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1932–2023 England

Derek Elliston Michael Malcolm (12 May 1932 – 15 July 2023) was an English film critic and historian. He was the main film critic of The Guardian for about thirty years and later wrote for the London Evening Standard.

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No film I ever saw was any more dramatic than the story of my parents, whose marriage was so soon overtaken by a tragedy that received huge publicity and effectively destroyed the happiness of both.

I've had the luck if that is what you call it to get stuck in a lift with the great Orson Welles and his large wolfhound to take tea with Charlie Chaplin and to interview the always testy John Ford. Ford hated critics and had stomach trouble at the time He summoned me into the room as follows: "Come on in. I can deal with two shits at once".

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Derek Malcolm (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.