The Culver City Historical Society invites you to a talk by Brian Taves, author of the book Thomas Ince Hollywood’s Independent Pioneer on Saturday, December 8, at 2 p.m. in the society's Archives and Resource Center in the Veteran's Memorial Building.  Taves’ book, the first ever written about Ince’s life, describes how Ince revolutionized the motion picture industry through the development the role of the producer.  Taves will show a DVD of a tour of the former Thomas Ince Studios (now the Culver Studios lot), will describe the writing of this work, and will sign books. 

The book has been named to the “ten best” film books of 2011 on Huffington Post and was selected by Turner Classic Movies as their “book-of-the month” for January 2012s. 

The public is invited to enjoy this free program in the ARC space in the Veterans Memorial Building at 4117 Overland Blvd. in Culver City. For information, call (310) 253-6941 or leave a message at info@culvercityhistoricalsociety.org.