: The Silent Era (University of California Press), p. 223. ISBN 0-520-08557-4.
  3. ^ The original 1915 version of Carmen appears to be lost; Bauchens' credit as co-editor is for the 1918 re-release of the film. See p. 217 of the book by Sumiko Higashi.
  4. ^ Totals based on Bauchens' filmography compiled at the imdb.com website; filmography retrieved 2008-06-24.
  5. ^ a b Lewis, Kevin (2006). "The Moviola Mavens and the Moguls: Three Pioneering Women Editors Who Had the Respect of Early Hollywood's Power-Brokers", in Editors Guild Magazine, Vol 27, No. 2 (March–April 2006). Archived at WebCite from this original URL 2008-06-22.
  6. ^ "The Squaw Man". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Squaw Man". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "We Can't Have Everything". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  8. ^ "Till I Come Back to You". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  9. ^ "For Better, For Worse". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  10. ^ "Male and Female". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  11. ^ "Don't Change Your Husband". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  12. ^ "Why Change Your Wife?". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  13. ^ "Something to Think About". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  14. ^ "Forbidden Fruit – Cecil B. DeMille". Cecil B. De Mille Foundation. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  15. ^ Birchard 2009, p. 162.
  16. ^ Birchard 2009, p. 169.
  17. ^ Birchard 2009, p. 165.
  18. ^ "Manslaughter". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  19. ^ Birchard 2009, p. 175.
  20. ^ "The Ten Commandments". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  21. ^ Birchard 2009, p. 194.
  22. ^ "Triumph". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  23. ^ Birchard 2009, p. 197.
  24. ^ "The Road to Yesterday". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Road to Yesterday". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  25. ^ "The Volga Boatman". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  26. ^ "The King of Kings". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  27. ^ "Chicago". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Chicago". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  28. ^ a b "Craig's Wife". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  29. ^ "Dynamite". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Dynamite". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  30. ^ "The Godless Girl". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.; "The Godless Girl". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  31. ^ "Noisy Neighbors". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  32. ^ "Lord Byron of Broadway". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Lord Byron of Broadway". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  33. ^ "Madam Satan". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Madam Satan". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  34. ^ "This Mad World". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"This Mad World". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  35. ^ "The Squaw Man (1931 film)". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Squaw Man (1931 film)". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  36. ^ "Guilty Hands". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Guilty Hands". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  37. ^ "The Wet Parade". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Wet Parade". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  38. ^ "The Beast of the City". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Beast of the City". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  39. ^ "The Sign of the Cross". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Sign of the Cross". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  40. ^ "Tonight Is Ours". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  41. ^ "This Day and Age". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"This Day and Age". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  42. ^ "Menace". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Menace". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  43. ^ "Four Frightened People". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Four Frightened People". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  44. ^ "Cleopatra". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  45. ^ "The Crusades". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  46. ^ "The Plainsman". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Plainsman". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  47. ^ "This Way Please". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"This Way Please". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  48. ^ "The Buccaneer". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Buccaneer". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  49. ^ "Bulldog Drummond in Africa". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  50. ^ "Sons of the Legion". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Sons of the Legion". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  51. ^ "Hunted Men". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Hunted Men". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  52. ^ "[Television Spy". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"[Television Spy". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  53. ^ "Union Pacific". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Union Pacific". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  54. ^ "North West Mounted Police". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The 13th Academy Awards | 1941". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  55. ^ "Women Without Names". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Women Without Names". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  56. ^ "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  57. ^ "Reap the Wild Wind". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  58. ^ "Commandos Strike at Dawn". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Commandos Strike at Dawn". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  59. ^ "The Story of Dr. Wassell". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  60. ^ "Tomorrow, the World". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  61. ^ "Love Letters". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Love Letters". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  62. ^ "Our Hearts Were Growing Up". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  63. ^ "Unconquered". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  64. ^ "Samson and Delilah". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"Samson and Delilah". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  65. ^ "The Greatest Show on Earth". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Greatest Show on Earth". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  66. ^ "The Ten Commandments". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved October 11, 2020.;"The Ten Commandments". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.