From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Eugene "Gene" Milford (January 19, 1902 – December 23, 1991) was an American film and television editor with about one hundred feature film credits. Among his most noted films are Lost Horizon (directed by Frank Capra - 1937), On the Waterfront (directed by Elia Kazan - 1954), A Face in the Crowd (Kazan - 1957), and Wait Until Dark (directed by Terence Young - 1967). Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (with Gene Havlick) and for On the Waterfront; he was also nominated for an Academy Award for One Night of Love (directed by Victor Schertzinger - 1934). He had been elected to the American Cinema Editors, and received its inaugural Career Achievement Award in 1988.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 19, 1902
- December 23, 1991 (aged 89)
- Lamar, Colorado, USA
- Editor, also director and producer
- 41 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
What are Gene Milford's films like?
Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 4 · Earnest 33
A split, not a type: Light 20 · Serious 7 · Dark 13
A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 3
Gentle 15 · Charged 15 · Intense 10
Steady 24 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 7
Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 1
Casual 28 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 18 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 9
Resolved 31 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy15
- Bittersweet18
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Gene Milford's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).
- On the Waterfront (1954) · editor · free
- A Face in the Crowd (1957) · editor · free
- Lost Horizon (1937) · editor · free
- The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975) · editor · free
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) · editor · free
- Man with the Gun (1955) · editor · free
- Taras Bulba (1962) · editor · free
- Something to Sing About (1937) · editor · free
- The Klansman (1974) · editor · free
- Frontier Pony Express (1939) · editor · free
- The Steagle (1971) · editor · free
- ScreenPix, show their 3 titles on ScreenPix
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
- Full Moon, show their title on Full Moon
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
- IndieFlix, show their title on IndieFlix
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
Subscription and free streaming for Gene Milford's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
85 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page.
Inchon(1981)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
And Baby Makes Six(1979)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Torn Between Two Lovers(1979)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Home to Stay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The World Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Breaking Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
World of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Klansman(1974)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
W (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Miracle on 34th Street(1973)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Man Without a Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
No Place to Run(1972)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Steagle(1971)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Great Bank Robbery(1969)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Wait Until Dark(1967)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Countdown(1967)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Texas Across the River(1966)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Incident at Phantom Hill(1966)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Chase(1966)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
That Funny Feeling(1965)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Strange Bedfellows(1965)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Wild and Wonderful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
The New Interns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Rampage(1963)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Taras Bulba(1962)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Splendor in the Grass(1961)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Pusher(1960)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
A Face in the Crowd(1957)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Baby Doll(1956)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Man with the Gun(1955)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
On the Waterfront(1954)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
World Assembly of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
The Man with My Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
China Sky(1945)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Having Wonderful Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
The Falcon in Hollywood(1944)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Step Lively(1944)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Falcon Out West(1944)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Higher and Higher(1943)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The World at War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Confessions of Boston Blackie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Blondie Plays Cupid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
The Mikado(1939)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Frontier Pony Express(1939)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Those High Grey Walls(1939)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Mr. Boggs Steps Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Tarzan's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Something to Sing About(1937)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
It Can't Last Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Lost Horizon(1937)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Shakedown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
They Met in a Taxi(1936)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Too Tough to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Grand Exit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
The Public Menace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Love Me Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Fighting Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
One Night of Love(1934)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Sisters Under the Skin(1934)
The 9th Guest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
My Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Brief Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
New York to Berlin in Twenty-Six Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
The Thrill Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Forbidden Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The Big Timer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Hello Trouble(1932)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Platinum Blonde(1931)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Arizona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Flood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Lion and the Lamb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Ladies Must Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
The Masked Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
The Devil's Cage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
Comrades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
Ladies at Ease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
Say It with Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
The Shamrock and the Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
Career shape
A full career of 79 titles from 1927 to 1979.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Gene Milford's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of the 40 of 41 with a score; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th12
- 25th to 49th15
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 40 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser15
- Broadly Agreed9
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 34 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Gene Milford's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, 4 of the 5 categories sit near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Gene Milford work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gene Milford's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Elia Kazan shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Elia KazanShared titles: Splendor in the Grass (1961), A Face in the Crowd (1957), Baby Doll (1956), On the Waterfront (1954)See all 4 shared titles with Elia Kazan
- Terence YoungShared titles: Inchon (1981), The Klansman (1974), Wait Until Dark (1967)See all 3 shared titles with Terence Young
- Delbert MannShared titles: Torn Between Two Lovers (1979), No Place to Run (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Delbert Mann
- Tim WhelanShared titles: Step Lively (1944), Higher and Higher (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Whelan
Writers
- Budd SchulbergShared titles: A Face in the Crowd (1957), On the Waterfront (1954)See all 2 shared titles with Budd Schulberg
- Michael ArlenShared titles: The Falcon in Hollywood (1944), The Falcon Out West (1944)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Arlen
- Robert RiskinShared titles: Lost Horizon (1937), Platinum Blonde (1931)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Riskin
- Jo SwerlingShared titles: Sisters Under the Skin (1934), Platinum Blonde (1931)See all 2 shared titles with Jo Swerling
Actors
- James WesterfieldShared titles: That Funny Feeling (1965), Man with the Gun (1955), On the Waterfront (1954)See all 3 shared titles with James Westerfield
- Barbara HaleShared titles: The Falcon in Hollywood (1944), The Falcon Out West (1944), Higher and Higher (1943)See all 3 shared titles with Barbara Hale
- Lee RemickShared titles: Torn Between Two Lovers (1979), A Face in the Crowd (1957)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Remick
- Mildred DunnockShared titles: And Baby Makes Six (1979), Baby Doll (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Mildred Dunnock
Composers and cinematographers
- Leigh HarlineShared titles: Strange Bedfellows (1965), China Sky (1945), Step Lively (1944)See all 3 shared titles with Leigh Harline
- Boris KaufmanShared titles: Splendor in the Grass (1961), Baby Doll (1956), On the Waterfront (1954)See all 3 shared titles with Boris Kaufman
- Ronald M. LautoreShared titles: Torn Between Two Lovers (1979), Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Ronald M. Lautore
- Nicholas MusuracaShared titles: China Sky (1945), The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Musuraca
Producers
- Maurice GeraghtyShared titles: China Sky (1945), The Falcon in Hollywood (1944), The Falcon Out West (1944)See all 3 shared titles with Maurice Geraghty
- Alan LandsburgShared titles: And Baby Makes Six (1979), Torn Between Two Lovers (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Landsburg
- Norman RosemontShared titles: The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975), Miracle on 34th Street (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Norman Rosemont
- Harry KellerShared titles: Texas Across the River (1966), That Funny Feeling (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Harry Keller