Hal C. Kern(1894-1985)

Editor
Editorial Department
Additional Crew

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Hal C. Kern was born on 14 July 1894 in Anaconda, Montana, USA. He was an editor, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940) and Spellbound (1945). He died on 24 February 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Known for

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

Gone with the Wind

8.2

Editorial Department

1939

Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)

8.1

Editorial Department

1940

Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in Spellbound (1945)

7.5

Editorial Department

1945

Shirley Temple, Claudette Colbert, Joseph Cotten, and Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away (1944)

Since You Went Away

7.5

Editor

1944

Credits

Editor

Since You Went Away
7.5
- supervising film editor
- 1944
The Young in Heart
7.3
- Editor
- 1938
The Garden of Allah
5.8
- Editor
- 1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy
7.3
- Editor
- 1936
Night Flight
6.2
- Editor
- 1933
Hell Below
6.6
- film editor
- 1933
Corsair
5.7
- Editor (edited by)
- 1931
Indiscreet
6.2
- Editor
- 1931
Reaching for the Moon
5.4
- Editor
- 1930
The Bat Whispers
6.3
- Editor (uncredited)
- 1930
Puttin' on the Ritz
5.6
- Editor (edited by)
- 1930
New York Nights
5.5
- Editor
- 1929
The Locked Door
6.0
- Editor
- 1929
Alibi
5.7
- Editor (as Hal Kern, edited by)
- 1929
The Woman Disputed
7.1
- Editor (as Hal Kern)
- 1928

Editorial Department

The Paradine Case
6.5
- supervising film editor
- 1947
Duel in the Sun
6.7
- supervising film editor
- 1946
Spellbound
7.5
- supervising editor
- 1945
I'll Be Seeing You
7.1
- supervising film editor
- 1944
Stage Door Canteen
6.2
- supervising editor (as Hal Kern)
- 1943
Tarzan Triumphs
6.2
- supervising editor (as Hal Kern)
- 1943
Rebecca
8.1
- supervising film editor
- 1940
Gone with the Wind
8.2
- supervising film editor
- 1939
Intermezzo
6.6
- supervising film editor
- 1939
Made for Each Other
6.2
- supervising film editor
- 1939
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7.0
- supervising film editor
- 1938
Nothing Sacred
6.8
- supervising film editor
- 1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
7.6
- supervising film editor
- 1937
A Star Is Born
7.3
- supervising film editor
- 1937
The Lottery Bride
5.1
- editorial advisor
- 1930

Additional Crew

A New Kind of Love
5.7
- assistant to producer
- 1963
On the Double
6.4
- production assistant
- 1961
Li'l Abner
6.7
- assistant to producer
- 1959
The Five Pennies
7.1
- production assistant
- 1959
The Trap
6.6
- assistant to producer
- 1959
Houseboat
6.6
- production associate
- 1958
That Certain Feeling
6.3
- assistant to the producers
- 1956
The Court Jester
7.8
- assistant to the producers
- 1955
The Seven Little Foys
6.7
- production associate
- 1955
Knock on Wood
6.7
- assistant to the producers
- 1954
The Bat
6.5
- assistant on production
- 1926

Personal details

Alternative name
- Hal Kern
Born
- July 14, 1894
- Anaconda, Montana, USA
Died
- February 24, 1985
- Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

Trivia
Distinguished film editor. Began in films with Thomas Ince. Worked on The Toll of the Sea (1922), the first dual colour Technicolor feature. At MGM (1933-34), supervising editor for David O. Selznick (1935-47). Co-recipient of an Academy Award for Gone with the Wind (1939). Later at Paramount (1961-63).

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