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A Kennedy in Hollywood

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Before he founded one of Americas great political dynasties Joseph Kennedy worked in the movie business in Hollywood. He made a tremendous amount of money as the head of three movie studios and even had an affair with Gloria Swanson. Cari Beauchamp chronicles this forgotten chapter of movie-making history in the book Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years.

Events: Cari Beauchamp is introducing “The Trespasser," a film by Joseph P. Kennedy starring his mistress Gloria Swanson
Wednesday, March 11, at 8:15 pm
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street


Cari Beauchamp is reading and signing books
Thursday, March 12, at 7:00 pm
192 Books
192 10th Avenue


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  • [1] steve from Englewood, NJ March 11, 2009 - 12:48PM

    He also had a torrid affair with Gloria Swanson. He built her a mansion in Englewood that still stands today.
  • [2] Roger Grace from New York City March 11, 2009 - 12:50PM

    An article in last months Vanity Fair talks about Joe kennedy's affair with Marlene Dietrich shortly before WWII. She later went on to bed JFK. Amazing woman !
  • [3] steve from Englewood, NJ March 11, 2009 - 12:52PM

    He also built Swanson a mansion in Englewood, NJ that still stands today.
  • [4] Jay F. from manhattan March 11, 2009 - 12:55PM

    Could you ask your guest about how he set up Alexander Pantages (Pantages Theaters)...
  • [5] Karen from Westchester March 11, 2009 - 01:23PM

    disgusting to applaud him with such attention but guess the story must be told in the name of history. that Roger thinks Marlene was an amazing woman for her affairs with father and son speaks more volumes about the values of New York men and maybe New York than any other critique. Get me outta here.
  • [6] eva March 11, 2009 - 02:02PM

    Karen,

    Speaking from California, I can assure you that New York looks like a bastion of civility and family ethics. If anything, the large immigrant communities (key word, communities) ensure a higher level of fidelity.

    (Commentary from the guest, Cari Beauchamp, notwithstanding.)

    New York isn't any more depraved than anywhere else in the country. Look at the divorce rate in the Bible Belt - most of those divorces originate in extramarital affairs.

    Stay put, you could do worse.


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