9 May 2013
An extraordinary evening at the American Legion Hall featured a shared program with Hollywood Heritage about the Hollywood Canteen (1942 – 1945). [...]
9 June 2012
Yet another fun and educational night coming at the Lasky-DeMille Barn: “The Barn’s Ready for its Close-Up, Mr. DeMille.” [...]
22 March 2012
We all reach the day when we need a beauty treatment. Luckily, Paramount Pictures is heeding the call of the old girl herself, the Lasky DeMille Barn. [...]
10 February 2012
Concerns a slide show of magnificent cover art of the Hollywood fan magazines, from a presentation by author Anthony Slide, produced by Susan Slutsky. [...]
30 November 2011
Concerns an upcoming book talk about Myrna Loy, from author Emily Lieder, “Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood.” [...]
17 October 2011
A screening of a 1975 art film mock-up of MGM’s “Leo the Lion” couples funnily with real MGM memories. [...]
16 April 2011
Hollywood Heritage celebrated Charlie Chaplin’s 122nd birthday with the screening of “The Gentleman Tramp.” The writer/director, Richard Patterson was on board for Q & A. [...]
24 June 2010
Jane Russell speaks at Hollywood Heritage about choreographer Jack Cole, who coached her and Marilyn Monroe in Howard Hawk’s comic masterpiece, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” She says Cole directed the film’s dance sequences. [...]
18 May 2010
arts•meme greatly enjoyed a recent appearance of stage and film actor norman lloyd at the Hollywood Heritage Museum [...]
18 October 2009
On this modest strip, from 1909 to 1928, prospered a genial group of filmmakers who flocked to southern California to make moving pictures. Edendale wasn’t a random happening. At its height it was a beehive of integrated film activity. [...]
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why arts·meme? Los Angeles is bursting with fine art and performance -- plus the best big-screen film viewing in the world. I cover the cultural beat on the Los Angeles Times and The Huffington Post. I mix it up on arts·meme, a fine arts blog.
god of arts·meme
gered mankowitz, photog, 1967
brigitte bardot ballerina
charles chaplin, ballet man
debbie reynolds ballerina
janet leigh ballerina
“the red danube” (1949)
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