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Blonde Ambition: A Century of Anita Loos and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Toronto film curator Alicia Fletcher talks about Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: the book, the lost 1926 silent film and the 1953 movie musical.
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Starts on Wed, Jun 14, 2023 7:30 PM EDT
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Victoria Hall 55 King Street West Cobourg, ON K9A 2M2 Canada
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- 1 hour 30 minutes
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Toronto film critic, teacher and curator Alicia Fletcher talks about "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": the 1925 Anita Loos book, the lost 1926 silent film and the 1953 musical comedy starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe (which will be screened at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre this October as part of the Vintage Film Festival's 30th anniversary program).
Alicia Fletcher is a writer, producer and presenter of Hollywood Suite's "A Year in Film" and "Cinema A to Z" docuseries and podcast. She has taught at Toronto Metropolitan University, the LIFE Institute, and Humber College. Her film curation has been featured at TIFF Cinematheque, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Royal Cinema. Since 2012, Alicia has curated Silent Revue held at the historic Revue Cinema, Canada’s only year-round showcase dedicated to silent cinema and Toronto’s longest-running repertory series.
This film talk is presented by the Vintage Film Festival and is generously sponsored by Lynn Hardy.
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Every autumn, the Vintage Film Festival presents a weekend-long program of classic films at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre ─ an Art Deco treasure dating from 1930. Each Festival includes movies from the silent era through to the 70's, and embraces all genres: drama, comedy, musical, adventure, film noir and more.