Tom Santopietro on the life of AUDREY HEPBURN

This event will be in partnership with THE LAMBS, America's oldest professional theatrical club.

Tom Santopietro has just written a new biography of AUDREY HEPBURN, and will speak about Hepburn's extraordinary life, from her childhood experiences of starvation and her heroism as a pre-teen in the Dutch anti-Nazi Resistance during World War II, through her rise to international stardom, and her activity in support of suffering children through UNICEF, clearly rooted in her own childhood suffering.  She was an extraordinary human being, extraordinary in many different ways, and we are proud to do this event in honor of her memory.

Santopietro wrote his book with the cooperation of Hepburn's family, including in-depth interviews with Hepburn's son Sean.  Tom Santopietro is the author of ten books, including the national best seller The Sound of Music Story, Sinatra in Hollywood, the New York Times Editor's Choice Considering Doris Day, and most recently The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic, and is an authority on classic films.

Our interviewer will be Foster Hirsch, Professor of Film at Brooklyn College and the author of 16 books on Film and Theater, including books on Harold Prince, Woody Allen, Otto Preminger, and, his latest, Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties.

The book will be available for purchase (cash or checks but not credit cards) and a booksigning will follow the event.

Advance registration is REQUIRED. No tickets will be sold at the door. If you're a dues-paying member of the Autumn Garden Society, make sure you're logged in before you order your tickets, in order to get the reduced Members' price--just $6 per ticket!