Mordaunt Hall

Critic, Deceased Person

1878 – 1973

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Who was Mordaunt Hall?

Mordaunt Hall was the first regularly assigned motion picture critic for The New York Times, working from October 1924 to September 1934.

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."

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Born
Nov 1, 1878
Guildford
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Jul 2, 1973
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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