Meetings

Our meetings are held at Temple Adat Elohim (click for directions)
on Sundays from 1:30pm - 3:30pm unless otherwise noted

Next Meeting

Monday, October 4, 2010, 7:00-9:00pm  [Note different day and time] :  Celebrating JGSCV's 5th anniversary!

"Ost Meets West: Immigrant Film Moguls, Émigré Directors, and the Rise of Film Noir", Vincent Brook (book purchase and signing opportunity).

A group of Eastern European Jews, who headed most major American film studios, founded the Hollywood film industry. Another influx of German/Austrian Jewish Film directors were driven to the US by the Nazis in the 1930s. A number of them, such as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, and Edward G. Ulmer would play a determining role in the rise of what was later called “film noir”.* The speaker will examine the ethnic origins of the two groups and how their different backgrounds enabled their considerable contributions to the cinema, and in particular “film noir”.

Speaker: Vincent Brook has a Ph.D. in film and television from UCLA and teaches media studies at UCLA, USC, Cal-State LA, and Pierce College. He is the author of “Something Ain’t Kosher Here: The Rise of the 'Jewish' Sitcom” and dozens of journal articles, essays, and reviews. Brook’s book, “Driven to Darkness: Jewish Émigré Directors and the Rise of Film Noir” will be available for purchase for $20. Please bring cash or check to purchase the book.
Vincent Brook

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