- TitleJames Watson Webb Jr. material, 1943 - 2003 (inclusive)
- Collector
- Date(s)1943 - 2003 (inclusive)
- Related names
- Description
1 folder(s) of papers
Vertical file
- Summary
There is correspondence, telegrams, and biographical ephemera related to Webb's career as film editor in the 1940s. There are also personal photographs of Webb from his childhood, in Hollywood, and from his post-Hollywood life entertaining celebrity friends at home.
- BiographyJames Watson Webb Jr. was an American film editor and heir to both the Havemeyer and Vanderbilt families. He worked as a film editor for Twentieth Century-Fox between 1940 and 1952. Often working with directors Walter Lang and Henry Hathaway he edited the Academy Award-winning films STATE FAIR (1945), THE RAZOR'S EDGE (1946), and A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949). Webb retired at age 36 to devote himself to artistic patronage and charitable works, including operating the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, founded by his mother.
- Subjects
- Acquisitions InformationGift of Ursula Fox, 2014
- Preferred citationJames Watson Webb Jr. material, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- DepartmentLibrary
- 1830
- AvailabilityFor information on the contents and availability of this collection please contact the Reference and Public Services department at ref@oscars.org.
- Moving Image Items
- Library Holdings
