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Eleanor Coppola, Who Chronicled Her Family’s Filmmaking, Dies at 87

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Eleanor Coppola, Who Chronicled Her Family’s Filmmaking, Dies at 87

“I may hold the world’s record for the person who has made the most documentaries about their family directing films,” she said. Her career, she wrote in “Notes on a Life,” a 2008 book, reflected that “I am an observer at heart, who has the impulse to record what I see around me.” Late in … Read more

Cari Beauchamp, Who Chronicled the Women of Early Hollywood, Dies at 74

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Cari Beauchamp, Who Chronicled the Women of Early Hollywood, Dies at 74

Cari Beauchamp, a political adviser turned historian who documented the overlooked story of women in early Hollywood, when the film industry’s chaotic beginnings allowed them to assert a surprising amount of power, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 74. Her son Jake Flynn confirmed the death, in a hospital, but did not specify … Read more