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Frank DeWar (1907-1969) was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography

Frank was born in Seattle, Washington, to Francis DeWar Sr. (a native of Antwerp) and Mercedes Earle. The family soon relocated to Los Angeles, where Francis Sr. eventually became a prominent member of law enforcement there before dying in a 1932 plane crash.

Frank married Zelma Kennedy (niece of former Texas Gov. Ma Ferguson) in 1928; they had three children together. The pair split in 1939, and Frank was linked to actress Ann Sheridan in newspaper reports. His last known credit as a film editor was on 1942's The Right Timing.

Selected filmography

• The Right Timing (1942)
• Water Sports (1941)
• Big Bill Tilden (1941)
• Diary of a Racing Pigeon (1940)
• Famous Movie Dogs (1940)
• Pony Express Days (1940)
• Dogs You Seldom See (1940)
• American Saddle Horses (1939)
• Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
• Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
• King of the Underworld (1939)
• Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
• He Couldn't Say No (1938)
• West of Shanghai (1937)
• Alcatraz Island (1937)
• White Bondage (1937)
• Public Wedding (1937)
• Under Southern Stars (1937)
• Guns of the Pecos (1937)
• Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
• The Sunday Round-Up (1936)
• Echo Mountain (1936)
• The Song of a Nation (1936)
• Changing of the Guard (1936)
• Hollywood Newsreel (1934)

References

1. "Victims of Crash". The San Bernardino County Sun. 5 Feb 1932. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
2. "Mrs. DeWar Seeks Decree". The Los Angeles Times. 2 Nov 1934. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
3. "Leave on Honeymoon". Los Angeles Evening Express. 13 Jan 1928. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
4. "Marriage Rumors Denied by Gwynn". The Knoxville Journal. 26 Jul 1939. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

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