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Ten Chimneys Foundation’s Mission

  • Preserve and Share the buildings, furnishings, collections, and grounds of a national treasure – Ten Chimneys, the estate created by Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
  • Serve as a continuing resource and powerful inspiration for theatre, the arts, and the art of living.
  • Offer public programs consistent with the Lunts’ varied interests and core values, while maintaining the integrity and intimacy of this extraordinary estate.

Ten Chimneys is a National Historic Landmark, a “Save America’s Treasures” project site, and is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places. Ten Chimneys is owned by the non-profit 501(C)3 organization Ten Chimneys Foundation, Inc.

Robert Osborne’s “Conversation at Ten Chimneys” Garners Record Audience

November 05, 2007

The host of the “Turner Classic Movies” television network since its debut in 1994, Robert Osborne is widely considered the one of American film’s preeminent authorities – and enthusiasts. Mr. Osborne is known as “the official biographer of Oscar.” His latest book, “75 Years Of The Oscar,” was written at the request of the Academy and was praised as “a scholar’s dream, a researcher’s paradise, a movie buff’s heaven.” He has interviewed countless legendary filmmakers, he received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in February of 2006, and he serves as the Academy’s official greeter at the Academy Awards ceremonies. It was Lucille Ball who encouraged him to seriously pursue writing (“especially after she saw me act,” he says), and he considers that suggestion the best career advice he’s ever been given. Lucy remained a friend and mentor to him until her death in 1989. On June 22nd, in our second of three 2007 Conversations at Ten Chimneys, Mr. Osborne shared insights and stories about the evolution of American film during the time that the Lunts ruled the American stage with a crowd of over 250 attendees.

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