Herbert Kline (March 13, 1909 – 1999) was an American filmmaker.

Biography

Herbert Kline was born on March 13, 1909 in Chicago as Herbert Klein and raised in

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. He edited a theater magazine, staged

Clifford Odets Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withd ...

' plays, and was involved in Leftist organizations. He was blacklisted during the 1950s. He returned to filmmaking in the 1970s. His documentary films and dramas covered the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, Nazi invasion of

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

, Nazi takeover of Europe, Holocaust survivors' journey to

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, a World Series championship in Cleveland, the

Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...

, and a film about modern art. He married Rose Margaret Harvan and after they divorced married

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with whom he had two children, a son and daughter. He wrote the book ''New Theater And Film, 1934–1937''.

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restored and screened two of his World War II era films.

Filmography

*'' Heart of Spain'', documentary about the

made with photographer Géza Kárpáthi *'' Return to Life'', made in collaboration with

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*''

Love Is a Headache ''Love Is a Headache'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Marion Parsonnet, Harry Ruskin and William R. Lipman. The film stars Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy, Mickey Rooney, Frank Jenks and Ralp ...

'' (1938), co-writer *'' Crisis (1939 film)'', a documentary about the

Sudeten Crisis The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy. The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudeten ...

directed by Herbert Kline, Hans Burger, and Alexander Hammid *'' Lights Out in Europe'' (1940), a documentary *''

The Forgotten Village ''The Forgotten Village'' is a 1941 American documentary film—some sources call it an ethnofiction film—directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid. The film was written by John Steinbeck, narrated by Burgess Meredith, and with music by ...

'' (1941), a documentary film (some sources call it an ethnofiction) directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid from

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck ( ; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social percep ...

's writing and screenplay *'' Cinco fueron escogidos'' (Five Were Chosen) (1943), a Mexican film set in Yugoslavia *''

Youth Runs Wild ''Youth Runs Wild'' is a 1944 B movie directed by Mark Robson and starring Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks, Glen Vernon and Vanessa Brown. The plot concerns inattentive parents and juvenile delinquency. The film was produced by ...

'' (1944), co-writer *'' Boogie-Woogie Dream'' (1944), co-director *'' A Boy, a Girl and a Dog'' (1946), director *'' My Father's House'', director, about a Holocaust survivor immigrating to

made with writer Meyer Levin *'' The Kid from Cleveland '' (1949) *''

Illegal Entry (film) ''Illegal Entry'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Frederick De Cordova and starring Howard Duff, Märta Torén and George Brent.. The film and its treatment of illegal entry and unlawful residence in the United States is intro ...

'' (1949), an immigration themed crime drama *'' The Fighter (1952 film)'' director, a film about the Mexican Revolution *'' Walls of Fire'' (1971), about Mexican muralists *'' The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art'' (1974), narrated by Oraon Welles, (nominated for best documentary film at the

47th Academy Awards The 47th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, April 8, 1975, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best films of 1974. The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., an ...

winner) *'' Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio'' (1981) about

Lee Strasberg Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg; November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American acting coach and actor. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed ...

and the ''

Actors Studio The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located on West 44th Street in Hell's Kitchen in New York City. The studio is best known for its work refining and teaching method actin ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kline, Herbert 1909 births 1999 deaths Film people from Chicago Film directors from Iowa