Journalism (1940)

★★★★★ · Time Warp Film · largemarhge · 2020-01-18

these films make you realize how life has changed in the 21st century but highlight areas where progress has been painfully slow. as much as it stings one's ear when the narrator matter of factly discriminates against women, this was made in 1940. also realize that the first year women competed in the long jump for skiing was not until the 2014 olympics. for its time, this film was relevant and had good production value, especially since film reels were the only way people could see news-hard to imagine living in that era

★★★★ · Start The Presses! · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-11-24

Excellent, crisply-paced overview of the newspaper business in 1940. The technology has changed so much (and reporters don't wear fedoras any more) that this is pretty much a museum piece. In 1940, and for some time thereafter, newspapering was pretty much a male preserve. It was also very social. Newspapermen smoked cigars together, gambled at the track together, went to the Press Club together and drank an awful lot together. Eventually, times changed. Even in the early '80s, I remember the huge controversy when a radio network assigned a woman to cover sports, which meant going into the…