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The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and American Cinematheque will profile the legendary careers of
Art Director Lyle Wheeler,
Production Designer William Cameron Menzies
and James Wong Howe ASC
at a Screening of the classic 1938 film
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A panel of highly regarded industry professionals
will discuss the significant legacy of these leading
film narrative artists in a Q&A to be moderated by Tom Walsh and including remarks by
Lyle Wheeler’s son Brooke Wheeler
Sunday, September 21 at 5:30PM at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Advance ticketing
through La Senora by September 17th.
For guests wishing to car pool, our vehicles will leave Malibu at 3 :00 pm, Santa Monica at 3:15 and Beverly Hills at 3:30 pm stopping for a
light Supper before the Screening
Writer Ben Hecht once told Selznick, "The trouble with you, David, is that you did all your reading before you were twelve." And lucky for us he did!
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer represents a milestone in motion picture Art Direction as it brought together
for the first time as collaborators
Lyle Wheeler and William Cameron Menzies.
They would go on to design a series of highly acclaimed pictures together for Selznick International culminating in their historic collaboration on"Gone With The Wind".
This was the fourth and best adaptation,of Mark Twain's classic novel about the world of his childhood, growing up along the Mississippi in the rural Missouri. The climatic cave sequence with Injun Joe (Victor Jory) is unforgettable, and it was described at the time as "too horrible for children." Shot in Technicolor™ by James Wong Howe, ASC, his work and subdued color capture so angered Technicolor™ that he was barred from
using their system for more than a decade.
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