Hollywood Visionaries Exhibition Opening

Pepperdine Libraries Unveils Hollywood Visionaries and Beyond Exhibit Featuring Photography of Leigh Wiener
Tuesday, October 1
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Payson Library Gallery

As


part of its Fall 2013 series Hollywood Visionaries and Beyond,


Pepperdine University will host an exhibit of photography and


memorabilia from the golden age of Hollywood in Payson Library from


October 1 through December 20, 2013. The event is made possible through


the generous support of the Brenden Mann Foundation, celebrating the


legacy of Hollywood producer and theater magnate Ted Mann. The exhibit


and accompanying film screenings and panel discussions are free and open


to the public.

The exhibit opens with a reception


on October 1, from 5 pm to 6:30 pm.  The reception will feature remarks


from Devik Wiener, son of legendary Hollywood photographer Leigh


Wiener.  The Payson exhibit will feature select photos from Leigh


Wiener’s career, focusing on the studio heads and actors whose films


will be highlighted in the series.

During his


50-year career, Wiener photographed Hollywood studio moguls and legends


alike and his work is now housed in the permanent collections of the


National Portrait Gallery and several national museums. Wiener went on


to become a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times and was a


freelance photographer for Life, Time, and others.  Additional


photography spotlights iconic movie palaces including the Broadway


Theater and the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles, which were


owned by the Corwin family.  The Corwin family has owned Metropolitan


Theatres since the Broadway Theater opened in downtown Los Angeles


during the 1920’s.

“We hope our Visionaries series


will challenge stereotypes and open doors to discussions of faith and


identity,” said Mark Roosa, dean of Pepperdine University Libraries.


“Framed by popular portrayals in media and film, we will explore the


place of Jews in American life, the relation between Jews and secular


society, and Jewish-Christian relations.”
In addition to the Payson


Library exhibit, the Visionaries series also includes the following


public film screenings and panel discussions:
American Dreams and the Big Screen: Projections of Jewish Faith, Ethnicity and Culture Through the Generations.

Tuesday, October 1
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Payson Library Kresge Reading Room



How do you create and sustain a family business?  What challenges arise


from carrying on a family tradition?  Panelists include three


distinguished families with enduring legacies in Hollywood:  Bruce C.


Corwin and David Corwin of Metropolitan Theatres; Hawk Koch, president


of the Producers Guild of America and his son, entertainment attorney


Robert Koch; and Academy Award-winning producer Walter Mirisch and


Lawrence Mirisch, owner of the Mirisch Agency.  The evening will feature


projections of Jewish faith, ethnicity, and culture in classic films


from Walter Mirisch (In the Heat of the Night and Fiddler on the Roof)


and Hawk Koch (The Way We Were and Keeping the Faith).  Walter Mirisch


and Hawk Koch each served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture


Arts and Sciences. 
Jewish Humor in the TV Writers’ Room:  Screening of My Favorite Year with Norman Steinberg

Tuesday, October 15
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Elkins Auditorium, Pepperdine University, Malibu campus
From Draculas to Dybbuks:  The Laemmle Families and Universal’s Horror Films

Tuesday, October 29
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Elkins Auditorium, Pepperdine University, Malibu campus
Women in Hollywood:  100 Years of Negotiating the System
November 15 and 16
Pepperdine University Malibu Campus



A two-day symposium cosponsored by the Straus Institute for Dispute


Resolution at the School of Law and the Center for Entertainment, Media


and Culture, will take place Friday to Saturday, Nov. 15 to 16, on the


Malibu Campus. Featured speakers include Hunger Games producer Nina


Jacobson, Lean In co-author Nell Scovell, and Twilight series


screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg. An evening reception, "Lean In: Honoring


the Next Wave of Hollywood Women Leaders," held at the Malibu Jewish


Center and Synagogue will conclude the symposium.
"Women in


creative, business, and legal roles still face a scarcity of


opportunities in entertainment," said professor Thomas J. Stipanowich,


academic director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at


Pepperdine University School of Law. "We hope this event will help


advance the discussion on how to manage conflicts and relationships,


both personal and professional, in order to successfully negotiate the


system."

For additional information visit www.pepperdine.edu/hollywood-visionaries.

About the Brenden Mann Foundation

The


Brenden Mann Foundation was established by theater entrepreneur Johnny


Brenden, whose grandfather Ted Mann founded Mann Theatres. As a devoted


philanthropist and Hollywood legend, Ted Mann contributed to a variety


of charities during his lifetime through the efforts of his own family


foundation. Johnny Brenden continues to build upon his grandfather’s


philanthropic spirit and generous heart through the Brenden Mann


Foundation. Based in Las Vegas, the Brenden Mann Foundation supports


numerous arts, education, health, social service and religious


organizations worldwide with special emphasis in Minnesota and Southern


Nevada and California. The ongoing mission of the Brenden Mann


Foundation is to continue the Mann family tradition of giving back to


the community and making a positive difference in the lives of others.