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FEUD: FITZGERALD VS. HOLLYWOOD

FEUD: FITZGERALD VS. HOLLYWOOD

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F. Scott Fitzgerald had a troubled relationship with Hollywood. He and Zelda crafted themselves into celebrities in the early 1920s, and Hollywood took notice. As the couple hobnobbed with stars, producers, and directors, studios toyed with casting them in an adaptation of his first novel, This Side of Paradise. Fitzgerald was offered his first job as a screen writer in 1927, and he would live his final years in Los Angeles, writing screenplays for MGM, working feverishly on his unfinished masterpiece The Last Tycoon, and trying to get control over his alcoholism. Despite Fitzgerald’s disparaging remarks about Hollywood over the years, he approached screenwriting with seriousness, and he hoped to write transformative works for film. He only earned one screen credit, but Hollywood provided the fictional world for The Last Tycoon and his series of comedic stories about washed-out screenwriter Pat Hobby. This course will examine his relationship with Hollywood through some of his efforts as a screenwriter, his short fiction about the film industry (including “Crazy Sundays” and the Pat Hobby stories), and The Last Tycoon. LINK TO NOVEL: The Last Tycoon

LINK to The Last Tycoon 

Link to The Pat Hobby Stories

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Thomas Fahy

Thomas Fahy is a novelist, nonfiction writer, and professor of literature and creative writing. He has been widely acclaimed and has received awards for his numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, as well as his scholarly research. He has also published essays on everything from Paris Hilton and 1980s vampire films to the television series Stranger Things. His works have been translated into several languages, and he has been interviewed by Salon and other publications, as well as radio hosts in the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Malaysia. He was recently a guest on the BBC radio program “Literary Pursuits” about Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. He has also appeared in several episodes of the Spanish television series Creadores Prodigiosos. When he is not writing, Dr. Fahy performs regularly as a classical pianist and has appeared in recent concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Concert Hall, and other venues in New York City. He is a fascinating and dynamic teacher who is able to bring his wide interdisciplinary knowledge to whatever the subject.

Lecture Details

Program

Sessions

4 lecture(s)
Day & Time

Thursday, 10:00-12 noon
Date(s)

Oct 10, 2024
Oct 17, 2024
Oct 24, 2024
Oct 31, 2024