Join this lecture exploring women in 1930s Hollywood, guided by film critic, historian, and Criterion Channel regular Imogen Sara Smith.Writer and film historian Imogen Sara Smith will explore the role of women in shaping one of cinema’s most volatile and memorable decades: 1930’s Hollywood. The thirties found Hollywood navigating the Great Depression, technologies that would transform the medium, censorship, an influx of European emigres, the triumph of the studio system, and the evolution of genres. Through it all, women played powerful roles behind the scenes within the studios, while also dominating screens with bold and transgressive performances. See how women shaped the rich delights of this complex and alluring era that still invades our dreams.View... Read more »