Description based on print version record.

Includes Filmography of Edward Dmytryk.

Titles and definitions -- Who cuts the film? -- Smooth cutting--the ideal -- The cutter begins -- You've got to have a reason -- The action cut--and what makes it work -- Keep it fresh and fast with the overlap -- Trying a little harder -- Cutting dialogue -- The reaction is what really counts -- If you can't make it smooth, make it right -- Knowing your audience -- Dissolves: why, how, and if -- Editing--simple and pure -- More of the same -- Rescuing the actor -- Where it all began--the montage.