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Lecture

Ronald E. Bornstein
Hooray for Hollywood! A Celebration of 1930s Movie Tunes

Monday 17.02.2025

Summary

In the 1930s, Hollywood was a beehive of musical movie-making. The Roaring Twenties had passed and the Great Depression was rampant. Songwriters flocked to work with legendary studios. Inventive audio-visual delights were the result. In what promises to be a memorable presentation, Ron Bornstein will usher you through some uniquely entertaining songs of this era. Hooray for Hollywood!!

Ronald E. Bornstein

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Ronald E. Bornstein is an international lawyer who has practiced in New York, Paris, San Francisco, and London. He is a member of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and a Lifetime Member of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI). He was a Ford Foundation Fellow at the Academy of International Law at The Hague and a visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Dakar. Ron grew up in Manhattan and is a lifelong student of the “Great American Songbook” and American music from 1920 to 1970.