Herbert Kline

'Herbert Kline' (qv) was a former editor of the magazine "New Theatre" and in the 1930s become involved with the New York Film and Photo League, where he was trained as a documentary director. He was one of the first Americans to arrive in Spain in the 1930s during that country's civil war, and filmed the documentary _Heart of Spain (1937)_ (qv) about it. He continued making documentaries, and occasionally contributing stories or screenplays to Hollywood, until he turned to directing features in the late 1940s. Although his film _The Fighter (1952)_ (qv) was critically acclaimed, his feature output was not generally successful, and it is as a documentary filmmaker that he is best known.::frankfob2@yahoo.com