Good Neighbors (1944)

★★★ · Paper turns to Pompery · Spuzz · 2003-06-29

What promised to be a fasicnating overview of how Newspapers are made ends up a Newspaper-hag film. We start by showing us a great overview of Minnesota (The Butter State! The Iron State!). Such a magnificent state needs a good newspaper. And that is of course, the Minneapolis Star-Journal. Then the fun starts as we get a AWESDOME overview of how the paper is put together, from writing, showing, in a neat demonstration, how wire photos are recieved, putting type in, to finally, printing the paper. The whole oddyssey is amazingly entertaining and informtive of newspaper processes of…

★★★ · No One Shouts "Extry!" Here · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-08-11

Newspapers are written by "neighbours," the way this puff piece for the owner of two Minneapolis dailies puts it. "Hello, neighbours!" is how columnist Cedric Adams addresses his audience, as he outlines how a newspaper is made, starting at the editorial desk. In fact, the first couple of minutes of this film is taken up repeating how gosh-darn-nice Minnesotans are, as we see footage of cows. Adams stresses how fast and accurate the newspapers are. "We believe that a newspaper should express its own views courageously," says Adams. It's clear he's referring to the op/ed section of the paper…