To help get us all in the mood, authors and film historians Mary Mallory and Karie Bible will be joining us this weekend to talk about their new book, Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays: 1920-1970.
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Marvelously illustrated with more than 200 rare images from the silent era through the 1970s, this joyous treasure trove features film and television’s most famous actors and actresses celebrating the holidays, big and small, in lavishly produced photographs.
You'll discover how and why young starlets were willing to to dress up and pose for cheesecake-like pictures for a variety of holidays throughout the year.
You'll learn how some of the acting legends of their time were talked into posing and how this tradition got started.
Mary and Karie will share stories behind the photos and how this best-selling book came about.
So please join us this weekend, Saturday, December 12th and Sunday, December 13th! Hot cider and toddies, optional!
Mary Mallory is a film historian, photograph archivist, and researcher, focusing on Los Angeles and early film history. She writes theatre reviews for The Tolucan Times and blogs for the LA Daily Mirror. She serves on Hollywood Heritage, Inc.'s Board of Directors, and acts as a docent for the Hollywood Heritage Museum.
Karie Bible is the 'Historian in Black,' at the famed Hollywood Forever Cemetery where she gives guided tours and shares with visitors the stories of the the famous and nearly forgotten who are buried at the Cemetery. She is also has a deep knowledge of early film history.