Viola Roehl

Viola Roehl
Born	Viola M. Roehl 1905 (1905) Butte, Montana, USA
Occupation	Film editor
Spouse	James Jefferys
Children	1

Viola Roehl was an American film editor who cut B movies in the early 1930s. ^[1]

Biography

Viola was born to Max Roehl and Myrtle Bonner in Butte, Montana. The family moved west in the early 1920s. According to census records, she was already working as a film cutter by 1930, however she didn't receive her first credit until 1931's Sheer Luck. She married James Jefferys in 1933, and the pair had a son. Her date of death is unknown.

Selected filmography

• Neck and Neck (1931) ^[2]
• Chinatown After Dark (1931) ^{[3] [2]}
• The Sky Spider (1931)
• Sheer Luck (1931) ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Pitts, Michael R. (2015-09-17). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. ISBN   9781476610368.
2. Film Daily; Film Daily (1932). Film Daily Year Book (1932). Media History Digital Library. New York, The Film Daily.
3. Staff, America Film Institute; Afi, American Film; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN   9780520209640.