Frank Mazzola (March 7, 1935 – January 13, 2015) was an American actor and film editor.[1]

Frank Mazzola
BornMarch 7, 1935
Los Angeles, California, United States
DiedJanuary 13, 2015
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)Actor, film editor

Career

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Mazzola was born in Los Angeles, California. His father was in movies in the silent era.[2] As a child and young adult, Mazzola worked as an actor.[3] In 1955, he acted in Rebel Without a Cause (among other films) with James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, and Dennis Hopper.[4] He played "Crunch," a minor character, and was one of the last surviving cast members from that film.

In 1966, Mazzola started editing films; he edited Performance (1970 - uncredited), The Hired Hand (1971), Demon Seed (1977), The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984), and Wild Side (1995), among others. He worked with director Donald Cammell on three of his four feature films. Mazzola pioneered the non-linear editing style in Performance[5] and other Cammell films,[6] as well as the lyrical style that is found in The Hired Hand;[3] he also edited the well-received "director's cut" of Wild Side that was released four years after Cammell's 1996 death.[7]

Mazzola died on January 13, 2015, at the age of 79.[8]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Child Extra Uncredited
1942 Always in My Heart Boy Uncredited
1942 Casablanca Moroccan Boy Uncredited
1948 The Boy with Green Hair Boy Uncredited
1953 Torch Song Merle Uncredited
1955 East of Eden Student Uncredited
1955 Rebel Without a Cause Crunch
1956 Hot Blood Gypsy Uncredited
1957 The Way to the Gold Teenager (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ Frank Mazzola at IMDb
  2. ^ "Frank Mazzola". 2024-01-15. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  3. ^ a b Gollner, Adam (December 1, 2000). "Rebel with a Cause. 50s Film Legend Frank Mazzola Still Wants To Rumble". Vice. Vol. 7, no. 8.
  4. ^ "Frank Mazzola Filmography". Fandango.
  5. ^ Smith, Richard Harland (2010). "The Gist". TCM Underground. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15.
  6. ^ Le Cain, Maximilian (December 2002). "Donald Cammell". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  7. ^ Pendreigh, Brian (January 13, 2000). "A cut above". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2013-07-22. Donald Cammell's reputation has soared posthumously. Brian Pendreigh meets Frank Mazzola, the editor who has restored the director's last film
  8. ^ "Frank Mazzola, Film Editor and 'Rebel Without a Cause' Actor, Dies at 79". Variety. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

Further reading

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  • Williams, Linda Ruth (2005). The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 405. ISBN 0253218365. Cammell/Mazzola's is a remarkable film, combining non-linear narrative story-telling with a sophisticated, coded use of colour (fades to blue and red) and a pervasive dreaminess, particularly in the lesbian seduction scenes.