Seeing stars: Hollywood Through the Lens

Hollywood Through the Lens - iconic images of Hollywood stars at the Getty Images Gallery in London

A Spring treat lies in store if you hurry down to London's Getty Images Gallery. "Hollywood Through the Lens", the gallery's Canon-sponsored exhibition celebrating Hollywood's 100th anniversary, runs until 28th April. The show is packed with iconic images from the early years of the silver screen to the present, but the most evocative are those from Hollywood's golden age, such as these great portraits of Clark Gable and Joan Crawford, and this rare shot of Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe captured at the premiere of How to Marry a Millionaire in 1953.

A film critic for over 25 years, Jason admits the job can occasionally be glamorous – sitting on a film festival jury in Portugal; hanging out with Baz Luhrmann at the Chateau Marmont; chatting with Sigourney Weaver about The Archers – but he mostly spends his time in darkened rooms watching films. He’s also written theatre and opera reviews, two guide books on Rome, and competed in a race for Yachting World, whose great wheeze it was to send a seasick film critic to write about his time on the ocean waves. But Jason is happiest on dry land with a classic screwball comedy or Hitchcock thriller.