Harold Young (director)

Harold Young (1897–1972) was an American film director, editor, and occasional actor.
Born in Portland, Oregon, Young was active as a film editor from 1923 through 1934, working first on a series of George O'Hara short subjects under the director Malcolm St. Clair.
Young's best-known early directoral assignment is probably The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon, one example of his occasional work in Britain.

As editor:

• Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)
• The Strong Man (1926)
• The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)
• Yellow Lily (1928)
• The Painted Angel (1929)
• Her Private Life (1929)
• Bright Lights (1930)
• Top Speed (1930)
• The Lash (1930)
• Counsel's Opinion (1933)
• The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

As director:

• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
• Too Many Millions (1934)
• Leave It to Blanche (1934)
• Without Regret (1935)
• 52nd Street (1937)
• Newsboys' Home (1938)
• Little Tough Guy (1938)
• Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
• Juke Box Jenny (1942)
• There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
• The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
• Rubber Racketeers (1942)
• Hi'ya, Chum (1943)
• Machine Gun Mama (1944)
• The Frozen Ghost (1945)
• Song of the Sarong (1945)
• The Jungle Captive (1945)