Viennese-born filmmaker Otto Preminger (Porgy and Bess, Exodus, among others) earned a reputation for being temperamental and even abusive. But he had a surprisingly gentle side too. Foster Hirsch’s new biography is Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King.
Event: Foster Hirsch will be in conversation with Margo Jefferson and Robert Kimball
Friday, November 30 at 7 pm
Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble
1972 Broadway (at 66th Street)
Otto Preminger is available for purchase at amazon.com
Guests:
Foster Hirsch
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