Hollywood Trail Boss

by Burt Kennedy

Book Overview

From The Rounders to Support Your Local Sheriff to White Hunter, Black Heart, Burt Kennedy's films and screenplays symbolize a two-fisted Hollywood in its prime. He rode with 'em all: Clint, the Duke,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572972955
• ISBN13: 9781572972957
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Fun and insightful view of Hollywood movie making.

This work of vignettes of Burt Kennedy's life and times as a Hollywood Movie Director gives the reader an inside look at Hollywood without the usual petty back biting. Burt keeps the reader interested and amused throughout without having to resort to the more tawndry side of the picture business. A great work to keep at bedside and reread regularly.

Great Tails on Great Flicks. Kennedy keeps doggies rollin'.

Burt Kennedy writes a fast-paced, fun-filled book about behind the scenes events in his great old westerns and TV shows. Find out how they did those war sceens in Combat, how to find a train to use in a movie and what John Wayne was like to work with. Then of course, there's the scene of Angie Dickinson emerging from her bath, that was cut--check the pictures in the middle of the book for this vintage shot. Becky Reid

Intimate anecdotes on the personalities of Hollywood Stars

Burt Kennedy's HOLLYWOOD TRAIL BOSS is great inside stuff on some of the great Stars, their personalities, quirks, and talents. Kennedy's style of writing is easy reading, often funny and full of intimate humor. His 50 years of producing, films and directing many of the Greats gives him a unique personal insight to Stars like John Wayne,Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda,James Garner, Frank Sinatra, Alex Baldwin, and some sexie gals like Raquel Welch, Angie Dickinson,Ann-Margret, and scores of others. Reading his book is like sitting across from a very nice easy talking guy and having an intimate gabfest about the personal thoughts and behavior of some of Hollywood's most notable Stars. HOLLYWOOD TRAIL BOSS is a terrific read to be enjoyed by just about anyone who is a movie buff, past or present. This is written by a bonafide veteran producer and director with a noteworthy Filmography to his credit. His anecdotes about the Hollywood scene and actors are memorable. Though his book you'll see the Stars as they are in real life. The book is full of very enlightening stories that are fun and revealing.