What is Art Deco Society Lecture about?

Name: Art Deco Society Lecture
Genre: Concert/Special Events

Presented by the Art Deco Society Los Angeles: Funnies & Flappers, 60 min. Everyone is familiar with the image of the flapper - the modern, carefree woman who embodied the spirit of the Jazz Age. Come explore the role of the flapper in the funny papers in this illustrated lecture, presented by historian and Historic Preservation Consultant Mitzi March Mogul. Then, at 3:00PM: SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD, 1930, Warner Bros., 80 min. Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Alice White stars as "Dizzy" Dixie, a Broadway understudy who is lured out to Hollywood when a smooth-talking director promises her fame and fortune. But when Dixie, against the odds of the crummy empty promise that brought her to Hollywood, actually starts to get starring roles in the movies, her ego soars along with her paycheck. Featuring brilliant Technicolor musical sequences! With cameos by Al Jolson and Loretta Young.

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What is Art Deco Society Lecture about?: Presented by the Art Deco Society Los Angeles: Funnies & Flappers, 60 min. Everyone is familiar with the image of the flapper - the modern, carefree woman who embodied the spirit of the Jazz Age. Come explore the role of the flapper in the funny papers in this illustrated lecture, presented by historian and Historic Preservation Consultant Mitzi March Mogul.

Then, at 3:00PM: SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD, 1930, Warner Bros., 80 min. Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Alice White stars as "Dizzy" Dixie, a Broadway understudy who is lured out to Hollywood when a smooth-talking director promises her fame and fortune. But when Dixie, against the odds of the crummy empty promise that brought her to Hollywood, actually starts to get starring roles in the movies, her ego soars along with her paycheck. Featuring brilliant Technicolor musical sequences! With cameos by Al Jolson and Loretta Young.