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David Hertz(1905-1948)

  • Writer
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David Hertz was born on 16 April 1905 in Selma, Alabama, USA. He was a writer, known for Love Crazy (1941), History Is Made at Night (1937) and Pilot #5 (1943). He was married to Margaret K. Reid. He died on 5 May 1948 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornApril 16, 1905
DiedMay 5, 1948(43)
BornApril 16, 1905
DiedMay 5, 1948(43)
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Known for

Myrna Loy and William Powell in Love Crazy (1941)
Love Crazy
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1941
History Is Made at Night (1937)
History Is Made at Night
7.3
  • Writer
  • 1937
Gene Kelly, Marsha Hunt, and Franchot Tone in Pilot #5 (1943)
Pilot #5
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1943
Lana Turner and John Hodiak in Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
Marriage Is a Private Affair
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1944

Credits

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Writer

  • Richard Widmark, Celeste Holm, Ida Lupino, and Cornel Wilde in Road House (1948)
    Road House
    7.2
    • contract writer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, and Joan Crawford in Daisy Kenyon (1947)
    Daisy Kenyon
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • 1947
  • Lana Turner and John Hodiak in Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
    Marriage Is a Private Affair
    5.9
    • screen play by
    • 1944
  • Gene Kelly, Marsha Hunt, and Franchot Tone in Pilot #5 (1943)
    Pilot #5
    6.1
    • original story and screenplay
    • 1943
  • Robert Young, Laraine Day, and Margaret O'Brien in Journey for Margaret (1942)
    Journey for Margaret
    7.3
    • screen play
    • 1942
  • Myrna Loy and William Powell in Love Crazy (1941)
    Love Crazy
    7.4
    • screenplay
    • original story
    • 1941
  • Blackmail (1939)
    Blackmail
    6.7
    • screen play
    • 1939
  • Virginia Bruce and Walter Pidgeon in Stronger Than Desire (1939)
    Stronger Than Desire
    6.5
    • screen play
    • 1939
  • Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
    Three Loves Has Nancy
    6.5
    • writer
    • 1938
  • Henry Fonda and Joan Bennett in I Met My Love Again (1938)
    I Met My Love Again
    5.6
    • writer
    • 1938
  • Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, and Charles Winninger in Woman Chases Man (1937)
    Woman Chases Man
    6.5
    • screen play
    • 1937
  • History Is Made at Night (1937)
    History Is Made at Night
    7.3
    • additional dialogue
    • 1937
  • Merle Oberon in Beloved Enemy (1936)
    Beloved Enemy
    6.4
    • additional dialogue
    • 1936
  • Robert Taylor, Irene Dunne, Charles Butterworth, Betty Furness, and Ralph Morgan in Magnificent Obsession (1935)
    Magnificent Obsession
    6.8
    • contributing writer (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Marlene Dietrich in The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
    The Devil Is a Woman
    6.9
    • contributor to treatment (uncredited)
    • 1935

Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • April 16, 1905
    • Selma, Alabama, USA
  • Died
    • May 5, 1948
    • Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Margaret K. ReidJanuary 13, 1932 - ? (divorced, 1 child)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Died when the monoplane he was piloting lost power and crashed into the Pacific Ocean seventeen minutes after he had taken off from Clover Field (now Santa Monica Airport).

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