Year book of motion pictures (1930)

THE FILH SPECTATOR Edited by JT el ford Beaton NEW YORK POST— ... It is, also, most agreeable to find an Eastern critic who is familiar with the work of Welford Beaton, editor of The Film Spectator. This clever, practical and witty critic has hammered more sense into the heads of motion picture directors and producers than any man of recent years. What the movies have always needed has been honest criticism. And it is to be fervently desired that they will take the work of such .men as Gilbert Seldes and Welford Beaton to heart and make it the subject of prayer and meditation. FANNIE HURST — As a rank layman, I found the little magazine informative in an intimate way that was delightful. But more than that, your contributions were not only distinctive and crammed with a fearless personality, but they were written in a manner to delight the soul of a scribe, one of which fraternity I beg humbly to remain. WASHINGTON, D. C, STAR— Welford Beaton is making himself heard from one end of the land to the other . . . Beaton writes caustic pieces for his magazine, and, while his weekly does not have a large circulation, considerable attention is paid to it from the West Coast Studios to Broadway. THE NEW YORK WORLD— Welford Beaton edits The Film Spectator, an independent and refreshingly plain-spoken weekly in Hollywood. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR The Film Spectator is a reliable and searching West Coast screen publication. TORONTO STAR — No film paper ever came to this desk that raps out so many truths about pictures. LITERARY DIGEST -The Film Spectator, a stimulating journal published in the very heart of Hollywood. THE LONDON, ENGLAND, EVENING NEWS — Welford Beaton, the film city's most inspired and influential critic. THE LONDON, ENGLAND, BIOSCOPE Welford Beaton is the most outstanding and independent film critic in Hollywood. BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS — Beaton always writes vigorously and convincingly. DES MOINES REGISTER— Welford Beaton, publisher and editor of The Film Spectator, a fortnightly magazine of unusual interest to producers, players, exhibitors and theatergoers. It is published in Hollywood and Mr. Beaton knows his subject at first hand ; moreover, he is a frank, purposeful writer as well as a keen and thoughtful observer of everything pertaining to the making of motion pictures. He is a critic of fine judgment, and open minded enough to be well worth listening to on any motion picture subject. BALTIMORE iSUN— Welford Beaton is the editor of that redoubtable and fearlessly frank journal, The Film Spectator. Mr. Beaton has done good service for the films in years past, and has delivered himself at times of valuable, searching studies of various phases of the film industry. MOVING PICTURE DIGEST. Toronto. Canada — Welford Beaton, editor of The Film Spectator, a magazine of particular merit. R. E. SHERWOOD— Welford Beaton is intelligent, courageous and, as a writer, remarkably skillful in the choice and use of his weapons. MIAMI. FLA.. HERALD— One of the clear cst-eyed critics in the country is Welford Beaton. AKRON. OHIO BEACON JOURNAI — Welford Beaton is as keen an observer as writes from Hollywood. ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT— The Film Spectator ... a sort of Bible with the film folk. THE LONDON. ENGLAND. EXPRESS Welford Beaton is America's most discerning motion picture critic. THE ROCHESTER AMERICAN— Welford Beaton is the editor of Hollywood's most critical picture review. The Film Spectator. THE BROOKLYN EAGLE — Mr. Beaton has written extensively — and often scholarly — on the subject of the films. CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER — Welford Beaton, I close, intelligent observer of the movies and editor of The Film Spectator. CINEMIRROR— The Film Spectator . . the most independent of film papers. THE FILM SPECTATOR 6362 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. Subscription Price, $2.50 in the United States; $3.00 Foreign 652