Gene Havlick Explained

Gene Havlick
Birth Name:	Eugene Charles Havlicek
Birth Date:	16 March 1894
Birth Place:	Enid, Oklahoma, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Film editor
Yearsactive:	1928–1958

Gene Havlick (March 16, 1894 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA – May 11, 1959 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film editor.

He was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one.^[1] He worked on over 100 films during his 30-year career.^[2]

Early life

Eugene Charles Havlicek was born in Enid, Oklahoma to Frank Havlicek and Agnes Petricka, of Czech descent.^{[3] [4] [5]} His parents married in Heidelberg, Minnesota.^[6] Frank was a cabinet-maker, and later, an undertaker.^[7] By 1900, the family went by "Havlick".^[8]

Filmography

• The Crimson Canyon (1928)
• Beauty and Bullets (1928)
• Grit Wins (1929)
• The Border Wildcat (1929)
• The Fall of Eve (1929)
• The Smiling Terror (1929)
• The Ridin' Demon (1929)
• The College Coquette (1929)
• Song of Love (1929)
• A Royal Romance (1930)
• Sisters (1930)
• Brothers (1930)
• Madonna of the Streets (1930)
• The Last Parade (1931)
• The Sky Raiders (1931)
• Lover Come Back (1931)
• Fifty Fathoms Deep (1931)
• A Dangerous Affair (1931)
• The Deceiver (1931)
• The Menace (1932)
• Shopworn (1932)
• Attorney for the Defense (1932)
• Hollywood Speaks (1932)
• War Correspondent (1932)
• The Last Man (1932)
• Vanity Street (1932)
• The Woman I Stole (1933)
• Lady for a Day (1933)
• Master of Men (1933)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• Twentieth Century (1934)
• Blind Date (1934)
• Broadway Bill (1934)
• Eight Bells (1935)
• Unknown Woman (1935)
• She Couldn't Take It (1935)
• If You Could Only Cook (1935)
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
• Lost Horizon (1937)
• A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
• It's All Yours (1937)
• Start Cheering (1938)
• Extortion (1938)
• Law of the Plains (1938)
• You Can't Take It With You (1938)
• Blondie (1938)
• My Son Is a Criminal (1939)
• Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
• Missing Daughters (1939)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• His Girl Friday (1940)
• Blondie on a Budget (1940)
• Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
• Angels Over Broadway (1940)
• Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
• She Knew All the Answers (1941)
• Our Wife (1941)
• Go West, Young Lady (1941)
• Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
• The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
• Counter-Espionage (1942)
• The Desperadoes (1943)
• Destroyer (1943)
• Once Upon a Time (1944)
• Kansas City Kitty (1944)
• The Unwritten Code (1944)
• Youth on Trial (1945)
• A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
• Snafu (1945)
• The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)
• The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)
• Sing While You Dance (1946)
• Dead Reckoning (1947)
• It Had to Be You (1947)
• Relentless (1948)
• The Return of October (1948)
• Shockproof (1949)
• Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
• Lust for Gold (1949)
• The Reckless Moment (1949)
• Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
• Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
• Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
• Santa Fe (1951)
• Dick Turpin's Ride (1951)
• The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
• My Six Convicts (1952)
• Captain Pirate (1952)
• Hangman's Knot (1952)
• Voodoo Tiger (1952)
• Serpent of the Nile (1953)
• The Last Posse (1953)
• Valley of Head Hunters (1953)
• The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
• Killer Ape (1953)
• The Iron Glove (1954)
• The Saracen Blade (1954)
• Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
• Three Hours to Kill (1954)
• Ten Wanted Men (1955)
• New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
• A Lawless Street (1955)
• Inside Detroit (1956)
• 7th Cavalry (1956)
• Domino Kid (1957)
• Screaming Mimi (1958)

Academy Awards

All 3 are in the category of Best Film Editing.

• 10th Academy Awards-Nominated for Lost Horizon. Nomination shared with Gene Milford. Won.^[9]
• 11th Academy Awards-Nominated for You Can't Take It With You. Lost to The Adventures of Robin Hood.^[10]
• 12th Academy Awards-Nominated for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, nomination shared with Al Clark. Lost to Gone with the Wind.^[11]

Notes and References

1. News: Lewis . Kevin . Topic of Capra-Cohn: The Battle Over 'Lost Horizon' . March 14, 2024 . CineMontage . May 1, 2007.
2. Web site: Gene Havlick filmography. June 19, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620004212/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/93737/Gene-Havlick/filmography. June 20, 2015. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2015. dead.
3. Web site: Havlick. 1917. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. FamilySearch.
4. Web site: Havlick Havlicek. 1959. California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994. FamilySearch.
5. Web site: Havliecek. 1935. California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994. FamilySearch.
6. Web site: Havlicek. 1878. Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949. FamilySearch.
7. Web site: Havlicek. 1880. United States Census, 1880. FamilySearch.
8. Web site: Havlick. 1900. United States Census, 1900. FamilySearch.
9. Web site: 1938 Oscars. June 19, 2015.
10. Web site: 1939 Oscars. June 19, 2015.
11. Web site: 1940 Oscars. June 19, 2015.