Thomas Pratt

Nacimiento : 1898-11-08, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Muerte : 1973-08-04

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Pratt (November 8, 1898 – August 4, 1973) was an American film editor. Born in Santa Barbara, California, Pratt was active as an editor from 1928 through 1959, apparently exclusively for Warner Brothers.

Películas

Caminando en el viento
Production Design
Un antiguo guerrero indio que ha llegado al final de su vida es rescatado de su "muerte" para salvar a su familia de una incursión de indios enemigos en esta historia única de "indios sin un solo vaquero"
Miss Robin Crusoe
Editor
This 1954 feminist version of "Robinson Crusoe" stars Amanda Blake as a woman shipwrecked on a jungle island. Also with George Nader and Rosalind Hayes.
I Am an American
Editor
The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history.
La mujer del cuadro
Additional Editing
El profesor Wanley y sus amigos comienzan a obsesionarse con el retrato de una bella muchacha, que está expuesto en el escaparate contiguo al club en que se reúnen. Wanley conoce por casualidad a la mujer del retrato y acepta ir a su apartamento. Pero allí ocurrirá algo inesperado.
The Hard Way
Editor
La ambiciosa Helen Chernen (Ida Lupino) empuja a su joven hermana Katherine (Joan Leslie) a casarse con el frustrado artista de variedades Albert Runkel (Jack Carson) y, de esta forma, las dos mujeres pueden abandonar la sucia ciudad donde viven. El socio de Runkel, Paul Collins (Dennis Morgan), sin embargo, intuye el plan de Helen. Helen continúa conduciendo la carrera de su hermana y finalmente Katherine se convierte en una estrella de Broadway, mientras que las actuaciones de Runkel y Collins se tambalean. Pronto el éxito se le sube a la cabeza a Katherine y se convierte en una chica de vida fiestera. El tiempo pasa y Helen y Katherine se tropiezan con Paul, ahora el líder de una exitosa banda. Katherine y Paul se enamoran. Las dos hermanas tienen finalmente un enfrentamiento en el estreno del último espectáculo de Katherine, cuando ésta descubre que Helen también está enamorada de Paul.
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Editor
This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures.
Always in My Heart
Editor
A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man.
Underground
Editor
Un joven se siente especialmente atraído por la parafernalia exhibida por el Partido Nazi, siendo un ferviente admirador de las políticas expansionistas de Hitler. Sin embargo, cuando sus amigos comienzan a ser asesinados por la Gestapo, el muchacho cambia de parecer y decide ayudar a la resistencia alemana a acabar con la tiranía del Führer.
Shadows on the Stairs
Editor
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
The Case of the Black Parrot
Editor
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Editor
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 1940 crime melodrama stars George Brent, William Lundigan, Richard Barthelmess, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Henry Armetta, George Tobias, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Louis Jean Heydt, Clarence Kolb, Sam McDaniel and Mary Gordon.
A Fugitive from Justice
Editor
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run. Falsely accused of a murder, he embarks upon a life-and-death journey to save his family.
British Intelligence
Editor
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.
El regreso del Doctor X
Editor
Una actriz teatral es asesinada, por lo que un reportero da de inmediato la primicia en su periódico; sin embargo, al día siguiente aparece aquella con vida para desmentirlo todo. El extraño hecho despierta la curiosidad del citado periodista que, junto con un joven médico, se pone a investigar, descubriendo que uno de los implicados es el reputado Dr. Flegg, cuyo asistente es el extraño y frío Doctor X...
Women in the Wind
Editor
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
Broadway Musketeers
Editor
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nightclub performer.
Torchy Blane in Panama
Editor
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
Accidents Will Happen
Editor
A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.
She Loved a Fireman
Editor
A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.
The Cherokee Strip
Editor
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
Penrod and Sam
Editor
A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Sing Me a Love Song
Editor
A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the business, he poses as a store clerk, and quickly falls for a pretty employee in the store's music department. Comedy with songs.
Public Enemy's Wife
Editor
Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, fingered her for. Gene is in prison for life. She claims that she had no knowledge of Gene's criminal activity, but FBI agent Lee Laird doesn't buy it.
The Golden Arrow
Editor
A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
Los muertos andan
Editor
