Herman Shumlin

Herman Shumlin

American theatre director and producer (1898-1979)

Herman Shumlin was a prolific Broadway theatrical director and theatrical producer, beginning in 1927 with the play Celebrity and continuing through 1974 with a short run of As You Like It, notably with an all-male cast. He also directed two movies, including Watch on the Rhine (1943), which he had first directed and produced on Broadway in 1941.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 6 films (1937–1945) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1945 Confidential Agent. Herman Shumlin 118 min Color & B&W
1943 Watch on the Rhine Warner Bros Pictures Inc 1:19:00 16mm B&W sound
1943 WATCH ON THE RHINE. Hal Mohr, Herman Shumlin 3300 16mm B&W sound
1937 The Spanish earth Macmillan 54 16mm B&W sound
1937 THE SPANISH EARTH ▶ Contemporary Historians Dos Passos Hellman And MacLeish 1892 16mm B&W sound
1937 The Spanish earth Joris Ivens 52 min B&W