Mordaunt Hall | |
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| Born | Frederick William Mordaunt Hall November 1, 1878 |
| Died | July 2, 1973 (aged 94) New York City, US |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, critic |
Mordaunt Hall (1 November 1878 – 2 July 1973)[1] was the first regularly assigned motion picture critic for The New York Times, working from October 1924 to September 1934.[2]
His writing style was described in his Times obituary as "chatty, irreverent, and not particularly analytical. […] The interest of other critics in analyzing cinematographic techniques was not for him."[2]
- ^ Social Security Death Index.
- ^ a b "Mordaunt Hall, Wrote of Screen", New York Times, July 4, 1973, p. 18.