The Pride of the Yankees [SEP] film editor
its wide popularity, RKO took a loss of $213,000 on the film due to the small distribution fee that Samuel Goldwyn had negotiated with the studio. All of Goldwyn's pictures produced a loss for RKO no matter how much money they took in; but the studio considered the arrangement acceptable, because its association with Goldwyn lent prestige to RKO, and enhanced sales of its own movies.
Awards and other recognition.
Film Editor Daniel Mandell won an Academy Award for his work on "The Pride of the Yankees"
the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942; directed by Sam Wood), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946; directed by William Wyler), and "The Apartment" (1960; directed by Billy Wilder). No editor has won more than three Academy Awards, and only three others have won three times: Ralph Dawson, Michael Kahn, and Thelma Schoonmaker. Mandell was nominated for the Academy Award for two additional films, "The Little Foxes