John DiLeo:  A Hollywood Double Feature

Author John DiLeo returns for a special evening of Hollywood fun!

BLOOPERS, SECRETS, AND SURPRISES FROM HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN AGE is a delightful compilation of classic movie clips featuring an assortment of gaffes, head-scratchers, and in-jokes, from Yul Brynner’s now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t earring to Cyd Charisse’s mysteriously altered costume mid-dance, plus a few misbehaving extras and stagehands. Adding to the fun are bit parts from future superstars, surprise entrances by legends, and, of course, Hitchcock’s famed cameos. It’s a funny, lighthearted “insider’s peek” at the dream factory, including appearances by Cary Grant, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire, and Ava Gardner.

GREAT PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON’T features outstanding but underappreciated performances from our most celebrated film stars of the 20th century. Everyone remembers Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind, Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Robert Redford in The Way We Were, but what about Leigh in Waterloo Bridge, Hepburn in The Nun’s Story, and Redford in The Candidate? These lesser-known achievements, along with those from other major talents, will receive their due.