Quote of the day
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
Paul Rotha

Born: June 3, 1907
Died: March 7, 1984 (aged 76)
Bio: Paul Rotha was a British documentary film-maker, film historian and critic.
Known for:
- A Paul Rotha reader
- Robert J. Flaherty, a biography (1983)
- Documentary film (1936)
- Documentary diary (1973)
- Rotha on the film (1958)