John Ellman es un hombre acusado falsamente de asesinato y ejecutado en la silla eléctrica. Testigos de su inocencia recuperan el cuerpo y consiguen devolverlo a la vida mediante una innovadora técnica. Tras su regreso de la muerte, Ellman planeará vengarse de aquellos que provocaron su ejecución.
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Editor
In this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she befriends a wealthy widowed duchess and then begins blackmailing her after she steals a scandalous letter.
Alibi Ike
Editor
Un jugador de beisbol que siempre pone excusas se enamora de la cuñada del entrenador. Poco después, unos gangsters le secuestran para que haga perder al equipo en la final.
The Florentine Dagger
Editor
A playwright descended from the Borgias family becomes a murder suspect.
Murder in the Clouds
Editor
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While the government conducts a vast search for the formula, the spies entangle Judy in their web of deceit, causing Bob to set off on his own in an effort to save his sweetheart and retrieve the missing mixture.
Desirable
Editor
Un hombre conoce a la hija de su amante y se enamora de ella.
Merry Wives of Reno
Editor
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Mandalay
Editor
Tras ser abandonada por su amante, una mujer se convierte en la figura principal de un club nocturno en decadencia; después tratará de olvidar su pasado embarcándose con destino a Mandalay.
College Coach
Editor
Gore, un antiguo entrenador de éxito, pero de cáracter despiadado y cínico, dejará de lado incluso a su mujer en su afán por convertir al Calvert College en una potencia del fútbol.
Wild Boys of the Road
Editor
En plena Gran Depresión, dos adolescentes huyen de su casa para no ser una carga para sus familias que se han quedado sin trabajo. El camino será más difícil de lo esperado.
Goodbye Again
Editor
Las confusiones de coqueteo abundan cuando una célebre novelista se enreda con un viejo amor y su desconcertado marido en Cleveland. ¿Su inteligente secretaria le salvará el cuello si ella también está secretamente enamorada de él?
Elmer, the Great
Editor
Elmer, el mejor bateador de un pequeño pueblo, es contratado por un club de Chicago. Cuando su novia va a verle, le sorprende besando a otra chica. Después, Elmer se mete en líos con unos estafadores, y ella va a rescatarle...
La calle 42
Editor
Julian Marsh, un exitoso productor de Broadway, a pesar de su delicada salud, produce un nuevo espectáculo, financiado por un hombre rico que está enamorado de la actriz principal, Dorothy Brock , aunque ella no le corresponde. Cuando la víspera del estreno Dorothy se lesiona, es sustituida por una chica del coro.
Lawyer Man
Editor
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by Gilmurry and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach of promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.
Pasto de tiburones
Editor
Mike es un pescador atunero de origen portugués que en una ocasión perdió una mano, cuando intentaba salvar a su amigo Pipes Boley. Ahora Mike está felizmente casado con Quita, hija de un marinero que sirvió de pasto a los tiburones, y no se da cuenta de que su mujer y Pipes están enamorados.
Winner Take All
Editor
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves to return to the ring. Can their romance survive the distance?
Avidez de tragedia
Editor
Joe Greer, un famoso campeón de carreras automovilísticas, regresa a su ciudad natal para competir en una carrera. Allí descubre que su hermano menor aspira a convertirse en campeón.
The Hot Heiress
Editor
Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family.
Hearts in Exile
Editor
In this romance set in Russia, a fisherman's daughter is jilted by her true love and instead marries a baron. Time passes and the two men meet each other in Siberia where they have both been exiled. When the poorer man has the opportunity to come home, he changes places with the baron so that he can return to his wife. Unbeknownst to him, she has gone to the frozen wasteland to search for him.
The Redeeming Sin
Editor
The Redeeming Sin (1929) is a crime drama part-talking silent film with Vitaphone music and sound effects. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and stars Dolores Costello. This film is currently a lost film.
Women They Talk About
Editor
Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequences, starring Irene Rich, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It is considered to be a lost film.
Glorious Betsy
Editor
Vitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film - the first being The Jazz Singer and the second Tenderloin - to include talking sequences, along with the by now usual Vitaphone musical score and sound effects. A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., but the sound disks are lost.
Sensation Seekers
Editor
Llega un nuevo pastor a la ciudad, un hombre joven y con las ideas muy claras acerca de su apostolado. Muy pronto se da cuenta de que el lugar está repleto de "trabajo" para él. Reina la despreocupación y la lujuria y como muestra conoce a una disoluta joven de la mejor sociedad quien, atraída e intrigada por él, tratará de hacerle difícil su tarea redentoria.