Rotha, Paul (1907-1984), Cineasta inglês:Contact (1932);
The Fourth Estate (1940);
No Resting Place (1951).
If Paul Rotha was going to be fired, he was going to be fired by the best. In the early years of his career, while working as an assistant designer for Hitchcock, Rotha published a scathing article on the stagnation of British film. The future master of suspense was not impressed. Hitchcock canned Rotha -- however, this proved a stroke of luck for the young critic. Rotha followed up his article with "The Film Till Now," a comprehensive history of world film that established him as an important voice in early cinematic study.
