He is best known for his montage work ( see montage sequence ) on Hollywood movies such as '' Crime Without Passion '' ( 1934 ) , '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde '' ( 1941 ) , '' Viva Villa ! '' ( 1934 ) , '' David Copperfield '' ( 1935 ) , '' The Good Earth '' ( 1937 ) , and '' Mr. Smith Goes to Washington '' ( 1939 ) . Vorkapich used kinetic editing , lap dissolves , tracking shots , creative graphics and optical effects for his montage sequences for such features as '' Manhattan Melodrama '' ( 1934 ) , '' Maytime '' , '' The Firefly '' ( both 1937 ) , and '' Meet John Doe '' ( 1941 ) . He created , shot , and edited these kinesthetic montages for features at Universal Pictures , MGM , RKO , and Paramount . He directed a short documentary movie for RKO , '' Private Smith of the U.S.A. '' , that was nominated for an Academy Award
Academy Award
15th Academy Awards
Slavko Vorkapić