Ronald E. Bornstein
Hooray for Hollywood! A Celebration of 1930s Movie Tunes
Summary
In the 1930s, Hollywood was a beehive of musical movie-making. The Roaring Twenties had passed and the Great Depression was rampant. Songwriters flocked to work with legendary studios. Inventive audio-visual delights were the result. In what promises to be a memorable presentation, Ron Bornstein will usher you through some uniquely entertaining songs of this era. Hooray for Hollywood!!
Ronald E. Bornstein
Ronald E. Bornstein is an international lawyer who has practiced in New York, Paris, San Francisco, and London (where he currently resides). He is a member of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and a Lifetime Member of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI). He was a Ford Foundation Fellow at the Academy of International Law at The Hague and a visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Dakar. Ron holds a BS (econ) degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a JD degree from its Law School.
Ron grew up in Manhattan and is a life long student of the “Great American Songbook” and American music from 1920 to 1970. He is also a Patron of the Musée d’Orsay and the British Museum where he sponsored its recent exhibition, “French Impressions: Prints from Manet to Cezanne”.