Director Len Wiseman and actress Kate Beckinsale attend the opening of the exhibition "Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward" presented by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences at the Academy's Fourth Floor Gallery in Beverly Hills on Friday, January 22, 2010. The Noel Coward exhibition runs until Sunday, April 18. Admission is free.
Among Coward's stage classics are Hay Fever, Private Lives, Cavalcade, Design for Living, Blithe Spirit, and the operetta Bitter Sweet. His compositions include “I’ll See You Again,” “Mad About the Boy” and “Mad Dogs and Englishmen.” The exhibition also covers Coward’s friendships with many of the 20th century’s top artists and film personalities, including Marlene Dietrich and David Lean.
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