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KERSHNER & KRONES 1949 to 2010 Creativity: Earth & Space

Irvin KershnerCelebration of LifeDirectors Guild of America 10 January 2011

This is a short overview of a 60 year association with Irvin Kershner. I am Bob Krone 1

Irvin Kershner showing Dean Max T. Krone, School of Music, USC his Eric Lachman Ancient Instruments Photography prints, 1949

Lets start with 1949 at the University of Southern California. Kersh here is showing my Father, Dr. Max T. Krone, his photo prints of his Eric Lachman Ancient instrument collection. The book is a collectors item today2 Max and Bee Krone had an Impossible Dream to build a school for Music and the Arts for all ages, all faiths, all cultures , to Build a World in Tune. Irv Kershner helped Build Toward that DreamCharcoal Sketch by Artist Francis de Erdeley, 1950

3That year, 1949, Max and Bee Krone were beginning construction of their Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts in the San Jacinto Mountains west of Palm Springs. Visual artist Francis de Erdeley and photo artists Irvin Kershner were helping him.

Irvin Kershner photograph of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, ISOMATA, First Class, Summer 1950. He joined using a 10-second shutter time.Irvin Kershner, age 27Bob Krone, age 20Founders, Bee & Max Krone

The next Summer, 1950, Kersh was the Photography teacher for the first class of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts. This Kershner photo shows all the teachers, staff and students that launched ISOMATA sixty years ago.4

Irvin Kershner, age 27Bob Krone, age 20

Heres a zoom that is evidence that both Kersh and I had hair in 1950.5

Ballad of Idyllwild Film, Summer 1951 First film of the Idyllwild School of MusicAnd the Arts (ISOMATA) in operation. FOUNDERS: Dr. Max T. Krone & Beatrice Perham (Bee) KroneUniversity of Southern California Dept of Cinema Irvin Kershner, Artistic and Filming Advisor, First ISOMATA Photography Teacher. Kersh and Bob Krone built the first Photo Lab

The next year, 1951 the senior project for my USC Cinematography Degree was directing, shooting and editing the first color sound film of ISOMATA in action. Dad and Bee Krone used it to market the school for the next decade. .. And Kersh was there with his creative ideas.6

2011, Empires of the Deep 2007, Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco 2007, The Eyes of Laura Mars 2005, Terminal Island (2005) 2005, Tell Them Who You Are 1998, Last Temptation of Christ 1998, American Perfekt 1995, Angus 1994, On Deadly Ground 1990, Robocop 2 1989, Traveling Man 1988, Wildfire (1988) 1983, Never Say Never Again 1980, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1977, Raid on Entebbe 1976, The Return of a Man Called Horse 1974, S*P*Y*S 1972, Up the Sandbox 1970, Loving (1970) 1967, The Flim-Flam Man 1966, A Fine Madness 1964, The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) 1963, A Face in the Rain 1961, The Hoodlum Priest 1959, The Young Captives 1958, Stakeout on Dope Street

IRVIN KERSHNER FILMOGRAPHY

Others at this Celebration of life will highlight Kershs twenty-six films between 1958 and 2011. I will limit this brief to the Kershner - Krone story.7

Idyllwild Arts 60th Anniversary, 7 August 2010

Kersh & Paris Deesing,Idyllwild Arts Film StudentKersh & Bob Krone Remembering 1950

Last August 2010, ISOMTA, renamed Idyllwild Arts in 1985, celebrated its 60th Anniversary. Kersh was ill. When I called him to announce that anniversary event he said: I wont miss this one. Here you see Idyllwild Arts Film Student, Paris Deesing with Kersh. And at some point after 1950 we became baldys.8

Award of the Kepler Space University Honorary Doctor of Visual Arts Degree to Irvin Kershner, by Provost Dr. Bob Krone, Beverly Hills, 7 Oct 2010

Kersh was the unanimous choice of the Kepler Space University leadership for award of its first Honorary PhD.9

Dr. Bob Krone, Provost, Kepler Space University

So on 7 October last year we had a commencement just for Kersh at his Beverley Hills home.10

Kershs son, David, who had spent the last three and half years, helping his Dad, was there and made the statement that The Doctor of Visual Arts was perfectly appropriate to capture the life of my Father.11

This means more to me than my films.

Kersh, 7 October 2010

For the nine-minute video of the Presentation ofThe Kepler Space University Honorary PhD inVisual Arts to Irvin Kershner, and his comments,Go to URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RDPWSotss8

And after the formal ceremony, Kersh made the remarkable statement that: This means more to me than my films.12

Kershner CreativityThe KSU Press Release on Kershs Ph.D. Degree in Visual Arts included the announcement that the University is creating a Kershner Creativity course. It will collect from Kershs personal creativity inventory the thinking , imagination, innovation and inspiration that produced his diverse twenty-six films and his photography exhibitions.

Kershs Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back introduced Yoda and remains today the favorite Star Wars Fable. At Kepler Space University we intend to capture Kershs life of creativity with a course to share that creativity for the benefit of artists and of people on Earth or in Space. . 13

19502010Thank You, Kersh

May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You, Kersh1415

Charcoal drawing, The Conductor, by Francis deErdeley for the first brochure, 195015