ROBERT BOYLE  CENTENNIAL

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and American Cinematheque (AC) will honor the legendary Production Designer Robert Boyle, who celebrates his 100^th birthday in October, with  screenings of:

THE WOLF MAN (1941)

and

GAILY GAILY (1969)

These films will be screened on  Sunday, March 29 at 5:30PM at the Egyptian Theater, located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

2008 Academy Award® honoree Robert Boyle and Production Designer Rick Heinrichs (the 2009 version of The Wolf Man, Pirates of the Caribbean series, and Hulk, among others) will be present between the screenings to participate in a discussion to be moderated by Production Designer, screenwriter and  AFI Instructor John Muto.

The Wolf Man, which stars Claude Rains, Lon Chaney, Jr., Warren William and Ralph Bellamy, is the classic story of a man's transformation into a werewolf. The film is recognized as one of the iconic Universal monster pictures, taking place in classic old European castles, villages and misty forests, all accomplished within the studio lot. Gaily, Gaily, on the other hand, mixes both real locations and the backlot to seamlessly create turn-of-the-century Chicago. Starring Beau Bridges, the film is about an innocent young writer who learns the ways of yellow journalism while working for a top Chicago paper. Boyle's sets include a revamp of the backlot, in which he added an elevated train, as well as a newspaper office, the entire stock exchange, and one of the most beautiful and opulent bordellos ever put on film.

Boyle has served as Production Designer on more than 90 theatrical motion pictures.  He has been nominated for four Academy Awards® for The Shootist, Fiddler on the Roof, Gaily, Gaily and North By Northwest. In 1997, Boyle was voted a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild (ADG), which was presented to him during the Guild's First Annual ADG Awards. In 2008, Boyle was presented with an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of one of cinema's great careers in production design. In addition, Boyle designed The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Private Benjamin, Mame, Portnoy's Complaint, The Thomas Crown Affair, In Cold Blood, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, The Birds and Cape Fear.

In his long and distinguished career, Boyle was the Production Designer on multiple films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Norman Jewison and also served as Production Designer on films for such directors as Tom Mankiewicz, Penny Marshall, Joe Dante, Hal Ashby and Arthur Hiller. For many years, Boyle has devoted a great deal of his time to sharing his wealth of knowledge with Fellows at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles, where he is a Distinguished Lecturer and the guiding spirit of the production design department.

RSVPs will not be taken for this event. Tickets purchased by the ADG will be available for ADG members and one guest. Tickets will be distributed to ADG members at the door on a first come, first served basis. If you would like to request access to a larger block of tickets, please email your request to Amy Reynolds at amy@artdirectors.org

If you are not an ADG member, tickets are available for purchase at Fandango or by visiting the Egyptian Theater box office. General admission is $10. 

For more information about the American Cinematheque and the Egyptian Theater go to www.americancinematheque.com/ 

or call 323 461 2020.