She was nominated for an Academy Award for editing The Rains Came (1939), which was the only time she worked with director Clarence Brown.
He won two Academy Awards for Best Effects, Special Effects (photographic), in 1940 for The Rains Came, and in 1944 for Crash Dive.
He uncharacteristically played a detestable figure in The Rains Came (1939) which became the first film to win an Oscar for special effects.
A title card at the beginning claims that the cartoon is adapted from a book called The Pains Came, but this is merely a joke, a pun off the novel and film The Rains Came.
Claude Rains | The Rains Came | Rob Rains | It Never Rains in Southern California | It Always Rains on Sunday | Gabriel J. Rains | Ethan Rains | Dominic Rains | Before the Rains |
Since 2006, he has presented public screenings, often partnering with sound designer Ben Burtt, demonstrating the art of matte painting and VFX techniques of classic films such as Modern Times, The Rains Came, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Gunga Din.