Women on Film presents a 50th anniversary screening of
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (PG)
Thursday, May 19 / 7:00    
Wine reception / 6:30pm
Members $10 / Students $12 / Non-members $15

Q&A with “Fifth Ave., 5 A.M.” author Sam Wasson and film critic Caryn James

A lonely, struggling writer becomes enchanted with his neighbor: an independent young woman who strives to be a high-climbing socialite with a penchance for high-fashion and wild parties. But, soon he uncovers the vulnerability she has at heart.

ABOUT AUTHOR SAM WASSON:

“Sam Wasson is a fabulous social historian because he finds meaning in situations and stories that would otherwise be forgotten if he didn’t sleuth them out, lovingly.” - Hilton Als, The New Yorker

L.A native Sam Wasson studied Film at Wesleyan University and at the USC School of Cinematic Arts before publishing his first book, A SPLURCH IN THE KISSER: THE MOVIES OF BLAKE EDWARDS, in 2009. The definitive account of Edwards’s magisterial fifty-year career, Splurch – which to the author’s great relief impressed both Andrew Sarris and his mother – incited Wasson to explore the phenomenon of Edwards’s most popular film, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, in greater depth. In 2010, FIFTH AVENUE, 5AM: AUDREY HEPBURN, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, AND THE DAWN OF THE MODERN WOMAN became a New York and L.A. Times Best Seller, and was named one of the best books of the year by several national publications including The New York Times and Publishers Weekly.