Femme fatale in "The Killers" and Cora (Lana Turner) in "The Postman Always Rings Twice", based on novels by Ernest Hemingway and James M. Cain respectively, manipulate men into killing their husbands. In the Hitchcock film "The Paradine Case" (1947), Alida Valli's character causes the deaths of two men and the near destruction of another. Another frequently cited example is the character Jane played by Lizabeth Scott in "Too Late for Tears" (1949); during her quest to keep some dirty money from its rightful recipient and her husband, she uses poison, lies, sexual teasing and a gun to keep men wrapped around
George White (film editor) George White (film editor) George White (August 20, 1911 – February 15, 1998) first became a Hollywood editor in 1942, spending most of his career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Among his more well known efforts were the war film "Bataan" (1943), Vincente Minnelli’s "The Clock" (1945), Tay Garnett’s steamy version of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946), the epic special effects extravaganza "Green Dolphin Street" (1947), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing, and "Challenge to Lassie" in 1949. The 1950s saw him working on such films as "A Life of Her Own" (1950), "The Naked Spur"