József Szilas (born 1910) was a Hungarian film editor.https://port.hu/adatlap/szemely/szilas-jozsef/person-132821Hagener, Malte & Hans p.210 He was active as an editor during the 1930s, working on films from a range of genres but particularly comedies. However, of Jewish heritage, the new anti-Jewish Laws prevented him from working in the cinema. His date of death is unknown, but he likely died while working as a forced labourer during the Holocaust.
Selected filmography The Rakoczi March (1933) Emmy (1934) Romance of Ida (1934) Purple Lilacs (1934) Address Unknown (1935) Villa for Sale (1935) It Was Me (1936) Be True Until Death (1936) Sensation (1936) The Golden Man (1936) A Girl Sets Out (1936) Help, I'm an Heiress (1937) Tokay Rhapsody (1937) My Daughter Is Different (1937) I May See Her Once a Week (1937) Number 111 (1938) Süt a nap (1939)
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Bibliography Hagener, Malte & Hans, Jan. Als die Filme singen lernten: Innovation und Tradition im Musikfilm, 1928-1938. 1999.
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