Helmut Dantine "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), playing a downed German pilot captured by the title character (played by Greer Garson). This film was a huge hit and Dantine received much positive attention. In August 1942 Warners signed him to a new contract. The studio kept him busy in war films: "The Pied Piper" (1942); "Desperate Journey" (1942), fighting Errol Flynn; and "The Navy Comes Through" (1942). He had a sympathetic role in "Casablanca" (1942), as the young refugee trying to earn money for a visa via gambling who is helped by Humphrey Bogart. Warners begin to give Dantine more sizeable roles in "A"
Harold F. Kress also became a film editor. After suffering from cancer for a number of years, Kress died in Palm Desert, California on September 18, 1999 at the age of 86. Kress was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1941), "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), and "The Yearling" (1947). Kress won his first Academy Award for "How the West Was Won" (1962). He was nominated again for "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), and would win again for the 1974 action film "The Towering Inferno" with son Carl Kress. Only a handful of editors have received more