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ADG Film Society & the American Cinematheque Present Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Screening & Panel Tribute to John Gabriel Beckman, Award Winning Production Designer

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society
and American Cinematheque will screen Monsieur
Verdoux
(1947), a black comedy written, directed and starring Charles

Chaplin from a story concept by Orson Welles on Sunday, May 18, at 5:30 PM at

the Aero Theatre,1328 Montana Avenue, Santa
Monica.  Based on the

true-life story of bigamist wife-killer Henri Desire Landru, it was the first

time that Chaplin worked with Production Designer John Gabriel Beckman. Beckman

is admired for his extensive career as a Set Designer, Art Director, Production

Designer, architect, decorator and muralist. He was also a World War I fighter

pilot.

Included in the program, sponsored by The Hollywood
Reporter
, will be an

exploration of Beckman’s film legacy, from Lost
Horizon
to Gypsy to Designing Women, as well as an
appreciation of some of his finest murals created for movie palaces such as
Grauman’s Chinese Theater and the Avalon Ballroom in Catalina. Panel will be moderated by ADG
Film Society co-chair, Production Designer Thomas A. Walsh.

A Q&A exploring Beckman’s legacy and
talents will follow the screening with panelists including Roger Lee Kenven,
Author of Art Deco Man, a biography of John Gabriel Beckman.

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The 2014 ADG/American Cinematheque
Screening Series schedule includes:


Sunday,
June 22 - DANTE’S INFERNO
(1935) at the Egyptian Theatre, spotlighting the
descent into hell sequence and Art Directors Duncan Cramer and David S. Hall                                      

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Sunday,
July 20 - THE DEVILS – U.S.
version
(1971) at the Aero Theatre

with a tribute to Designer Derek Jarman


Sunday,
August 24 - THE GAUCHO
(1927) at the Egyptian Theatre, Douglas

Fairbanks' swashbuckling action film spotlighting the fabled Argentina, created by

Art Director Carl Oscar Borg  


Representing
the ADG are Film Society Co-Chairs John Muto and Thomas A. Walsh, and Debbie
Patton, ADG Manager, Awards and Events. Working with them are the American Cinematheque’s Gwen Deglise and Grant Moninger. General admission: $11, American Cinematheque members: $7, Students/Seniors with valid ID: $9. All screenings start at 5:30 p.m. 24-hour information is available at 323-466-FILM (3456).

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