Mel Thorsen Explained

Mel Thorsen
Birth Name:	Melvin T. Thorsen
Birth Date:	August 22, 1908
Birth Place:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Death Date:	April 23, 1971 (aged 72)
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation:	Film editor

Mel Thorsen (1908-1971) was an American film editor active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.^[1]

Biography

Mel was born in Los Angeles, California, to Michael Thorsen and Agnes Frautzen, both of whom were from Norway.^[2] He married June Waddell in 1932,^[3] and the pair had a son.

Selected filmography

• Sword of the Avenger (1948)^[4]
• Klondike Kate (1943)
• Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
• Passport to Suez (1943)^[5]
• Power of the Press (1943)
• Bullets for Bandits (1942)
• Pardon My Gun (1942)
• Junior Army (1942)
• Smith of Minnesota (1942)
• Overland to Deadwood (1942)
• Parachute Nurse (1942)
• Not a Ladies' Man (1942)^[6]
• Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
• North of the Rockies (1942)
• Bullets for Bandits (1942)
• West of Tombstone (1942)
• The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942)
• Roaring Frontiers (1941)
• The Son of Davy Crockett (1941)
• The Medico of Painted Springs (1941)
• Hands Across the Rockies (1941)
• The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
• The Pinto Kid (1941)
• The Stranger from Texas (1939)

References

1. Web site: The Project Gutenberg eBook of Motion Pictures 1940–1949. www.gutenberg.org. 2019-03-30.
2. Web site: 17 Feb 1945, 5 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-30.
3. Web site: 3 Nov 1932, 16 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-30.
4. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1948. en.
5. Book: Mavis, Paul. The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. 2015-06-08. McFarland. 9781476604275. en.
6. Book: The Films of Fay Wray. Kinnard. Roy. Crnkovich. Tony. 2015-07-11. McFarland. 9781476604152. en.