European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hopes to land in by de Reavis staff writer before her recent trip to Europe american filmmaker Patricia Khayyam had reached a Point in her career that has broken Many artists before her. She had a sack full of Praise for her work but no offers. So she followed the path of Dean Dixon the late african american artist whose work As an orchestra conductor Drew acclaim after he came to Europe. The Road for Dixon went this Way he cleaned up in . Music contests in the 1950s, but found no orchestra that would hire a Black conductor. He told the stars and stripes that he found himself working in Macy a gift wrapping department in new York City with no prospects for a career in music. Off to Europe he went ending up conducting the norwegian symphony the Frankfurt radio orchestra and the Milan symphony he also conducted the Melbourne symphony. He tapped the Baton for the orchestras in Frankfurt Milan and Melbourne at the same time making Liim a Long distance conductor. He died in 1976. Khayyam who says she so in my late 30s,�?� came out of the University of Southern californians school of Cinema television with a prize for a 10-minute docudrama Henry Box Brown the Story of a slave who mailed himself to Freedom. A a in be known the Story since my childhood and it seemed to be time to Tell it on film a Khayyam said. A Henry Browne a owner broke his Promise to Brown Courtesy Patricia Khayyam Khayyam a films include in cry Box Brown. And sold his wife Sarah. Henry decided to run. A White Friend boxed him and shipped him from Richmond Virginia to Philadelphia and Freedom but Henry never found Sarah  in 1990, us decided it was the Best film to enter in the International film festival in Rimini Italy and it won first place. The film has been shown throughout the Emilia Romagna Region of Italy including Bologna Parma Forli Sesna Rimini and Ferrara. After winning the International film award in Rimini Henry Box Brown collected the Black Fimi makers Hall of Yfeme award 1991 the global Africa inter National film award in Oakland Calif. 1993 and the Peoples Choice award in san Francisco 1993. The film also received Praise from the International Arsenal Cinema special screening in Berlin 1992 the International Academy for the perform ing arts in los Angeles 1992 and screening for the pan african film festival in los Angeles 1993. A but nothing followed a no offers to finance other film ideas i have a Khayyam said. In addition to Henry Khayyam has produced other acclaimed Short films and plays depicting american life from a Black perspective. Some of them arc a night on Broadway a 2vi hour play Sarah a music video on the life of jazz Singer Sarah Vaughn stones in my pathway a 30-Minutc, 35 my film Navy seals a feature film the Beauty connection a color video sitcom and women in limbo a color video consisting of four half hour shows on the plight of homeless women who follow their men onto skid  carried her work to Europe this year and the move paid off. A a film production company Here in Frankfurt is. Interested in marketing Henry Box Brown in Europe and at the Cannes film festival i was Able to show some people the film and a dutch television station is interested in  a project for me. So my european trip was rewarding a she said. During her six week stay in Germany Khayyam held workshops in Frankfurt and at the american High school in Wiesbaden on theater techniques. Its a subject in which she was trained at Chicago a Loyola University where she earned a bachelors degree in theater. She later received a masters in Fine arts from us. A working with children is always rewarding a she said. A the first thing i teach them is to look within themselves and to see the Beauty that surrounds Quot them. They then begin to see the world with differ Eft eyes a and that does not Only apply to children.�?�. Khayyam returned to her Home in los Angeles in late june. She said Shell be Back in Europe by late summer to negotiate film projects in Holland and a Germany. At museum i he German film museum in Frankfurt Germany is always Worth a visit because of its permanent and informative exhibit on the history of movies. Until sept. 4, the museum has the added attraction of ,213 original Black and White photographs of film beauties dating from 1910 to the present. The idea behind the exhibit is to depict Beautiful women prototypes in film history ranging from what the museum Calls a the Vamp a a the Girt next door to a the sex . The exhibit titled beauties a fascination with Beautiful illusions is divided into two parts beauties from silent film times to today and Beauty As a product. The former is a gallery of remembered and forgotten film idols. The latter is dedicated to individual stars such As Brigitte Bardot or Natalie Wood. The latter Section contains photographs of the actresses before they became stars. The German film museum is located in Frank Furt Sachsenhause near the main River at Schau Mankai 41. The exhibit begins with photographs of Theda Bara Asta Nielsen and Tallulah Bankhead dated from 1917 it then moves on to the 1920s with stars like Mary Pickford Marion Davis Anna May Wong and Josephine Baker. The 1930s Section includes Myma Loy Norma Shearer Constance Bennett and Joan Crawford. The 1940s is represented by such a Glamour girls As Lana Turner Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe Courtesy Gorman film museum. Courtesy German film museum to o actresses included in beauties exhibit Betty Grable in 1943 pose and Sophia Loren in 1956. The 1950s by pier Angeli Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida the 1960s by Claudia Cardinale Jane Fonda and Sandra Dee the 1970s by Julie Christie Cher and Isabelle Dajani and the 1980s , Kathleen Turner and Glenn close. Admission to the German film museum is about $2.50. The beauties exhibit costs an extra $2. The museum is open tuesdays thursdays and sundays from 10 . To 5 . Wednesdays from 10 , to 8 .  from 2 . To 8 . It is closed mondays. A us Reavis