Miami, FL – December 10, 2022 – Ben Mankiewicz, the primetime host of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), greeted fans of the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s nationally acclaimed blockbuster exhibition “Art of the Hollywood Backdrop,” now in its final six weeks of a spectacular run (on view until January 22, 2023). Mankiewicz was the guest of honor at The Boca Raton resort, at a private event co-hosted by Irvin Lippman, (the Executive Director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art), and the celebrated hotelier James Carmody, (the General Manager of The Boca Raton Cloister and The Boca Raton Bungalows).

Ben Mankiewicz & Thomas A Walsh

Ben Mankiewicz

Ben Mankiewicz

Thomas A Walsh

Ben Mankiewicz, Alan G. Hait, & Irvin Lippman

Jose Lima, Ben Mankiewicz, Roberta Kjelgaard & Bill Spring

Ben Mankiewicz & Thomas A. Walsh

James Carmody,  Jody Harrison Grass, Irvin Lippman, Ben Mankiewicz & Thomas A Walsh

Jessica Wright, Ben Mankiewicz, Stacy Miller & Caroline Miller

Jose Lima, Roberta Kjelgaard & Bill Spring

Thomas A Walsh, Carol Niren & Neil Niren

Jose Lima, Ben Mankiewicz & Bill Spring

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