Don't Mind If I Do - Couverture rigide

Hamilton, George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1416545026 ISBN 13 : 9781416545026

Editeur : Touchstone, 2008

Synopsis

In this memoir, George Hamilton shares his life story, from growing up with an elitist but broke mother who shipped him to boarding schools and boyfriends' homes, to having an MGM contract that launched his five-decade long acting career. George has appeared in films, television shows, Broadway musicals, and commercials of all types. With candour and a self-deprecating wit, George details his entire career, which began on the studio lots of MGM and brought him to Rome in the 1960's jet-set era where he wined, dined and became friends with epic stars including Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Burton, Natalie Wood, Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland - and witnessed all of their fights and pitfalls.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Spend a few hours with George Hamilton?

Don't Mind If I Do

Don't let that tanned, handsome, charming surface fool you. Beneath the bronzed façade is a mischievous mind with a wicked wit. George Hamilton doesn't miss a thing. With a front row seat for classic Hollywood's biggest secrets and scandals, George has the intelligence, heart, and unflappable spirit to tell his story, and the story of Tinseltown's heyday, with great good humor and delicious candor -- as only he can. From Where the Boys Are to Dancing with the Stars; from Mary Pickford to Elizabeth Taylor; from smalltown Arkansas to the capitals of Europe -- it's all here, and George has lived to tell and to laugh about it.

As the child of a Dartmouth-educated bandleader father and a glamorous Southern debutante mother whose marriage crumbled early on, George had a childhood filled with misadventures and challenges that his mother always seemed able to turn from tragedy to comedy. Her idea of changing the family's fortunes involved a trip cross-country with three sons and a poodle in a Lincoln Continental, making stops along the way to search for husband/father number three. And she was quick to recognize that George's potential success lay in Hollywood.

George starved nobly for his art in the late 1950s, but was soon starring in major motion pictures directed by the likes of Vincente Minnelli and Louis Malle. He has forgotten more about Hollywood than most movie experts will ever know and shares intimate and hugely entertaining stories of his friendships with Cary Grant; Brigitte Bardot; Robert Mitchum; Merle Oberon; Mae West; Sammy Davis, Jr.; and Judy Garland -- not to mention Lyndon B. Johnson and Elvis's Colonel Tom Parker as well as the King himself -- among others. The world is Hamilton's oyster, and this ultimate insider is ready to share it with us. So fasten your seat belt. We'll tell you when it's safe to move about the cabin again.

Revue de presse

"[T]he reigning mood of this book...is self-deprecating good humor. And its stories are star-studded and wild..." -- Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"Hamilton is a witty raconteur, and has...a genuine sense of humor about himself." -- Publishers Weekly

"Charming...hilarious..." -- Vanity Fair

"[Hamilton] is smarter, edgier and sexier than one might expect. And he lives to entertain you!" -- Liz Smith, New York Post

"Juicy...self-deprecating and witty." -- The Los Angeles Times

"Flashy and funny, with flamboyance to burn, just like Hamilton." -- Kirkus Reviews

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Touchstone
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1416545026
• ISBN 13: 9781416545026
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Stadiem William
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible