Barbara Mclean


Editor

About

Birth Place
Palisades, New Jersey, USA
Died
March 28, 1996
Cause of Death
Natural Causes

Biography

Barbara McLean worked on a variety of projects during her entertainment career. She began as an assistant film editor in the 1920s. McLean worked on a variety of projects during her early entertainment career, including "Coquette" with Mary Pickford (1929), "The Affairs of Cellini" (1934) and "The House of Rothschild" with George Arliss (1934). McLean was nominated for a Film Editing Aca...

Family & Companions

Gordon McLean
Husband
Projectionist. Divorced.
Robert Webb
Husband
Director. Married from 1951 until his death.

Biography

Barbara McLean worked on a variety of projects during her entertainment career. She began as an assistant film editor in the 1920s. McLean worked on a variety of projects during her early entertainment career, including "Coquette" with Mary Pickford (1929), "The Affairs of Cellini" (1934) and "The House of Rothschild" with George Arliss (1934). McLean was nominated for a Film Editing Academy Award for "Lloyd's of London" in 1936 as well as for a Film Editing Academy Award for "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1938. In the forties, McLean devoted her time to various credits, such as "Down Argentine Way" (1940), "Little Old New York" (1940) and "Maryland" (1940) starring Walter Brennan. She also worked on "A Yank in the R.A.F." (1941). McLean continued to exercise her talent in the forties and the fifties, taking on a mix of projects like "Prince of Foxes" (1949) starring Tyrone Power, "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949) starring Gregory Peck and "All About Eve" with Bette Davis (1950). Her credits also expanded to "No Way Out" (1950) and "The Gunfighter" (1950). McLean last edited the adaptation "Untamed" (1955) with Tyrone Power. McLean was married to Gordon McLean. McLean passed away in March 1996 at the age of 93.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
Wife
It Could Happen to You (1939)

Producer (Feature Film)

On the Threshold of Space (1956)
Associate Producer
Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

Untamed (1955)
Film Editor
King of the Khyber Rifles (1954)
Film Editor
The Egyptian (1954)
Film Editor
Niagara (1953)
Film Editor
The Desert Rats (1953)
Film Editor
The Robe (1953)
Film Editor
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Film Editor
Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
Film Editor
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Editor of "The Gift of the Magi"
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Film Editor
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
Film Editor
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
Film Editor
People Will Talk (1951)
Film Editor
Follow the Sun (1951)
Film Editor
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Film Editor
All About Eve (1950)
Film Editor
The Gunfighter (1950)
Film Editor
No Way Out (1950)
Film Editor
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Film Editor
Prince of Foxes (1949)
Film Editor
Deep Waters (1948)
Film Editor
Captain from Castile (1948)
Film Editor
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
Film Editor
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Film Editor
Margie (1946)
Film Editor
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
Film Editor
The Song of Bernadette (1945)
Film Editor
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Film Editor
Wilson (1945)
Film Editor
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Film Editor
Winged Victory (1944)
Film Editor
Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
Film Editor
The Black Swan (1942)
Film Editor
Remember the Day (1942)
Film Editor
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Film Editor
The Magnificent Dope (1942)
Film Editor
Tobacco Road (1941)
Film Editor
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Film Editor
Down Argentine Way (1940)
Film Editor
Chad Hanna (1940)
Film Editor
Maryland (1940)
Film Editor
Little Old New York (1940)
Film Editor
Jesse James (1939)
Film Editor
The Rains Came (1939)
Film Editor
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Film Editor
In Old Chicago (1938)
Film Editor
Suez (1938)
Film Editor
The Baroness and the Butler (1938)
Film Editor
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Film Editor
Love Under Fire (1937)
Film Editor
Seventh Heaven (1937)
Film Editor
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Film Editor
Lloyd's of London (1936)
Film Editor
Sins of Man (1936)
Film Editor
The Country Doctor (1936)
Film Editor
Professional Soldier (1936)
Film Editor
Les Misérables (1935)
Film Editor
Clive of India (1935)
Film Editor
Metropolitan (1935)
Film Editor
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
Film Editor
The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Film Editor
The House of Rothschild (1934)
Film Editor
Gallant Lady (1934)
Film Editor

Life Events

1934

First film credits as editor, "The Affairs of Cellini" and "Gallant Lady"

1949

Became chief of Twentieth Cetury Fox's editing division

1969

Retired from Fox

Videos

Movie Clip

Seven Cities Of Gold (1955) -- (Movie Clip) The Glory Of Spain Interesting introduction of three principals (and two historical figures), Anthony Quinn as Spanish Captain Portola and Richard Egan his fictional lieutenant, in a reckless rush to Mexico City, causing an accident and meeting Father Junipero Serra (Michael Rennie), in 20th Century-Fox’s Seven Cities Of Gold, 1955.
Seven Cities Of Gold (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Burn It Into Your Heart Preparing to depart Mexico City for California, 1769, Father Junipero Serra (Michael Rennie) goes rogue with the Spanish colonial rank-and-file, cueing grumbling from Captain Portola and (fictional) Lt. Mendoza (Anthony Quinn, Richard Egan), with top career-Assistant Director Robert D. Webb directing, in Seven Cities Of Gold, 1955.
Seven Cities Of Gold (1955) -- (Movie Clip) The Holy Family Michael Rennie as the famed Father Junipero Serra and Richard Egan as the imagined Lt. Mendoza have been separated from their expedition in a dust storm, in New Spain (a.k.a. Mexico), 1769, and find phantom solace, in Seven Cities Of Gold, 1955.
Seven Cities Of Gold (1955) -- (Movie Clip) We Will Not Be Evil Another fabricated event in the factual mission of Father Junipero Serra to 1769 California, Jeffrey Hunter as Indian Matuwir mediates a meeting with his grandfather (Guillermo Calles), with a glimpse of Rita Moreno as maiden Ula, in Seven Cities Of Gold, 1955.
Seven Cities Of Gold (1955) -- (Movie Clip) How Many Wives Have You? Hard to call it anything but frolicking, in the California Pacific (likely from the Guadalajara-area Jalisco, Mexico location shoot), 1769, Spanish Lt. Mendoza (Richard Egan) finally meets native Ula (Rita Moreno), with the best hairdo in the tribe, in Seven Cities Of Gold, 1955.

Family

James Webb
Step-Son

Companions

Gordon McLean
Husband
Projectionist. Divorced.
Robert Webb
Husband
Director. Married from 1951 until his death.

Bibliography