New Yorker Profile of Pioneer Virginia Tracy

On November 25, 2024, the New Yorker published a profile of pioneering film writer Virginia Tracy, entitled “Is Virginia Tracy the First Great American Film Critic?” On Tracy, Richard Brody wrote: “The actress, screenwriter, and novelist’s reviews and essays from 1918-19 display a comprehensive grasp of movie art and a visionary sense of its future.”

Virginia Tracy in 1915, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.