Review of Park Row

An unabashed message picture about a journalist who publishes a newspaper in accordance with his ideals, with help from a kindly benefactor, by a film writer/director who makes a movie in accordance with his ideals, with no help from the studio which employs him. Well, the studio was right; the film flops at the box office, but not for a lack of commitment or effort. Journalism was a passion for Sam Fuller. (In his home in the Hollywood Hills, which he shared with his wife, Christa, a central treasure was a desk once owned by Mark Twain.) But, ultimately, a passion for filmmaking is what is needed to make a great film. Perhaps he got there with "The Big Red One."