Coffee House Club : Fabulous faces of classic Hollywood
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About the Event
Salmagundi members are invited to join Coffee House Club for this upcoming Coffee House Wednesday event. Author Robert Dance speaks with Foster Hirsch about his upcoming book on Classic Hollywood. Dinner to follow.
Fabulous Faces of Classic Hollywood brings some of the greatest portraits taken by leading Hollywood portrait photographers during the motion picture industry’s golden years of 1920 to 1960. Little-seen negatives, long buried in the remarkable and internationally renowned archives of the John Kobal Foundation, have been unearthed and printed to reveal some of Hollywood’s favorite stars at the height of their careers.
Full-page images of Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, as well as lesser lights including Anna May Wong, Lon Chaney, Lupe Velez and Ramon Novarro, will remind long-time movie fans why these important 20th-century icons will forever remain the fabulous faces of the movie world. Selected by best-selling author Robert Dance and writer and award-winning film producer Simon Crocker, over 200 photographs are presented alongside an essay by Dance, describing what it takes to become a fabulous face and an international icon.
Hungry?
Ticketed attendees are welcome to stay for dinner by indicating so in their Eventbrite RSVP.
There will be an a la carte menu to choose from. On the day of the event, you can pay for your meal with a card or your membership account (no cash).
About the Speakers
Robert Dance is the author of The Savvy Sphinx: How Garbo Conquered Hollywood (published by University Press of Mississippi), Hollywood Icons, Glamour of the Gods and Ferocious Ambitions, and coauthor of Garbo: Portraits from Her Private Collection and Ruth Harriet Louise and Hollywood Glamour Photography.
Foster Hirsch is the author of 16 books on subjects related to theatre and film. A native of California, Hirsch received his B.A. from Stanford University and holds M.F.A, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University.