Irene Morra

Irene Morra (July 31, 1893 – November 25, 1978) was an American film editor who had a 30-year career in Hollywood beginning during the silent era. She cut a number of films by director David Butler.

Biography Irene was born to Francesco Morra and Louise Pederson; she was of Italian and Swedish ancestry. She and her younger sister, Eleanore, grew up primarily in Manhattan before moving to Los Angeles, where she began working in the film industry right out of high school.

She got a job working as a film editor while still in her teens, first with D.W. Griffith and later at Pathe, First National, MGM, Fox, and Warner Brothers. Eleanore worked as an assistant editor on many of these projects, especially during the 1930s. Irene played a prominent role in establishing the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Road to Morocco (1942) The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) Playmates (1941) Caught in the Draft (1941) You'll Find Out (1940) If I Had My Way (1940) That's Right—You're Wrong (1939) East Side of Heaven (1939) Kentucky (1938) Straight Place and Show (1938) Kentucky Moonshine (1938) Change of Heart (1938) Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) Cafe Metropole (1937) Love Is News (1937) Pigskin Parade (1936) White Fang (1936) Captain January (1936) The Littlest Rebel (1935) Here's to Romance (1935) Doubting Thomas (1935) Bottoms Up (1934) My Weakness (1933) Hold Me Tight (1933) Adorable (1933) Cheaters at Play (1932) Delicious (1931) A Connecticut Yankee (1931) Just Imagine (1930) Common Clay (1930) High Society Blues (1930) Harmony at Home (1930) Sunnyside Up (1929) Prep and Pep (1928) Win That Girl (1928) News Parade (1928) The Phantom of the Forest (1926) One of the Bravest (1925) The Rag Man (1925) Little Robinson Crusoe (1924) A Boy of Flanders (1924) Circus Days (1923) Daddy (1923) Oliver Twist (1922) Trouble (1922) My Boy (1921)