David Weisbart

David M. Weisbart (January 21, 1915 - July 21, 1967) was an American film editor and producer

A native of Los Angeles, California, David Weisbart began working in the film industry in 1942 as an editor. Between then an 1951 he was involved with the editing of twenty films during which time he was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing for his work on the 1948 film, Johnny Belinda.

In 1952 Weisbart became the youngest producer under contract for Warner Brothers and that year produced his first film, Mara Maru, starring Errol Flynn and Ruth Roman. In 1955 Weisbart produced the film for which he would be most remembered: the James Dean classic, Rebel Without a Cause. He joined 20th Century Fox in the middle of 1956 and the following year produced Love Me Tender, the first Elvis Presley film. Weisbart would produce three more Presley movies as well as April Love for another teen idol, Pat Boone.

David Weisbart made his last film, Valley of the Dolls in 1967 before passing away at the age of fifty-two in Los Angeles.

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