Benjamin H. Kline
Benjamin H. Kline (1894-1974) was an American cinematographer and film director.
Kline was born in Birmingham, Alabama and started his career as a cinematographer in 1920 with Universal Pictures' Red Lane. Over his career he shot about 350 films and television shows, a number that includes many serials and a large number of Three Stooges short subjects for Columbia Pictures. He worked up through about 1972. His son Richard H. Kline is also a noted cinematographer. Kline also directed eight films during the period of 1931-1945.[1]
Filmography as director
Kline directed seven films, one Rin Tin Tin serial and six westerns:
- The Lightning Warrior (1931)
- Cowboy in the Clouds (1943)
- Sundown Valley (1944)
- Cowboy from Lonesome River (1944)
- Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1944)
- Saddle Leather Law (1944)
- Sagebrush Heroes (1945)
Sources also suggest that Kline replaced B. Reeves Eason as uncredited director of the The Galloping Ghost serial in 1931.
Filmography as cinematographer
Kline's films as cinematographer include:
- Hitchin' Posts (1920) with director John Ford
- Sky High (1922)
- Peacock Alley (1930)
- Texas Cyclone (1932)
- The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) serial
- Mandrake the Magician (1939) serial
- Overland with Kit Carson (1939) serial
- Flying G-Men (1939) serial
- Before I Hang (1940)
- The Lone Prairie (1942)
- Detour (1945)
- Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
- Shoot to Kill (1947)
- Half Past Midnight (1948)
- Tough Assignment (1949)
- Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God (1949)
- Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
References
- ↑ Reid, John Howard (31 October 2006). Great Hollywood Westerns: Classic Pictures, Must-See Movies and 'b' Films. Lulu.com. pp. 137–. ISBN 978-1-4303-0968-0. Retrieved 25 November 2012.