The following are just some examples of presentations that I have given; I can specialize presentations to your needs. I am also available for consultations on developing curricula and exhibits, as well as research guidance and instruction. Costs vary depending on the presentation, consultation, or larger project. Please contact me with descriptions for a quote.
- Cinema Pioneers
- The Art and Worldview of Silent Film
- The Talkie Takeover
- The Great Depression: MGM vs. Warner Bros.
- Pre-Code Films and the Enforcement of Censorship
- Race and Gender in Classical Hollywood
- The Ten Greatest Directors of the Golden Age (and Why)
- Classic Horror Films and What They Reveal
- The Impact of Films about World War II & the Cold War
- Hollywood’s Greatest Scandals (and What They Reveal)
- Melodrama in the Conformist Fifties
- The Fifty Greatest Stars of Classical Hollywood (and Why)
- Grande Dame Guignol of the 1960s and 1970s
- Queer Hollywood History (click here for more information)
- Easy Riders: Hollywood Rewrites the Rules in the 1960s-1970s
- The Twenty-Five Greatest Films of Classical Hollywood (and Why)
- The Women Who Made Hollywood
- The 1918 Pandemic and the Vertical Integration of the Film Industry
• I can also screen selected films and answer questions or lead discussions afterward. (On the Waterfront, Casablanca, and many others.)
• Individual Career Presentations are available for the subjects of my books:
- Marlon Brando
- Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
- Katharine Hepburn
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Barbra Streisand
- John Schlesinger
- The Murder of William Desmond Taylor