ART DECO SOCIETY AND GARBO’S CUBAN LOVER
And what, exactly, do they have in common? The fabulous 1930's, dear readers. Do you swoon when you watch a black and white movie made in Hollywood during its Golden Age? Does your heart skip a beat when you walk into the Paramount theater in Oakland or watch episodes of Hercule Poirot on A&E? Do you wish men still wore hats and knew how to tip them when passing a lady? Is there a black cocktail dress with matching hat, seamed stockings and black faille pumps stuffed into the back of your closet just screaming to be let out? Do you yearn to wear a gardenia corsage? Well tomorrow night, July 20, 2006, is the night. Even if you are not (yet) a member of the ART DECO SOCIETY of San Francisco you are invited to an evening at THE CITY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO to sip a cocktail or two and enjoy the evening’s performance of ‘Garbo’s Cuban Lover’ described as "a suspenseful drama which explores the glamorous and secretive lives of Hollywood’s Golden Age’s most celebrated divas: Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, and their love affairs with enigmatic Mercedes de Acosta".
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