| 词条 | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
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| office = President of the Shelburne Museum | term_start = 1960 | term_end = 1977 | predecessor = Electra Havemeyer Webb | successor = | birth_name = James Watson Webb III | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|01|09}} | birth_place = Syosset, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|06|10|1916|01|09}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | education = Groton School | alma_mater = Yale University | occupation = Film editor, philanthropist | parents = James Watson Webb II Electra Havemeyer | relations = See Vanderbilt family }} James Watson Webb III[1] (known as J. Watson Jr.) (January 9, 1916 – June 10, 2000) was an American film editor and heir to both the Havemeyer and Vanderbilt families. Early lifeHe was born in Syosset, New York, to James Watson Webb II of the Vanderbilt family and Electra Havemeyer. His siblings were Electra (1910–1982), Samuel (1912–1988), Lila (1913–1961) and Harry (1922–1975).[2] He attended Groton School and Yale University from which he graduated in 1938.[2] CareerIn 1946 he began work in California as an apprentice film editor at 20th-Century Fox. In 1949, after a meeting with Darryl F. Zanuck, he was promoted to assistant film cutter. He eventually became Zanuck's head film cutter and was involved in the founding of the American Cinema Editors.[2] Webb was the credited editor—as "J. Watson Webb" or "J. Watson Webb Jr."—on 30 films from 1941-52[2] including A Letter to Three Wives, The Razor's Edge with Tyrone Power, Wing and a Prayer, State Fair, With a Song in My Heart, Call Northside 777, Broken Arrow with James Stewart and Cheaper by the Dozen.[2] Also among his credits, along with Three Wives (1949) starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern and Kirk Douglas were The Jackpot (1950) also with Stewart and Don't Bother to Knock (1952) starring Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark and Anne Bancroft. Webb retired from film editing in 1952.[3] Barbara McLean, his boss, promoted Hugh S. Fowler to replace Webb.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} Shelburne MuseumWebb succeeded his mother and served as the president of the Shelburne Museum from 1960 until 1977 and then as chairman of the board of directors until 1996. Watson resigned from the board in a dispute over deaccessioning[3] of an estimated $25-million worth of the museum's Impressionist collection which his mother had given to the museum.[2][4] Webb gave his mother's folk art first purchase, made at the age of 18 in Stamford, Connecticut, prominent display in his California home for decades.[3] Personal lifeHe died in Los Angeles, California, on June 10, 2000.[5] Webb had never married and was survived by three nephews and six nieces.[3] References1. ^{{cite web|title=J Watson Webb III|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=agp4fams&id=I15464|publisher=Rootsweb}} 2. ^[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915997/ "J. Watson Webb Jr."], IMDb. Retrieved 2017-01-09. 3. ^1 2 3 Oliver, Myrna, "J. Watson Webb Jr.; Film Editor Also Oversaw Family's Museum", Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2000. Retrieved 2017-01-09. 4. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Museum's Fortunes Rise at Auction |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/13/arts/museum-s-fortunes-rise-at-auction.html?scp=3&sq=Electra%20Havemayer%20Webb%20museum&st=cse |quote=The museum has been losing money steadily and is said to have had a deficit of more than $300,000 in 1994.... The decision to sell some of its collection followed two years of debate among the museum's directors, which became so contentious that the board chairman, J. Watson Webb ... resigned in January. At the time, Mr. Webb said the museum's plans to sell valuable French Impressionist works given by his mother violated the code of ethics of the American Association of Museums, which forbids the selling of artworks for purposes other than acquiring more art.|work=New York Times |date=November 13, 1996 |accessdate=2010-10-09 }} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=J. Watson Webb, Former Head Of the Shelburne (Vt.) Museum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/14/arts/j-watson-webb-former-head-of-the-shelburne-vt-museum.html?scp=1&sq=Former%20Head%20Of%20the%20Shelburne%20(Vt.)%20Museum&st=cse |quote=|work=New York Times |date=June 14, 2000 |accessdate=2010-10-09 }} Further reading
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