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The director and scenarist of . . . My Name Is Julia Ross deserve a BPlus for effort at least. It is quite evident that they strived earnestly to whip up excitement and suspense, but somehow that electrifying quality which distinguishes good melodrama is lacking. . . .While Joseph Lewis, the director, succeeds in creating an effectively ominous atmosphere, he has not been as adept in handling the players, and that, we suspect, is why My Name Is Julia Ross misses. | thomas m. pryor,New York Times, November 9, 1945.[My Name Is Julia Ross] is well planned, mostly well photographed—all around, a likable, unpretentious, generally successful attempt to turn good trash into decently artful entertainment. | james agee, The Nation, November 24, 1945.Lewis emerged with the success of My Name Is Julia Ross (1945), an ambitious baroque exercise that excited critics and audiences alike. Although of programmer leng th, the film was clearly budget beyond the normal restrictions My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)directed by joseph h. lewisVOL. 15, NO. 3(REPRINTED FROM VOL. 10, NO. 4)NOVEMBER 29, 1978
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My Name Is Julia Ross (dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)
Louis Black
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Black, Louis. "My Name Is Julia Ross (dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)". CinemaTexas Notes: The Early Days of Austin Film Culture, edited by Louis Black and Collins Swords, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2021, pp. 269-271. https://doi.org/10.7560/315439-041
Black, L. (2021). My Name Is Julia Ross (dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1945). In L. Black & C. Swords (Ed.), CinemaTexas Notes: The Early Days of Austin Film Culture (pp. 269-271). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/315439-041
Black, L. 2021. My Name Is Julia Ross (dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1945). In: Black, L. and Swords, C. ed. CinemaTexas Notes: The Early Days of Austin Film Culture. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 269-271. https://doi.org/10.7560/315439-041
Black, Louis. "My Name Is Julia Ross (dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)" In CinemaTexas Notes: The Early Days of Austin Film Culture edited by Louis Black and Collins Swords, 269-271. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.7560/315439-041
Black L. My Name Is Julia Ross (dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1945). In: Black L, Swords C (ed.) CinemaTexas Notes: The Early Days of Austin Film Culture. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2021. p.269-271. https://doi.org/10.7560/315439-041
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