The name Al Hirschfeld has been synonymous with the theatre since his first theatrical drawing was published in December 1926. By then, he was a six-year veteran of movie studio art departments, having already worked for Goldwyn, Universal, Pathé, Selznick, Fox, First National, and Warner Brothers. "I lived in the movies," he said of his early years, and it was in films that he discovered his gift of caricature.

	The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996)

Edited by Angelo Corrao and directed by Susan Warms Dryfoos, The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story features interviews with Al Hirschfeld and many famous people drawn over the years by the artist including Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Lauren Bacall, and Robert Goulet. New York Times History Productions: Castle Hill. 35mm. 86 minutes.

The Academy is pleased to present this print from the Academy Film Archive courtesy of Castle Hill Productions. Academy Award^® nomination: Best Documentary Feature, 1996.

From January 4 - January 31, highlights from Hirschfeld's nine decades of film art will be presented in HIRSCHFELD'S HOLLYWOOD, an exhibition circulated by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery at the Walter Reade Theater.

The exhibition celebrates an artist whose works of serious graphic composition, informed by a distinctly modern aesthetic, and leavened by wit have helped to define the way Main Street America, and now the world, looks at the movies.

The gallery is open daily from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free.