On Dec. 9, 1948, Paramount released the 88-minute Alan Ladd Western Whispering Smith. The Hollywood Reporter's original review, headlined "'Whispering' First-Rate Western Railroad Saga - Film Teeming With Realism, Activity," is below:
It has been a long time since Western filmmakers tossed together a story of old railroading, and the fact that Whispering Smith takes up this neglected bit of subject matter is but one provocative element of a first-rate drama of the plains.
The presentation of associate producer Mel Epstein not only gives the film a full quota of elegant action but offers a feast for ...
It has been a long time since Western filmmakers tossed together a story of old railroading, and the fact that Whispering Smith takes up this neglected bit of subject matter is but one provocative element of a first-rate drama of the plains.
The presentation of associate producer Mel Epstein not only gives the film a full quota of elegant action but offers a feast for ...
- 12/9/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Film producer and screenwriter Anthony Hinds has died at the age of 91. Hinds was the son of Anthony Frank Hinds, who co-founded Hammer Films in 1934 with Enrique Carreras. (“Will Hammer” had been the elder Hinds’ stage name when he performed as a music hall comedian.) In the late 1940s, Anthony Hinds took over creative control of production, while Carreras’ son James assumed the post of managing director. For half a dozen years, they were content to turn out modest English thrillers with such titles as Who Killed Van Loon? (1946), What The Butler Saw (1950), and Whispering Smith ...
- 10/21/2013
- avclub.com
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