Chester Schaeffer

Chester Schaeffer (September 9, 1902 - January 5, 1992) was an American film and television editor with about thirty documentary and feature film credits, often for B movies. Schaeffer's first feature film editing credit was for The Canterville Ghost (directed by Jules Dassin-1944). The film was produced by MGM Studios in Hollywood. In the era of the Hollywood studio system, film editors typically served an apprenticeship at the studio of about ten years as assistant editors before promotion to editor, and Schaeffer had been an Ben Lewis' assistant editor on Dinner at Eight (directed by George Cukor-1933). Schaeffer continued to edit for MGM productions through about 1949. Schaeffer was nominated for an Academy Award for the small scale...