Hollywood at Play

Stephen X. Sylvester a filmmaker and co-author M-G-M: Hollywood¿s Greatest Backlot and 20th Century Fox: A Century of Entertainment (August 1, 2016) and the former Executive Director of the Wattles Mansion and Gardens, Hollywood¿s last remaining original intact estate. In addition, he has lectured on the Hollywood studio system for the Los Angeles Club, the Art Directors Guild of America, and the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Mary Mallory is a respected researcher, author, and film historian. She is the author of Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays (Schiffer, 2015), Hollywoodland (Arcadia, 2011), and Hollywoodland: Tales Lost and Found (Kindle, 2013), and contributes to many publications including Discover Hollywood, The Silent Treatment, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Hollywood Bowl programs. Her weekly posts for the Los Angeles themed history blog The Daily Mirror attract a wide readership, and are re-posted by blogs such as Curbed LA, LA Observed, and The Daily Deception, as well as by KFWB and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Mary has appeared on TCM and in Hollywood-themed documentaries. She served on the Board of Directors for Hollywood Heritage, Inc., and acts as a docent for the Hollywood Heritage Museum that it supports. Donovan Brandt is the owner and operator of Eddie Brandt¿s Saturday Matinee, Hollywood¿s oldest and largest family-owned photo archive. He has contributed to numerous Hollywood themed books and documentaries and has appeared on American Movie Classic and Turner Classic Movies.