Arthur Knight (1916–1991) was an American movie critic, film historian, professor and TV host.
[1] His book The Liveliest Art, first published in 1957, is a history of the cinema used as a textbook at colleges and universities throughout the world.
He graduated from City College of New York in 1940, and became an assistant film curator at the Museum of Modern Art.
His former film history students at the City College of New York Institute of Film Techniques include Donald Swerdlow (now Don Canaan), an award-winning journalist and film editor, Producer Michael Hertzberg, DGA-First AD - Frank Capra Award Recipient Alex Hapsas, Writer-Director David Saperstein (Cocoon).
[2] He reviewed movies for many publications, principally: He wrote, produced and hosted the 1985 cable TV series Sex in Cinema for the Playboy Channel.