September 19: Lecture on Cedric Gibbons and Grand Hotel Screening

Saturday, September 19 - 2:00 PM
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

The ADSLA Lecture Series Presents Cedric Gibbons - Visionary Art Deco MGM Art Director . Cedric Gibbons is considered one of the most influential art production directors in the history of American film. He led the MGM art department from 1924 to 1956, but his most creative years were 1928-1939, when his movie settings invoked the Art Deco and streamline moderne styles. The elegant production design of a Gibbons film offered a welcome distraction to Depression-era moviegoers. Gibbons created a new template from which interior designers would create "moderne" spaces for wealthy clients. John Thomas, vice president of the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles and co-author of Long Beach Art Deco, will explore the designs and themes of Cedric Gibbons. Special price: Cinematheque & Art Deco Society members: $5 with membership card, or free with purchase of a ticket to GRAND HOTEL at 3:30 PM. Advance tickets available on Fandango and at the door.

3:30 PM ART DECO SCREENING
GRAND HOTEL, 1932, Warner Bros., 112 min. Director Edmund Goulding orchestrates a dazzling parade of iconographic stars and intersecting subplots. Ballerina Greta Garbo, aristocrat John Barrymore, secretary Joan Crawford and cutthroat mogul Wallace Beery are just a few of the legends who make their way through this classic ensemble drama, a film whose influence can be seen in later films by Robert Altman and P.T. Anderson, among many others. Cedric Gibbons' stunning Art Deco art direction gives the players an opulent setting for their personal melodramas. $10 general admission. $7 Art Deco Society and American Cinematheque Members. Lecture on Cedric Gibbons is free with purchase of movie ticket for GRAND HOTEL. Advance tickets available on Fandango and at the door.

The Egyptian Theatre is located between Las Palmas and McCadden, just east of Highland Avenue, north of Selma Avenue. Metered and free street parking available near the theatre. $2 for four hours validated parking available at Hollywood & Highland. There are also pay parking lots on Las Palmas and Cherokee ranging in price from $5 to $20. Better yet, take the metro!

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