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George William Campbell Dixon (10 December 1895, Ouse, Tasmania – 25 May 1960, London) was an Australian and British journalist, publicist and playwright. He was an employee of the Hobart newspaper The Mercury, Melbourne's The Argus and The Herald, and London's Daily Mail; from 1931 until his death, he headed the film criticism division of The Daily Telegraph. In 1950, he served as president of the Critics' Circle.

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Dixon's plays formed the basis for the scripts of the films Isle of Escape (1930), directed by Howard Bretherton; Secret Agent (1936), directed by Alfred Hitchcock; and, according to one version,[1] the film Freedom Radio (1941) by Anthony Asquith.^{[citation needed]}

References

Bibliography

• Dixon, Campbell (April 1960). "All criticism is prejudiced". Films & Filming Incorporating Focus on Film (Films and Filming ed.) (6): 15, 28. ISSN 0015-167X.
• Dixon, G. Campbell (1947). "A film critic reviews a producer". Michael Balcon's 25 Years in Films. London: World Film Publications. Ed. M. Danischewsky. pp. 37–41.
• Wearing, John Peter (2014). The London Stage 1930–1939 (2nd ed.). Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-9304-7.

External links

• "Campbell Dixon". AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource. University of Queensland. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
• "Campbell Dixon". AusStage. Australian Research Council. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

На других языках

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[ru] Диксон, Кэмпбелл

Джордж Уильям Кэмпбелл Диксон (Ди́ки[6]; англ. George William Campbell Dixon; 10 декабря 1895, Уз[en], Тасмания, Британская империя — 25 мая 1960, Лондон, Великобритания) — австралийский и британский журналист, публицист и драматург. Был сотрудником хобартской газеты The Mercury[en], мельбурнских The Argus[en] и The Herald[en], лондонской Daily Mail; с 1931 года до своей смерти возглавлял подразделение кинокритики газеты The Daily Telegraph. В 1950 году занимал пост президента британского Общества критиков[en].

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