Eighty Odd Years in Hollywood: Memoir of a Career in Film and Television FROM THE PUBLISHER
John Meredyth Lucas, son of silent screen star and
screenwriter Bess Meredyth (Ben-Hur, The Sea Beast, When a Man Loves, Don
Juan) and stepson of renowned Hungarian-born director Michael Curtiz
(Casablanca, Mildred Pierce, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Life with Father), came
of age in Hollywood during the 1930s. Lucas went on to an impressive career of
his own as a writer-producer-director. He made films with Hal Wallis, Ross
Hunter, Walt Disney, and others, and he wrote, produced, and directed such
classic television series as Mannix, The Fugitive and Star
Trek.Completed shortly before his death in 2002, Lucas' memoir is
filled with never-before-told recollections of many Hollywood greats and
features previously unpublished photographs. With Lucas, we go behind the
scenes, onto the studio lots and into the parties with family friends John
Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn and Jack Warner, to name just a few. It's
a boy's-eye-view of Hollywood in a time of glamour, decadence, and the golden
years of filmmaking.
About the Author:
The late John Meredyth Lucas was a writer,
producer and director whose Hollywood career spanned eight
decades.
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