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Edward F. Cline
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Director, Screenwriter Born: November 7, 1892 in Kenosha, WI Death: May 22, 1961 in Hollywood, CA Biography:Entering films as one of Mack Sennett's Keystone Cops in 1913, Cline began assisting Sennett and by 1916 was directing shorts at Keystone. In the early '20s he co-wrote and co-directed seventeen of "Buster Keaton"'s shorts, including such classics as "The Playhouse", "The Boat", and "Cops", as well as Keaton's first feature, the Intolerance-parody "The Three Ages". Later in the decade he was reunited with Sennett when he directed two-reelers for such comics as "Ben Turpin" and "Carole Lombard". In 1932 Cline directed "W.C. Fields" in the memorable satire "Million Dollar Legs" and became one of the few directors whom the irascible comedian could tolerate. Called in to helm most of Fields' scenes in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" (signed by "George Marshall"), Cline went on to direct the classic features that capped Fields' career in the early '40s: "My Little Chickadee" (co-starring "Mae... Full Biography
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