Call me lucky : a Texan in Hollywood / Robert Hinkle with Mike Farris ; with a foreword by George Stevens, Jr.

9780806140933 (alk. paper)
0806140933 (alk. paper)

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2009.

English

xiv, 273 p. : ill., portraits ; 23 cm.

PN1998.3.H555 A3 2009

791.45092 B

""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.

Includes filmography and index.

Includes filmography and index.

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