‘Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction’ Book Signing with Author Cathy Whitlock February 4, 2011

‘Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction’ Book Signing with Author Cathy Whitlock at Book Soup Book Store in Los Angeles, CA!

Who can forget the over-the-top, white-on-white, high gloss interiors through which Fred Astaire danced in Top Hat, the modernist high-rise architecture, inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, in the adaptation of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, the opulent drawing rooms of Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence or the trendsetting interiors of the Hamptons beach house in Something's Gotta Give?

In Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction, journalist and interior designer Cathy Whitlock illuminates the often under-celebrated role of the Production Designer in the creation of the most memorable moments in film history. Through a lush collection of rare archival photographs, Whitlock narrates the evolving story of art direction over the course of a century - from the massive Roman architecture of Ben Hur to Mrs. Robinson's suburban lair in The Graduate to the digital CGI wonder of Avatar's Pandora.