Dann Cahn
| Dann Cahn | |
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| Born |
Daniel Cahn April 9, 1923 Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States |
| Died | November 21, 2012 (aged 89) West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California |
| Resting place |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Coordinates: 34°08′42″N 118°19′12″W / 34.145°N 118.320°W |
| Other names | Dann Cahn Sr. |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Spouse(s) | Judy Cahn (née Baker; 1953–2010; her death) |
| Children | 2 |
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Dann Cahn (April 9, 1923 – November 21, 2012) was an American film editor who received the Career Achievement Award from the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Cahn was best known as the head editor of the TV series, I Love Lucy and for his work as the head of post-production of comedian Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Desilu Playhouse. Cahn would also go on to edit several more movies and TV series such as The Beverly Hillbillies. Cahn worked with Orson Welles, Russ Meyer and others.
Cahn was born and raised in Hollywood, California. His parents were Philip and Gertrude Cahn. Some members of the Cahn family were already in the film business at the time Danny Cahn was born. His family (his grandparents and his father, a baby at the time) had migrated from Poland and Russia to Philadelphia, before settling in New York on the lower east side of Manhattan.
The Cahn family would later move to Hollywood, where his uncle Edward L. "Eddy" Cahn had managed to join the film business in 1913. Eddy Cahn worked first as a prop man and then later moved up to become one of the top film editors at Universal Studios.
Dann Cahn's father, Philip Cahn, tried ranching in North Hollywood on a 2-acre (8,100 m2) piece of property that he bought with proceeds he had saved and money earned from his wife Gertrude's dress shop ("Gertrude's" on Hollywood Boulevard). The ranch property was located at the junction of Vineland and Aqua Vista in North Hollywood next to the Los Angeles River. His father purchased 2,500 baby chicks. But one night the electricity gave out and the incubators went cold. The baby chicks didn't make it. Soon after, Philip Cahn would also join his brother in the film business as a film editor. Dann Cahn's father Philip edited Imitation of Life with Claudette Colbert.
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