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Wednesday\, Se ptember 22nd. 7:00 PM. In 1933\, “Fortune” magazine suggested to the Ameri can fashion industry that they could benefit from the showmanship demonstr ated by the Hollywood designers in order to compete with the French coutur iers. The Hollywood designer “Fortune” most praised was Adrian of M-G-M. I t was a logical choice as Adrian’s design for Joan Crawford in the 1932 fi lm “Letty Lynton” dominated the fashion industry for the next two years. J oin us for Adrian\, American Designer\, Hollywood Original by Richard Matu konis-Adkins.
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\nDespite offers to go into the retail business as early as 19 28\, Adrian did not enter the commercial fashion world until 1942\, after leaving M-G-M\, but taking his fame with him. In 1944 he would win the pre stigious Coty Award for fashion design. One of the reasons he did so was h is innovative Trompe l’oiel painted imagery on fabric\, a tasteful solutio n to the L-85 fabric restrictions of World War II. So proud of the award w as Adrian that he added the line “American Designer” to all his advertisem ents in the prestigious fashion magazines.
\nBy 1952\, he had achiev ed all his dreams. He was famous\, successful\, married to a lovely woman\ , movie star Janet Gaynor\, father to a son\, Robin\, had traveled to Afri ca\, and was working happily in fashion\, theatre\, and fine art. Unfortun ately\, a weak heart demanded he give up his fashion business. His “retire ment” however\, was hardly inactive.
\nAttendance at a film festival in Brazil in 1952 led the Adrians to build – by hand – a home outside the new capital of Brasilia. They spent half their year in Brazil and half in Los Angeles. Janet made a return to movies in 1957\, and Adrian designed his first stage production since 1924\, a musical version of his film hit “Grand Hotel”. Dual offers came to Janet and Adrian to continue theatrical work\, her to star in “Midnight Sun” with Arthur Hill\, and for Adrian to design for the musical which became “Camelot” and for which he was awarde d a posthumous Tony Award\, shared with Tony Duquette\, who completed the production after Adrian suddenly died three months into the assignment.
\nThe nostalgia boom began just a few years after Adrian’s passing\, b
ut the surviving pieces of his film work were soon commanding high prices
at auctions\, with the Judy Garland-worn ruby slippers becoming the most v
aluable of all movie artifacts. Also\, his couturier work began to be pres
ented in museum exhibitions all over the world.
\nAccording to their
son\, Robin\, neither Janet nor Adrian dwelt in the past. He would probabl
y be a little surprised at the attention his work still receives\, but wou
ld nonetheless be pleased about it\, I’m sure.
I have studied Adri an and his work for the last two decades\, with the result being my book\, “Adrian – American Designer\, Hollywood Original” and I am pleased to be able to share new information with those familiar with his work and to int roduce him to new audiences who know the designer\, but not as much about the man.
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\nA mode st but determined young dancer from Glen Rock\, New Jersey\, Rosemary Nove llino joined the Radio City Music Hall Ballet Company\, the classical danc e counterpart to the world-famous Rockettes\, in 1966. After a shaky begin ning\, she danced with the group for twelve years\, eventually becoming it s Dance Captain and Assistant to the legendary choreographer Peter Gennaro . In the mid-1970s\, questionable behind-the-scenes changes in Music Hall management alarmed hundreds of employees\, but no one was prepared for the official announcement in early 1978\, that Radio City Music Hall was slat ed to close that April and be demolished.
\nDrawing upon formerly un tapped inner strengths\, Rosemary refused to let this happen. She became P resident of “ The Showpeople’s Committee to Save Radio City Music Hall” and motivate d fellow workers\, friends\, thousands of Radio City fans around the world \, New York and national media\, cultural leaders and politicians to suppo rt the cause. As a result of these efforts\, the Art Deco palace was decla red a National Historic Landmark. saving not only the building but the job s and livelihoods of thousands of Music Hall employees on stage and behind the scenes who have entertained millions to this day. This “heartfelt and very personal account of that effort\,” says Booklist\, “provides a backs tage glimpse of the drama that ensued and features a cast of characters th at includes performers\, politicians\, the media\, and some very heavy hit ters in the world of New York real estate that will delight readers intere sted in the performing arts and their history in the U.S.”
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\nLinda Woolver
ton is an American screenwriter\, playwright\, and novelist\, whose mo
st prominent works include the screenplays and books of several acclaimed<
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&ust=1647561402292000&usg=AOvVaw1O0CCRJijQVDYwZLzHCe1y'> Disney films
and stage musicals. She is the first woman to have written an animated fea
ture for Beauty and the Beast (1991)\,[1] which is also the first animated film ever to be nominated for Best P
icture at the Academy
Awards. She also co-wrote the screenplay of The Lion King (1994)\, provided additional story ma
terial for Mulan (
1998)\, and adapted her own Beauty and the Beast screenplay into th
e book of the Broadway adaptation of the film\, for which she received a<
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AOvVaw1RmRvrPIdtK0hyZjxf5Zrp'> Tony Award nomination and won an Olivier Award.[2][3]
Her recent work includes the screenplays for Alice in Wonderland< /i> (2010) and Malefic ent (2014)\, both of which were significant box office successes. The former made her the first female screenwriter with a sole writing cred it on a film that grossed $1 billion dollars. [4] She subsequently wrote the screenplays of the sequels for bo th of those films—Alice Through the Looking Glas s (2016) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019). u>
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