Al Hine (1915–1974) was a reporter, novelist, and movie producer who wrote numerous books including ''

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'', which was made into a movie starring

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and

Roddy McDowall Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 4 October 1998) was a British actor, photographer and film director. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1 ...

, and pop novels based on the ''

Bewitched ''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typic ...

'' TV series and the Beatles' movie ''Help!''.

Personal

In 1950, Hine married

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author

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, with whom he often collaborated on writing projects.

Writing career

During World War II, Hine wrote for ''

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'' magazine as a staff correspondent from July 1943 to December 1945. He developed a wry, smooth writing style filled with sexual innuendo that later served him well in crafting popular novels. For example, in the July 7, 1944, issue of ''Yank'' Hine wrote about a lucky fighting cock in "Yanks at Home Abroad": :Persian Field Command – Army pets range from the auk to the zebra, but a trucking station in northern Iran proudly claims a simple barnyard fowl as its mascot. The rooster, a medium-sized Mediterranean Red, doesn’t even have a name as yet, but if you believe its owner, T-5 Wallace Grube of New York, N.Y., it is potentially the best fighting cock in the history of the sport. :The Red, a well-fed fowl with an iridescent feathered neck that sparkles like the rainbow, has one of the finest harems in the Moslem Middle East. He struts about the yard daily, the idol of six curvesome hens and the envy of his GI masters. Hine and his wife,

, coauthored the children's book ''Is There a Mouse in the House?'' (Macmillan, 1965). Under the name "G. B. Kirtland" they wrote ''One Day in Ancient Rome'' (Harcourt, 1961), ''One Day in Elizabethan England'' (Harcourt, 1962), and ''One Day in Aztec Mexico'' (Harcourt, 1963). Hine's novel ''Lord Love a Duck'' (Atheneum: 1961) told the story of Alan Musgrave, a confident high school student skilled at karate and hypnosis who calls himself 'Mollymauk' after a rare bird. When Musgrave meets attractive Barbara Ann Greene, he uses his talents to help her get what she wants in life. The novel was made into an award-winning comedy

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in 1966 starring

and

Roddy McDowell Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 4 October 1998) was a British actor, photographer and film director. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1 ...

. His novel ''Bewitched'' (1965: Dell Publishing) adapted several first season teleplays of the popular TV series by the same name. According to the publisher, "They were young, married, and doing what comes supernaturally!" Hine wrote an original novel based on ''I Dream of Jeannie'' (1966: Pocket Books) under the pseudonym "Dennis Brewster". According to the back cover's blurb, "Viewers who have roared at the astronautical antics of Captain Nelson and his sprightly imp, Jeannie, can now read this madcap, laugh-filled adventure of that wacky twosome from blast-off to landing." This is a highly sought-after and rare novel, as its publisher

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had not properly optioned rights to the series (there is neither network nor studio indicia on the book or its copyright page, nor is the show’s creator,

Sidney Sheldon Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer ...

, credited), which led to legal action and the book being quickly pulled from the shelves. Hine was a frequent contributor to magazines such as '' The Saturday Review'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the ''

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''. He also dabbled in film and was listed as an executive producer of the movie ''

Lord of the Flies ''Lord of the Flies'' is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. Themes i ...

''.

Partial bibliography

*''An Unfound Door'', original novel (hardcover:

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, 1951; paperback:

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, 1952) *''The Birthday Boy'', original novel (hardcover:

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, 1959; paperback title: ''View from the Top'',

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, 1962) *''D-Day: The Invasion of Europe'' (American Heritage Publishing: 1961) *''View from the Top'', re-titled paperback reissue of ''The Birthday Boy'' (

, 1962) *''

'', original novel, basis of the film (hardcover: Atheneum: 1961; paperback title: ''The Innocent Infidels'',

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, 1963) *''The Innocent Infidels'', re-titled paperback reissue of ''

'' (

, 1963) * ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'', novelization of the screenplay by

