TY - BOOK N2 - ""Do you think you could teach Rock Hudson to talk like you do?" The question came from famed Hollywood director George Stevens, and an affirmative answer propelled Bob Hinkle into a fifty-year career in Hollywood as a speech coach, actor, producer, director, and friend to the stars. Along the way, Hinkle helped Rock Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Carroll Baker, and Mercedes McCambridge talk like Texans for the 1956 epic film Giant. He also helped create the character Jett Rink with James Dean, who became a best friend, and he consoled Elizabeth Taylor personally when Dean was killed in a tragic car accident before the film was released."--BOOK JACKET. AB - ""Do you think you could teach Rock Hudson to talk like you do?" The question came from famed Hollywood director George Stevens, and an affirmative answer propelled Bob Hinkle into a fifty-year career in Hollywood as a speech coach, actor, producer, director, and friend to the stars. Along the way, Hinkle helped Rock Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Carroll Baker, and Mercedes McCambridge talk like Texans for the 1956 epic film Giant. He also helped create the character Jett Rink with James Dean, who became a best friend, and he consoled Elizabeth Taylor personally when Dean was killed in a tragic car accident before the film was released."--BOOK JACKET. T1 - Call me lucky :a Texan in Hollywood / DA - c2009. CY - Norman : AU - Hinkle, Robert, AU - Farris, Mike, CN - PN1998.3.H555 CN - PN1998.3.H555 PB - University of Oklahoma Press, PP - Norman : PY - c2009. N1 - Includes filmography and index. ID - 436691 KW - Motion picture industry KW - Dialogue coaches KW - Stunt performers KW - Producers and directors KW - Motion picture actors and actresses SN - 9780806140933 (alk. paper) SN - 0806140933 (alk. paper) TI - Call me lucky :a Texan in Hollywood / ER -