Maurice Pivar [SEP] place of death
Maurice Pivar
Maurice Pivar (11 August 1894 in Manchester, United Kingdom – 14 June 1982 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an English-American film editor, producer and writer. He edited 21 films, oversaw editing of 59 films, produced 4 films and wrote the dialogue descript to the film "The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa" between years 1921 and 1936. He died of a heart attack at the age of 88.
Selected filmography.
- "Sensation Seekers" (1927
booing it off of the screen. "The story drags to the point of nauseam", one reviewer stated.
The third and final version resulted from Universal holdovers Maurice Pivar and Lois Weber editing the production down to nine reels. Most of the Sedgwick material was removed, though notably the ending, with the Phantom being hunted by a mob and then being thrown into the Seine River, remained. Much of the cut Julian material was edited back into the picture, though some important scenes and characters were not restored.