Hollywood Thrill Makers is a 1954 American action film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring James Gleason , William Henry and Diana Darrin . It was distributed by Lippert Pictures . It is also known as Hollywood Stuntmen . It follows the lives of several Hollywood stuntmen .
6-708: The Monthly Film Bulletin called it an "Ineptly made, hashed up affair." The Los Angeles Times said "If you're interested in the antics of Hollywood stunt men, this one might interest you - but not much." This article about an action film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Monthly Film Bulletin The Monthly Film Bulletin was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with Sight & Sound . It reviewed all films on release in
12-466: A lengthy defence in 1981 of Glen or Glenda . Another change was that all reviews had a byline – up to September 1968, only the reviews of films considered more significant by the BFI had a partial byline of initials only (so Tom Milne would be "T.M."). From January 1971, all films were listed in alphabetical order, mainly because a new wave of critics who were influencing the magazine had already overturned
18-467: A monthly publication and took up The Monthly Film Bulletin' s remit to review all films released in the UK. The Monthly Film Bulletin was originally published to allow UK cinema managers to decide what films to show, hence the complete cast and production lists, full plot followed by a thorough critique. Only films that had been registered with the UK government trade authority were covered each month. During
24-489: The United Kingdom, including those with a narrow arthouse release. The Monthly Film Bulletin was edited in the mid-1950s by David Robinson , in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Peter John Dyer, and then by Tom Milne . By the end of the 1960s, when the character and tone of its reviews changed considerably with the arrival of a new generation of critics influenced by the student culture and intellectual tumult of
30-481: The time (not least the overthrow of old ideas of "taste" and quality), David Wilson was the editor. It was then edited by Jan Dawson (1938 – 1980), for two years from 1971, and from 1973 until its demise by the New Zealand-born critic Richard Combs. In 1991, The Monthly Film Bulletin was merged with Sight & Sound , which had until then been published quarterly. Sight & Sound then became
36-569: The years of full supporting programmes, The Monthly Film Bulletin printed long lists of B-features and short films with brief capsule reviews; by the 1970s, the tone and style of its reviews had changed considerably, and was increasingly influenced in some cases by the auteur theory and Marxist-influenced film theory, though some more traditional critics such as John Gillett remained, and others such as David McGillivray and Paul Taylor took exploitation movies more seriously than had previously been considered acceptable, while Steve Jenkins wrote
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