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Cari Beauchamp, Hollywood Historian and Author, Dies at 74
By Cynthia Littleton/Variety
Cari Beauchamp, a widely respected Hollywood historian and author who was a frequent presence on Turner Classic Movies and a contributor to Variety, has died. She was 74.
Beauchamp was a prolific writer who often focused on the stories of female pioneers in the entertainment industry. Among the books she wrote or co-wrote over the years were "Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and The Powerful Women of Early Hollywood" and "Hollywood on the Riviera: The Inside Story of the Cannes Film Festival." She also edited and annotated "Anita Loos Rediscovered: Film Treatments and Fiction by the Creator of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Other books included "Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters from Inside the Studios of the 1920s" and "Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years."
Born in Berkeley, Calif., Beauchamp worked as a private investigator, a campaign manager and as press secretary to California Gov. Jerry Brown before she became a writer full-time in 1990, according to the author's biography. Beauchamp's most recent contribution to Variety was a 2019 story marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of United Artists. It was a subject she knew well, and it shows in her work.
Annie Thompson, IndieWire columnist and a longtime friend of the writer, noted that Beauchamp's true passion was her work revolving around filmdom's early years and the Golden Age era of the 1930s and '40s.
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/cari-beauchamp-hollywood-historian-and-author-dies-at-74/ar-AA1lzWnl
Cari Beauchamp, a widely respected Hollywood historian and author who was a frequent presence on Turner Classic Movies and a contributor to Variety, has died. She was 74.
Beauchamp was a prolific writer who often focused on the stories of female pioneers in the entertainment industry. Among the books she wrote or co-wrote over the years were "Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and The Powerful Women of Early Hollywood" and "Hollywood on the Riviera: The Inside Story of the Cannes Film Festival." She also edited and annotated "Anita Loos Rediscovered: Film Treatments and Fiction by the Creator of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Other books included "Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters from Inside the Studios of the 1920s" and "Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years."
Born in Berkeley, Calif., Beauchamp worked as a private investigator, a campaign manager and as press secretary to California Gov. Jerry Brown before she became a writer full-time in 1990, according to the author's biography. Beauchamp's most recent contribution to Variety was a 2019 story marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of United Artists. It was a subject she knew well, and it shows in her work.
Annie Thompson, IndieWire columnist and a longtime friend of the writer, noted that Beauchamp's true passion was her work revolving around filmdom's early years and the Golden Age era of the 1930s and '40s.
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/cari-beauchamp-hollywood-historian-and-author-dies-at-74/ar-AA1lzWnl