John Clein
{{Short description|Filmmaker}}
John Clein (1907–?) was an American film producer and film director, he was active in the United States and Britain. He produced and directed the 1939 film Keep Punching, whose cast was entirely composed of African-Americans; Clein himself was light-skinned.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R05_AgAAQBAJ&q=john+clein+film+producer&pg=PT52|title=Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts|first=Susan|last=Hayward|date=April 18, 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134208913|via=Google Books}}
Biography
Clein was born in 1907 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|title=John Clein|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd542fc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317223545/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd542fc|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 17, 2020|website=British Film Institute (BFI)}}
He received plaudits for his casting efforts.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsZYAAAAMAAJ&q=john+clein+producer|title=New York Theatre Critics' Reviews|date=November 20, 1946|publisher=Critics' Theatre Reviews, Incorporated|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|last=Chapman|first=John|date=May 16, 1946|title=Psychiatry, Pianists, and Poison Make 'Swan Song' Mild Thriller|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/444128063/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=Daily News (New York City)|page=609|language=en}} Clein made headlines in 1948 when he was kidnapped and forced to sign a contract for a dancer and an extra.{{Cite news|date=1948-09-14|title=Producer Says Dancer, Extra Kidnapped Him to Get Contract|pages=2|work=The Evening News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82682453/producer-says-dancer-extra-kidnapped/|access-date=2021-08-02}}{{Cite web|date=September 17, 1948|title=Pair Must Stand Trial in Kidnapping|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380903130/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=Los Angeles Times|page=7|language=en}}
Filmography
=Director=
=Producer=
- Hearts of Humanity (1932)
- Two Hearts in Harmony (1935)
- The Mill on the Floss (1936){{Cite web|date=October 26, 1939|title=New Films: "The Mill on the Floss"|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/431858415/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Boston Globe|page=12|language=en}}
- Keep Punching (1939)
- Passport to Shame (1958)
- Dr. Crippen (1962){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6wgPAQAAIAAJ&q=john+clein+film+producer|title=The Film Daily: The Daily Newspaper of Motion Pictures|date=May 2, 1964|publisher=Wid's Films and Film Folk Incorporated|via=Google Books}}
=Other roles=
- Before I Wake, a.k.a. Shadow of Fear (1956) – credited as "Liaison"
Theater
- Devils Galore (1945){{Cite web|date=March 24, 1945|title=Lockhart to Play in 'Devils Galore'; John Clein Production Will Begin Rehearsals Monday --Sophie Tucker Signed Mr. Coward's Plans If Five Years Pass"|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/03/24/archives/lockhart-to-play-in-devils-galore-john-clein-production-will-begin.html|website=The New York Times|via=NYTimes.com}}
- Swan Song (1946), producer, released as Broadway theatre at Booth Theatre{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVcZAQAAIAAJ&q=swan+song+1946+john+clein|title=John Willis' Theatre World|date=November 30, 1945|publisher=Crown Publishers.|via=Google Books}}
References
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External links
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