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F. Maurice Speed (1911–1998) was an English film critic who created two innovative and long-lasting publications: the listings magazine ''What's On in London'' (which ran from 1935 until 2007) and later the ''Film Review'' annual, which began in 1944 and in 2014 celebrated its 69th edition. ==Life and career== Born in London on 18 October 1911, Frederick Maurice Speed began a lifelong devotion to filmgoing in the small cinemas around Hammersmith. According to a potted biography published in 1991, he began his working life as an apprentice on the ''Harrow Observer''.〔Speed, F. Maurice ''Film Review 1991-92'', Virgin Books 1991〕 ===''What's On''=== Having been an assistant to Edward Martell, proprietor of ''The Sunday Referee'', it was to Martell that Speed turned when he had the idea to set up the listings magazine ''What's On in London''.〔Gifford, Denis (Maurice Speed obituary ) ''The Independent'' 11 September 1998. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-f-maurice-speed-1197290.html〕 First published in September 1935,〔F. Maurice Speed, ''Film Review 1966-1968'', W.H. Allen 1967〕 ''What's On'' was edited (and almost entirely written) by Speed, who titled his editorials 'Round and About'. According to Denis Gifford in his Speed obituary for ''The Independent'', "During Coronation Year of 1937 Speed realised the vast appeal that George VI's coronation would have for visitors from abroad. 'Indispensable to Visitors' became the front-page subtitle from then on, replacing the original and less catchy 'Complete Arrangements for the London Week'."〔Gifford, op cit〕 Among Speed's earliest ''What's On'' pseudonyms were J. Lilywhite Haffner (for book reviews) and Frederick Deeps; he was still using the latter for shorter critiques in his ''Film Review'' annuals in the 1990s. He made his last contribution to the magazine in 1996, while ''What’s On'' itself outlived its creator by nine years, eventually folding in 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「F. Maurice Speed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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