An Evening with Illeana Douglas

About this event

Join us for a riveting discussion with actress and author Illeana Douglas about her most recent book, Jungle Red! A largely forgotten masterpiece, the 1939 film The Women remains a glamorous but stinging satire about women forced by society to be defined by men. In her critically acclaimed new book Jungle Red!: The Making of MGM’s The Women, acclaimed actress and writer/director Illeana Douglas restores this classic motion picture to its rightful place in Hollywood history, and its lasting legacy as a template for later female-driven projects like Sex and The City and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Drawing from a deep well of research that includes never-before-seen photographs, memos, and script notes, Douglas writes not only how this film came together but captures how the lives of the people who made it intersected before, during and after, and how the conflicts on-set and off resulted in the greatest film ever made about women . . . by a man! $35.00 Bundled Ticket includes a copy of the book (Museum members should log in for their discount). $5.00 General Admission ticket (book will not be included). The museum store will be open before and after this event. Ms. Douglas will sign copies of Jungle Red! that were bundled with tickets and sold by the museum store. Get your tickets HERE!

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