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  • cocktails & hors d'oeuvres served

Oscar®-winning set and costume designer, photographer, writer, and painter Cecil Beaton was not only a dazzling chronicler but an arbiter of his time. From the Bright Young Things to the front lines of war to the international belle monde and the pages of Vogue and then onto the Queen’s official photographer – Beaton embodied the cultural and political changes of the twentieth century. In this tender portrait, director Lisa Immordino Vreeland (Diane Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict) blends archival footage and photographs with voice over of Beaton’s famed diaries to capture his legacy as a complex and unique creative force. Dynamic and lyrical, LOVE, CECIL is an examination of Beaton’s singular sense of the visual, which dictated a style that set standards of creativity that continue to resonate and inspire today.

  • Beer + wine provided by Newport Wine Cellar & Gourmet
  • Small bites by Blackstone Caterers
  • Live music by Julio Amaro
6:00pm: Pre-film Reception in the Salon with a pop-up Cecil Beaton photo exhibit curated by the Newport Restoration Foundation.
7:00pm: Film in the Ballroom, followed by conversation with director Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Run time: 99 minutes
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Love, Cecil
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