James E. Newcom
# James E. Newcom

James E. Newcom (August 29, 1905 – October 6, 1990) was an American film editor who had over 40 films during his long career.

## Academy Awards

Newcom received one Academy Award and three further nominations in the category of Best Film Editing:

* 12th Academy Awards – Won for Gone with the Wind, shared with Hal C. Kern.
* 17th Academy Awards – Nominated for Since You Went Away with Hal C. Kern. Lost to Wilson.
* 23rd Academy Awards – Nominated for Annie Get Your Gun, lost to King Solomon's Mines.
* 43rd Academy Awards – Nominated for Tora! Tora! Tora! with Inoue Chikaya and Pembroke J. Herring. Lost to Patton.

## Selected filmography

* Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
* The Impossible Years (1968)
* Scent of Mystery (1960)
* A Farewell to Arms (1957)
* Prisoner of War (1954)
* Rogue Cop (1954)
* Scaramouche (1952)
* Cause for Alarm! (1951)
* Go for Broke! (1951)
* The Law and the Lady (1951)
* Westward the Women (1951)
* Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
* Key to the City (1950)
* Right Cross (1950)
* The Red Danube (1949)
* Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)
* Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
* Lured (1947)
* Paris Underground (1945)
* Guest in the House (1944)
* Since You Went Away (1944)
* Up in Arms (1944)
* Cairo (1942)
* Tortilla Flat (1942)
* The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
* The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
* Topper Returns (1941)
* Captain Caution (1940)
* Rebecca (1940)
* Gone with the Wind (1939)
* The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
* A Star Is Born (1937)
* The Murder Man (1935)
