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Hollis Alpert ([[September 24]], [[1916]] - [[November 18]], [[2007]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[film critic]] and [[author]]. Alpert was best known as the cofounder of the [[National Society of Film Critics]], which he started in his [[New York City]] [[apartment]]. <ref name=bg> {{cite news |first=Valerie J.|last=Nelson|title= Hollis Alpert, at 91; author cofounded film critic society |
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|url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2007/12/07/hollis_alpert_at_91_author_cofounded_film_critic_society/|work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |publisher=[[Boston Globe]] |date=2007-12-07 |accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref> |
|url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2007/12/07/hollis_alpert_at_91_author_cofounded_film_critic_society/|work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |publisher=[[Boston Globe]] |date=2007-12-07 |accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Hollis Alpert was born in [[Herkimer, New York]] |
Hollis Alpert was born in [[Herkimer, New York]] on [[September 24]], [[1916]] to Abram and Myra Alpert. <ref name=lat> {{cite news |first=Valerie J.|last=Nelson|title= Hollis Alpert: Writer co-founded National Society of Film Critics |
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|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-alpert4dec04,1,3272405.story?coll=la-news-obituaries|work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |publisher= |date=2007-12-04 |accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref> Alpert's father, Abram, left the family when he was still very young.<ref name=lat> His mother, Myra, ran a bra and girdle factory.<ref name=lat/> |
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He joined the [[U.S. Army]] during World War II where he worked as a [[military history|combat historian]].<ref name=bg/> He often wrote historical accounts of major World War II battles. He also wrote pieces on the war which appeared in American magazines. <ref name=bg/> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Revision as of 03:42, 11 December 2007
Hollis Alpert (September 24, 1916 - November 18, 2007) was an American film critic and author. Alpert was best known as the cofounder of the National Society of Film Critics, which he started in his New York City apartment. [1]
Early life
Hollis Alpert was born in Herkimer, New York on September 24, 1916 to Abram and Myra Alpert. [2] Alpert's father, Abram, left the family when he was still very young.<ref name=lat> His mother, Myra, ran a bra and girdle factory.[2]
He joined the U.S. Army during World War II where he worked as a combat historian.[1] He often wrote historical accounts of major World War II battles. He also wrote pieces on the war which appeared in American magazines. [1]
Career
Alpert took a job as an assistant fiction editor for the New York Times from 1950 to 1956 following his departure from the Army.[1] He simultaneously worked for a number of other publications at the same time as a freelance film and book reviewer.[1] His freelance work led to his position as a film critic for the Saturday Review.[1] He stayed at the Saturday Review as a reviewer until 1975.[1] Alpert then worked for the American Film Magazine for as an editor for the next six years.[1]
National Society of Film Critics
The National Society of Film Critics was founded in Hollis Alpert's New York City living room in 1966 by a group of film critics who had been denied membership into the New York Film Critics Circle, a group favored by critics who worked in newspapers.[1] Alpert was working for the Saturday Review at the time. The New Yorker film critic, Pauline Kael, was also instrumental in the founding of the society, along with Alpert.[1]
The National Society of Film Critics referred to itself as a "national" group, despite the fact that all of its founding members were from New York, because most of its members wrote for publications with a readers nationwide.[1] Many joined Alpert's new group in order to counteract the influence of then New York Times film critic, Bosley Crowther.[1] There are now over 60 members of the society who write for weekly and daily newspapers, as of 2007.[1]
According to another founding member, Joe Morgenstern, Alpert "was widely seen as a serious, knowledgeable, dedicated film critic. The Saturday Review . . . was a considerable presence on the scene then when movie reviews mattered and were taken seriously as an intellectual matter."[1]
Bibliography of worked authored
Novels
Biographies
Histories
Death
Hollis Alpert died of pneumonia in Naples, Florida, on November 18, 2007.[1] He was 91 years old.[1]
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Nelson, Valerie J. (2007-12-07). "Hollis Alpert, at 91; author cofounded film critic society". Los Angeles Times. Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
- ^ a b Nelson, Valerie J. (2007-12-04). "Hollis Alpert: Writer co-founded National Society of Film Critics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-12-10.