Women and Hollywood

September 14, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Concert Hall, 2^nd floor, Victoria Hall, Cobourg

The Board of Directors of Marie Dressler Foundation are pleased to announce a thought-provoking evening entitled “Women and Hollywood” on September 14th at the Concert Hall, Victoria Hall, Cobourg.

“Cobourg-born Academy Award winner Marie Dressler was an early celebrity champion of opportunities for women”, said Rick Miller, President & Chair, Marie Dressler Foundation. “Some ninety years later, opportunities for women is still an important issue. With this in mind, to celebrate Marie Dressler’s 150^th birthday, we have arranged an interesting pair of talks”, added Miller.  

Matthew Kennedy, is a writer, film historian, anthropologist and author of Marie Dressler: A Biography and two other biographies of classic Hollywood.

He will focus on the lesser-known work of Marie Dressler as a social activist to a number of vital causes of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The generosity and commitment of her humanitarian efforts translates into the warm and unforgettable screen performances that have delighted audiences for over a century.

Cari Beauchamp is the award winning author of Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of early Hollywood and five other books of film history. A Vanity Fair contributor, Ms. Beauchamp has written, produced and appeared in over a dozen documentaries, serves as the Resident Scholar of the Mary Pickford Foundation and is the only person to twice be named an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Scholar.

Ms. Beauchamp will explore what has really changed since the movie days of Marie Dressler, some 90 years ago – _from the powerful roles of women in front of, and behind the cameras in early Hollywood, to the importance of communities of women, then and now.

Tickets are now on sale at The Concert Hall Box Office, Victoria Hall or at this page here. (No longer avaialable)

$27.50 per ticket    Capacity: 240