My Hollywood Stories by Morris, Eric -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION HI, DIDDLE DEE DEE, AN ACTOR’S LIFE FOR ME. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE?

TAKE FROM OUT THE POCKET THE GUN! THAT’S NEXT WEEK’S SHOW WHICH HORSE WERE YOU SITTING ON? SO I’M NOT STRONG ENOUGH? I DON’T THINK HE LIKES ME—IS IT METHOD OR MADNESS? BEING A BLACK ACTOR JUST WHEN YOU BEGIN TO REALLY MAKE IT, YOU DIE YOUR AGENT IS CALLING MISADVENTURES IN A HOLLYWOOD APARTMENT BUILDING WHAT’S IN A NAME? AN ACTOR BY ANY OTHER WILL…

ACTORS HELPING ACTORS OR A FEW GOOD MEN…AND WOMEN

FOR GOD’S SAKE, GET ME A PART IN PORK CHOP HILL LET THE CAMERA SEE YOUR PRETTY FACE I LOVE LUCY—AND I REALLY DID! BEING PREPARED IS NOT JUST FOR BOY SCOUTS CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH?

HOLLYWOOD BEHAVING BADLY

HOLLYWOOD PARASITES IS THERE A DEFINITION FOR EVIL? THE TYRANT HARRY COHN AND HIS BATTLE WITH RITA HAYWORTH REICHSFÜHRER OTTO PREMINGER THE ANATOMY OF A TALENTED BUT COMPLICATED MAN

MY AIRPORT RENDEZVOUS WITH ELI WALLACH MIRROR, MIRROR AMERICA, AMERICA: OK, LET ME SEE YOU WALK, HARRY LOSE THE FUCKING GUN A MEGAPHONE IN THE CROWD

THE BOXING BEAUTICIAN, DENZEL WASHINGTON, AND RUSSELL CROWE BS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE A VERY TALENTED ARISTOCRATIC ACTOR WITH A CLOSET FULL OF SKELETONS

THE WILD BUNCH

MORE HOLLYWOOD BAD BOYS AN IMAGINATIVE ACTOR AND A LOOSE CANNON HOLLYWOOD’S TALENTED BAD BOY NOT SO EASY RIDER THE AGE OF NEFARIOUS

HOLLYWOOD TRAGEDIES

SHARON TATE AND THE MANSON MURDERS ON CIELO DRIVE ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD TRAGEDY: PEOPLE I KNEW A TRAGEDY THAT DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRANK WOLFF, ACTOR THE BOY WITH A SPARKLE IN HIS EYES HE ATE DOG FOOD AND SOLD ROLLS ROYCES LEIF ERICKSON (NOT THE VIKING) HOGAN WASN’T A HERO GUNFIGHT AT THE ANIMAL CORRAL HE SURVIVED THE GODFATHER, BUT NOT A NEW YORK CITY BUS IT IS A TRAGEDY IF YOUR CAREER DIES BEFORE YOU DO THE COST OF SEEKING FAME THE TRAGIC LIFE OF BRIAN KELLY GOD CRIES EVERY TIME A PARENT LOSES A CHILD STIRLING SILLIPHANT’S TRAGIC EXPERIENCE ANOTHER FATHER LOSING A CHILD WHERE WAS THE BABYSITTER? THE TRAGEDY OF LOSING A SPOUSE FOOD CAN BE LETHAL MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS HAPPEN IN THE HOME WAS HE INTOXICATED OR NOT? IF YOU HAVE A PORSCHE, BE CAREFUL DRIVING IT! HOLLYWOOD TRAGEDY: IGNORANCE CAN BE FATAL THE JEWISH INDIAN KILLED BY A MEDICINE MAN ACTOR DIES WHILE SHOOTING FILM TOO YOUNG AND TOO TALENTED TO BE MURDERED WHO’S ON FIRST

BLACKLISTING: WHAT WAS REALLY UN-AMERICAN

THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD KAZAN AND HUAC NAMING NAMES HE DIED IN THE SADDLE SENATOR MCCARTHY’S GHOST IS STILL HAUNTING HOLLYWOOD AARON SPELLING’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK

