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'''Film Review''' annual was a UK publication founded in 1944 by English film critic [[F. Maurice Speed]]<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-f-maurice-speed-1197290.html</ref>
'''Film Review''' annual was a UK publication founded in 1944 by English film critic [[F. Maurice Speed]]<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-f-maurice-speed-1197290.html</ref>


Intended as a complete record of the [[year in cinema]], the annual featured a detailed roster of the year's film releases, as well as articles, pictures and an evolving set of regular features, including 'The Year in Cinema', 'Releases of the Year in Pictures', 'Rising Stars', 'Looking Forward', and 'The Year in Disney Land' --perhaps one of the earliest recorded uses of the term, pre-dating the theme park itself by a decade. Contributors included such luminaries as [[Alfred Hitchcock]], [[Bob Hope]], [[Danny Kaye]], [[Rita Hayworth]], [[Michael Powell]], [[Cecil B. DeMille]], [[James Mason]] and [[Walt Disney]].
Intended as a complete record of the [[year in cinema]], the annual featured a detailed roster of the year's film releases, as well as articles, pictures and an evolving set of regular features, including 'The Year in Cinema', 'Releases of the Year in Pictures', 'Rising Stars', 'Looking Forward', and 'The Year in Disney Land' --the use of the term pre-dates the theme park itself by a decade. Contributors included such luminaries as [[Alfred Hitchcock]], [[Audrey Hepburn]], [[Alan Ladd]], [[Betty Grable]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Cecil B. DeMille]], [[Doris Day]], [[James Mason]], [[John Mills]], [[John Wayne]], [[Rita Hayworth]], and [[Walt Disney]]. <ref>"F. Maurice Speed" The Times, September 18th, 1998, p.27.</ref>


In 2015, the [[Cinema Museum (London)]] celebrated the history of the annual and the final published edition. <ref>http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2015/70-years-of-film-review/</ref> After 70 issues of the groundbreaking volume, ''Film Review'' moved to an entirely digital format with ''Film Review Daily'', still thriving today with new reviews added daily.
In 2015, the [[Cinema Museum (London)]] celebrated the history of the annual and the final published edition. <ref>http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2015/70-years-of-film-review/</ref> After 70 issues of the groundbreaking volume, ''Film Review'' moved to an entirely digital format with ''Film Review Daily'', still thriving today with new reviews added daily.

Revision as of 15:46, 8 November 2022

Film Review annual was a UK publication founded in 1944 by English film critic F. Maurice Speed[1]

Intended as a complete record of the year in cinema, the annual featured a detailed roster of the year's film releases, as well as articles, pictures and an evolving set of regular features, including 'The Year in Cinema', 'Releases of the Year in Pictures', 'Rising Stars', 'Looking Forward', and 'The Year in Disney Land' --the use of the term pre-dates the theme park itself by a decade. Contributors included such luminaries as Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, Alan Ladd, Betty Grable, Bing Crosby, Cecil B. DeMille, Doris Day, James Mason, John Mills, John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, and Walt Disney. [2]

In 2015, the Cinema Museum (London) celebrated the history of the annual and the final published edition. [3] After 70 issues of the groundbreaking volume, Film Review moved to an entirely digital format with Film Review Daily, still thriving today with new reviews added daily.

Website: http://www.filmreviewdaily.com/

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