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Hettie Gray Baker (July 12, 1880 – November 14, 1957) was an American film editor. Biography. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Josiah Q. Baker and his wife Lizzie A. Chipman, Hettie attended public high school in Hartford before undertaking a special course of study at Simmons College in Boston.
- July 12, 1880, Hartford, Connecticut
- Film editor
- November 14, 1957 (aged 77), New York state
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Hettie Gray Baker, who is as yet undiscovered by film historians, had a long and exceptional career in motion pictures. She was a writer of motion picture titles and scenarios; of library science, theatre, and fan magazine articles; and, later in life, of highly regarded books about cats.
Listed as H.G. Baker, she may have been the first female editor to be acknowledged in a film’s credits. Baker was a writer and editor for over twenty-eight films, including John Ford’s The Iron Horse, but was rarely credited. By 1938, she was a movie executive, serving as censor representative for Twentieth Century Fox.
Mar 22, 2015 · Hettie Gray Baker was a little-known writer for silent films in 1915 when movie producer William Fox hired acclaimed director Herbert Brenon. Fox shipped him to Jamaica to create a spectacle like nothing ever seen before. Brenon and Fox were famous for their differing views of filmmaking.
November 14, 1957 · Porters Corners, New York, USA. Mini Bio. Hettie Grey Baker was born on July 12, 1881 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Hettie Grey was a writer and editor, known for Tom Mix in Arabia (1922), Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914) and John Barleycorn (1914).
- July 12, 1881
- November 14, 1957
Hettie Grey Baker is known as an Story, Editor, Writer, Screenplay, Scenario Writer, Title Graphics, and Title Designer. Some of her work includes An Odyssey of the North, Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska, The Real Thing in Cowboys, The Chechako, The Irony of Fate, and John Barleycorn.
Hettie Gray Baker was an American film editor. Introduction Hettie Gray Baker Hettie Gray Baker; Biography; Bibliography; References
