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Alyson Shaffer

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Alyson Shaffer
BornDecember 17, 1894
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
DiedJune 1974 (aged 79)
New York, New York, USA
OccupationFilm editor

Alyson Shaffer (1894-1974) was an American film editor active during the late 1920s and early 1930s. She worked at Paramount and collaborated with filmmakers like William A. Wellman.[1][2] Her first known credit was on 1928's The Legion of the Condemned.[3]

Shaffer, who was born in Virginia, moved to Hollywood by 1920, where she first worked as a studio stenographer before working her way up into an editing role. She lost her job in 1932 and never worked in the industry again.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Tom Sawyer". Variety. 1930-01-01. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  2. ^ "Follow Thru  /  Becky Sharp | UCLA Film & Television Archive". www.cinema.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  3. ^ Film Daily; Film Daily (1929). Film Daily Year Book (1929). Media History Digital Library. New York, The Film Daily.
  4. ^ "20 Jul 1932, 16 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.