FILM TALKS: Edith Head
A Stitch in Crime: Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock and Edith Head were masters of their respective crafts. Authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan will talk about Head's extraordinary career and her partnership with Hitchcock that spanned almost a dozen films including Rear Window and Vertigo.
A book signing will take place during Brown Bag Lunch.
The Saturday Lunch Box includes an assortment of gourmet cheese, crackers, hummus, nuts, and fruit for your enjoyment during Brown Bag Lunch.
ABOUT ROSEMARIE AND VINCE KEENAN
Rosemarie and Vince co-author the Lillian Frost/Edith Head mysteries under the pseudonym Renee Patrick. Rosemarie is a research administrator and a poet. Vince is a screenwriter and a journalist. Both native New Yorkers, they currently live in Seattle, Washington.
Rosemarie and Vince share a love of movies, cocktails, and the New York Mets. Together, they've introduced movies at the famous Noir City Film Festival and on Turner Classic Movies. Separately, they’ve appeared on game shows. While they grew up mere subway stops apart in Queens, they didn’t meet until fate threw them together at a South Florida advertising agency. Learn more about the Keenans here.
ABOUT THE FROST/HEAD MYSTERIES
The salon and the case files are open... Meet Lillian Frost. A transplanted New Yorker with a boundless love of the movies and a single lousy screen test to her credit. Meet Edith Head. The costume designer who, over the course of a career spanning seven decades, would be nominated for more Academy Awards than any other woman. Who dressed the most glamorous stars in history. Who worked closely with directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder. Meet the sleuthing duo about to become Hollywood’s greatest detectives… more.
"Great fun... Lillian Frost is, I think, going to be everybody's favorite." — Nancy Pearl