Mordaunt Hall
American film critic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Born | Frederick William Mordaunt Hall (1878-11-01)November 1, 1878 |
Died | July 2, 1973(1973-07-02) (aged 94) New York City, US |
Occupation(s) | Writer, critic |
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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]