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Robert Parrish

American film director (1916–1995)

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Born
January 4, 1916
Died
December 4, 1995
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1916

About Robert Parrish

Robert Reese Parrish was an American film editor, director, and former child actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Body and Soul (1947). As a young actor, Parrish was encouraged by John Ford to work behind the scenes, and first gained experience as an editing apprentice on The Informer. Parrish discovered that a "montage approach" was much more effective, with arbitrary cuts made a set time before and after each important action.

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The world when Robert Parrish was born

Robert Parrish was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert Parrish's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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