Viola Lawrence
(1894 - 1973)
Biography from Katz's Film Encyclopedia


Pal Joey (1957)
She entered American film as the editor for the Samuel Goldwyn Co.'s production of Henry King's THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH (1926), distributed by United Artists. She also edited Fred Niblo's THE DEVIL DANCER (1927) and TWO LOVERS (1928) at Goldwyn. Other Goldwyn productions to her credit include BULLDOG DRUMMOND and THIS IS HEAVEN (both 1929). At Gloria Swanson's company, she edited QUEEN KELLEY (1929) and WHAT A WIDOW! (1930). Her first film for Columbia was PAGAN LADY (1931). She spent the remainder of her career at Columbia, where for three decades she was entrusted with the cutting of many of the studio's finest productions, such as ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939), HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (1941), MY SISTER EILEEN (1942), COVER GIRL and SECRET COMMAND (both 1944), TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT (1945), PERILOUS HOLIDAY (1946), THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1947), SIROCCO (1951), AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD (1952), SALOME and MISS SADIE THOMPSON (both 1953), QUEEN BEE (1955), THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY (1956), PAL JOEY and JEANNE EAGELS (both 1957) and her last film, PEPE (1960).

 Nominated for Film Editing 1957: PAL JOEY (w. Jerome Thoms)
 Nominated for Film Editing 1960: PEPE (w. Al Clark)

2 nominations