SEX IN HOLLYWOOD OR SOME LIKE IT HOT

SEX IN HOLLYWOOD; SEX TRADING GO AWAY, HAVE A “FUCK FEST” AND CLIMB YOUR WAY TO STARDOM COME TAKE AN OCEAN CRUISE WITH ME SEX WITH A WAR HERO BS AROUND THE FIREPLACE TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN MAKING LOVE TO EACH OTHER HE HAD THE NAVY JOIN HIM THE GAY BILLIONAIRE PORNOGRAPHY IN HOLLYWOOD

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE STUDIO

WHAT PRICE COMEDY? EMBARRASSING MOMENTS

WHAT’S THE NAME OF THAT ARTIST? SO, I’M A METHOD ACTOR WORKING TO GET A SENSE OF A LEOPARD ARE YOU A WRITER?

NEIL SIMON, NEIL SIMON WHAT’S THAT IN YOUR MOUTH? A COUGH DROP? GET RID OF IT! IN THE TOILET WITH TENNESSEE WILIAMS FLYING WITH GUIDO PANZINI SHE’S AN ACTRESS—NO, SHE’S NOT! “THE SILENT SERVICE” HAD ITS FUNNY MOMENTS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WASN’T ANYTHING TO LEAN ON? SO ARE YOU A PORSCHE DEALER? FROM BIG AND TALL TO SHORT AND SMALL WHICH EYE DID HE REALLY SEE WITH? THE TALLEST NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY IN TOWN A FUNNY MAN WHO DID SOME NOT SO FUNNY THINGS MERVYN LEROY’S GREAT IDEA WHO ARE YOU? MINE IS BIGGER THAN YOURS THE IRREVERENT BETTE DAVIS THE BULBOUS-NOSED DRUNK THE BLOND WITH BIG TITS AND A DEEP VOICE THE SON OF GOD ON THE CROSS DIRECTOR MICHAEL CURTIZ AND THE WILLING EXTRA HEY, PAY ATTENTION TO THE PASTA AND LET ME DO MY JOB IT’S GRANNY GOOSE, WHO ELSE? SONNY TUFTS…SONNY TUFTS… SONNY TUFTS? HE WAS REALLY A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY IS IT REALLY TOUGH, EDDIE? THAT CHECK WILL NEVER BE CASHED

PRANKS AND MISCHIEF IN HOLLYWOOD

OK, IT STINKS TIE A RED RIBBON AROUND IT DO IT LIKE THE DUKE WHERE’S THE POOP? PROMISES, PROMISES, AND LIES

HOLLYWOOD FOLKLORE, RUMORS AND HEARSAY

IN A STUDIO MOGUL’S OFFICE BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SHOVE UP YOUR ANUS ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE GIANT SHAKESPEARE AND THE FUNNY MAN DINING WITH SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER A METHOD OR NOT A METHOD, THAT IS THE QUESTION WAS IT SELF-DEFENSE, OR WHO DID IT? OVERHEARD IN A POSH RESTAURANT WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE A YOUNG ACTOR?

OTHER FASCINATING PEOPLE WHO CROSSED MY PATH

MACHO ACTOR IN BALLET TIGHTS THE ROBERT BLAKE THAT I KNEW WAS SHE ADOPTED OR NOT? HEY, WHAT’S HAPPENING, MAN? HOW ACTORS SPEND THEIR MONEY A MAN OF MANY CONTRADICTIONS SHIRLEY, IT’S SHELLEY THE FACTORY WASN’T REALLY A FACTORY “LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG AND HAVE A GOOD-LOOKING CORPSE” THE ACTOR, THE PREACHER, THE TEACHER THE SCHWARZENEGGER CHRONICLES “EYEWITNESS TO THE PAST” LUNCH AT THE SOURCE WITH A SENSITIVE AND BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS SIR ANTHONY VISITS MY THEATER

THE GLASS MENAGERIE AND BILLY HAYES

MIDNIGHT RETURN BY BILLY HAYES EPILOGUE