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Binding: Kindle Edition
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 10, 2008
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Studio: Simon & Schuster
Sales Rank: 2757
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Product Description:
Don't let that tanned, handsome, charming surface fool you. Beneath the bronzed facade 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.
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What a boring personality George Hamilton is!
He seems to have done nothing in his life or career but schmooze around with people a million times more famous than he is/was (Elizabeth Taylor, for one example)
Shameless name dropping abounds from this book. It tells very little of what would be interesting details of his own life.
Was a waste of a Sunday afternoon for me.
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Enjoyed most of the book. However, the first half seemed more a biography of the mother's life than Georges.
Rating:  -
Behind George's smoke and mirrors is a fabulous guy with a great sense of values and style. Like my Golden Retriever, I'd want him around just because he is George!
He doesn't give himself enough credit for understanding the "human condition"- it is his love of the characters in his life that taught him to appreciate people and celebrate their unique qualities. I so loved reading about his mother - what a treasure to someone who loves characters! George's sense of humor sustained him at a point ... Read More
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I, myself, was very disappointed with this book. A lot of it was about his mother and brother. Not what I expected. I would not recommend it.
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Boring....zzzzzzzz Wasted money on a book about a self absorbed man? Don't waste your money unless you like listening to me, me and more me.
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Binding: Kindle Edition
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 10, 2008
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Studio: Simon & Schuster
Sales Rank: 2757
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