2019
Friday, November 22, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Love (1927) starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert
Friday, July 26, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: The Patsy (1928) starring Marion Davies and Marie Dressler
Friday, August 9, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Lover Come Back (1961) starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson
Friday, April 19, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: The Great McGinty (1940) starring Brian Donlevy and Muriel Angelus
Friday, January 4, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Gigi (1958) starring Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier
Friday, December 7, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Evil Under the Sun (1982) starring Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, and James Mason
Friday, September 14, 2018, 7:00 pm
"Marie Dressler: Social Activist"
Celebrate Marie Dressler 150th Birthday
Victoria Hall, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
www.mariedressler.ca
Friday, April 20, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Brigadoon (1954) starring Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse
2017
Friday, September 22, 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Humoresque (1946) starring Joan Crawford and John Garfield
Friday, March 3, 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Mata Hari (1931) starring Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro
2016
Friday, November 4, 2016, 6:30 pm
Book signing and introduction, "Joan Blondell: Blonde Crazy" retrospective
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310/206-8013, www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2016/blonde-crazy-joan-blondell
Screening: Blondie Johnson (1933), Blonde Crazy (1931), and Big City Blues (1932)
Saturday, September 24, 2016, 8:00 pm
Guest Speaker, Marie Dressler Celebration Dinner, Dressler Museum reopening
Woodlawn Inn, Cobourg, Ontario
647-638-3025, www.mariedressler.ca/news
Friday, February 12, 2016, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Now, Voyager (1942) starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid
2015
Friday, April 10, 2015, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Grand Hotel (1932) starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, and Lionel Barrymore
Plus book signing of Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory, Kennedy's biography of Grand Hotel's director
Friday, March 20, 2015, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Night Moves (1975) starring Gene Hackman and Jennifer Warren
2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014, 7:00 pm
Book signing and reading with clips, Roadshow!
Folio Books
3957 - 24th Street, San Francisco, CA
415/821-3477
www.foliosf.com
Saturday, April 12, 2014, 7:00 pm
Book signing and reading with clips, Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s
The Regulator Bookshop
720 - 9th Street, Durham, NC
919/286-2700
www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/matthew-kennedy
Saturday, February 1 – Friday, February 7, 2014
"Roadshow: The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s" five film series based on the book,
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street, New York
212/708-9400
Press Release
Film Schedule
Kennedy will introduce the following screenings:
Saturday, February 1
Gigi (1958) at 1:30 and Finian's Rainbow (1968) at 4:30
Book signing at 7:30
Funny Girl (1968) at 8:30
Sunday, February 2
Camelot (1967) at 2:00 and Cabaret (1972) at 6:15
Friday, February 7, 2014, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Caged (1950) starring Eleanor Parker and Agnes Moorehead
Friday, January 17, 2014, 7:00 pm
Book signing and reading, Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood
310/659-3110
booksoup.com
2013
Friday, September 13, 2013, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: A Star is Born (1937) starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March
2012
Friday, October 5, 2012, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Midnight (1939) starring Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche
2011
Friday, February 4, 2011, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Libeled Lady (1936) starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
2010
Friday, September 3, 2010, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) starring Charles Laughton and Zasu Pitts
Friday, April 9, 2010, 6:00 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Born to Kill (1947) starring Claire Trevor and Lawrence
Tierney
Monday,
February 22, 2010, 8 pm
Guest interview, Ten Percent, cable channel 104 Northern California,
Available Via ON DEMAND
Produced by Comcast & David Perry
www.comcasthometown.com and www.davidperry.com
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 7:15 pm with live q&a following
Screening, Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
Rialto Theater, 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa
707/525-4840
www.rialtocinemas.com
2009
Film documentary
interview, Queer
Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
Friday, November 6, 2009, 6:30 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) starring Warren
Beatty and Julie Christie
Friday, February 6, 2009, 6:30 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Hud (1963) starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas,
and Patricia Neal
Friday, January 30, 2009, 6:30 pm
Guest
Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Twentieth Century (1934) starring Carole Lombard
and John Barrymore
2008
Film documentary interview, Three Vaudeville Women: May Irwin, Marie Dressler, Eva Tanguay
Friday, June 13 - Sunday, June 29, 2008
"Joan Blondell: The Fizz on the Soda" eleven film retrospective,
University of California Pacific Film Archive Theater
2575 Bancroft Way at Bowditch, Berkeley
510/642-1124
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Kennedy will sign copies of Joan Blondell in the Museum Store and introduce the following screenings:
Friday, June 13
Blonde Crazy (1931) at 7 pm, followed by Night Nurse (1931) at 8:55 pm
Sunday, June 15
Footlight Parade (1933) at 6:30 pm
The tribute continues after the 15th with screenings of Three on a Match (1932) and The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) on June 20, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) on June 22, There's Always a Woman (1938) and Three Girls About Town (1941) on June 25, Nightmare Alley (1947) on June 26, Lizzie (1957) on June 27, and Opening Night (1977) on June 29.
Monday,
May 5 - Friday, May 9, 2008
Guest Star, Silver Screen Oasis, classic film website
www.silverscreenoasis.com
Mondays, March 31, April 7, April 14, 2008
Guest, Silver Screen Audio Podcast with Joel Blumberg
WGBB Radio 1240 Freeport New York
www.silverscreenaudio.com
2007
Wednesday, December 19 - Monday, December 31, 2007
"Joan Blondell: The Bombshell From 91st Street" thirteen-film
retrospective, The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street, New York
212/708-9400
www.moma.org/exhibitions
Kennedy will introduce the following screenings:
Wednesday, December 19
Blonde Crazy (1931) at 6 pm and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) at 8 pm
Thursday, December 20
Blondie Johnson (1933) at 6 pm and Nightmare Alley (1947) at 8 pm
Friday, December 21
Footlight Parade (1933) at 6 pm and The Blue Veil (1951) at 8:30 pm
The tribute continues after the 21st with screenings of Night Nurse (1931), Three on a Match (1932), The King and the Chorus Girl (1937), There's Always a Woman (1938), Three Girls About Town (1941), Lizzie (1957), and Opening Night (1977).
Sunday,
December 30, 2007, 6:30 pm, Western time
Guest, Book Talk with Alan Farley
KALW public radio, 91.7 FM
www.kalw.org/index.html
Thursday, December 20, 2007, 12:40 to 1 pm, Eastern time
Guest, The Leonard Lopate Show
WNYC New York Public Radio, 93.9 FM and AM 820
www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate
Saturday, December 15, 2007, 7:15 am, Pacific time
Guest,
Interview with film critic Jan Wahl
KRON-TV Channel 4 San Francisco
www.janwahl.com
Saturday, December 1, 2007, approximately 5:30 pm
Book signing, Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes, The San
Francisco Silent Film Festival, Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street, San Francisco
415/777-4908
www.silentfilm.org
Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 7pm
Reading and book signing, Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes,
The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street, San Francisco
415/863-8688, 1-800/493-7323
www.booksmith.com
Friday, November 2, 2007, 6:30 pm
Guest
Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Jezebel (1938) starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda
Friday, May 25, 2007, 6:30 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Gold Diggers of 1933 starring Joan Blondell, with
select readings from Kennedy's upcoming biography Joan Blondell:
A Life between Takes (University Press of Mississippi)
2006
Friday, September 22, 2006, 6:30 pm
Guest Speaker, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screening: Footlight Parade (1933) starring Joan Blondell,
subject of Kennedy’s upcoming biography
Monday, January 16, 2006, noon
Guest Speaker, San Francisco Film Noir Festival, Palace of Fine Arts
Bay and Lyon Streets, San Francisco
www.filmnoirfoundation.org
Screening: Nightmare Alley (1947), directed by Edmund Goulding,
subject of Kennedy’s biography Edmund Goulding’s Dark
Victory (2004)
