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Albert Akst

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Albert Akst

Birth
Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA
Death
19 Apr 1958 (aged 58)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Musician, Motion Picture Film Editor. A former saxophone player in one of the Meyer Davis Orchestra, he worked as a musician in vaudeville until 1930. He joined Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios as a short subjects motion picture cutter and worked his way up to one of the top editors of the company, editing fifty three films from 1933 to 1956 (including "Forbidden Passage," "Johnny Eager," "Ziegfeld Follies," "Summer Stock," "Brigadoon" and "Meet Me in Las Vegas"). He was nominated for an Oscar for his editing work on 1956's "Somebody Up There Likes Me."
Musician, Motion Picture Film Editor. A former saxophone player in one of the Meyer Davis Orchestra, he worked as a musician in vaudeville until 1930. He joined Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios as a short subjects motion picture cutter and worked his way up to one of the top editors of the company, editing fifty three films from 1933 to 1956 (including "Forbidden Passage," "Johnny Eager," "Ziegfeld Follies," "Summer Stock," "Brigadoon" and "Meet Me in Las Vegas"). He was nominated for an Oscar for his editing work on 1956's "Somebody Up There Likes Me."

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  • Originally Created by: TLS
  • Added: Oct 24, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8024765/albert-akst: accessed ), memorial page for Albert Akst (31 Aug 1899–19 Apr 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8024765, citing Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.