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(

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: 1964), based on the Broadway musical: music and lyrics by

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, book by Richard Morris *''This Land Is Mine: An Anthology of American Verse'' (1965) *''

'', novelization of seven teleplays from the television series (

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, 1965) *''The Beatles in

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'', novelization of the screenplay by

Marc Behm Marc Behm (12 January 1925 in Trenton, New Jersey – 12 July 2007 in Fort-Mahon-Plage, France) was an American novelist, actor, and screenwriter, who lived as an expatriate in France. Behm wrote the script for The Beatles' ''Help!'' (1965) and ...

and Charles Wood (Dell: 1965) *''

Bus Riley's Back in Town ''Bus Riley's Back in Town'' is a 1965 American drama film written by William Inge, directed by Harvey Hart, and starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks. Inge was very unhappy with changes made to his script and had his name removed from the cre ...

'', novelization of the screenplay by

William Inge William Motter Inge (; May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. In the early 1950s he had a string of memorable Broad ...

(Popular Library, 1965) *''

I Dream of Jeannie ''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marrie ...

'' as "Dennis Brewster"; an original novel based on the TV series (Pocket Books, 1966) * ''

Promise Her Anything ''Promise Her Anything'' is a 1965 British-American romantic comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron. The screenplay by William Peter Blatty is based on a story by Arne Sultan and Marvin Worth. The supp ...

'' as "Bradford Street"; novelization of the screenplay by

William Peter Blatty William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel, ''The Exorcist'', and for his 1974 screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name. Blatty won ...

(Dell, 1966) * ''

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'' as "Bradford Street"; novelization of the screenplay by

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(Dell, 1966) *''

In Like Flint ''In Like Flint'' is a 1967 American Spy-Fi (subgenre), spy fi comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas (director), Gordon Douglas, the sequel to the parody spy film ''Our Man Flint'' (1966). It posits an international feminist Cabal, conspiracy ...

'' as "Bradford Street"; novelization of the screenplay by Hal Fimberg (Dell: 1967), the follow-up to ''

Our Man Flint ''Our Man Flint'' is a 1966 American spy-fi comedy film that parodies the ''James Bond'' film series. The film was directed by Daniel Mann, written by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr (from a story by Hal Fimberg), and starred James Coburn as master ...

'' (novelized by Jack Pearl) *'' Primus'' as "Bradford Street"; an original novel based on the syndicated

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TV series (Bantam, 1971) *''Signs and Portents'', paperback original novel, (

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, 1973) *'' Our Agent in Rome is Missing'', no author attribution, a

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novel (

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, 1973) *'' Massacre in Milan'', no author attribution, a

novel (

, 1974) * ''For Pete's Sake'', novelization of the screenplay by

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and

Stanley Shapiro Stanley Shapiro (July 16, 1925 – July 21, 1990) was an American screenwriter and producer responsible for three of Doris Day's most successful films. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Shapiro earned his first screen credit for ''South Sea Woman' ...

(

, 1974) * ''Juggernaut'', novelization of the screenplay by "Richard DeKoker" (

Richard Alan Simmons Richard Alan Simmons (October 11, 1924 – November 13, 2004) was a Canadian-American screenwriter. Simmons was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. After the war, he graduated from the ...

) and possibly

Alan Plater Alan Frederick Plater (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. Career Plater was born in Jarrow, County Durham, although his fami ...

(unattributed) (Bantam, 1974). Plater rewrote Simmons' script with director

Richard Lester Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for directing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and ''Help!'' (1965), and the superhero films ''S ...

(uncredited), causing an unhappy Simmons to take a pseudonymous screenwriting credit. Since Plater is not cited on the novel, Hine may have worked from an earlier draft by Simmons alone. *''Liberty Belle'', paperback original novel (

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, 1975) *'' Brother Owl'', a fictional memoir of the Mohawk chief Joseph Brant (1980)

References

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