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Don't let that tanned, handsome, charming surface fool you. Beneath the bronzed façade is a mischievous mind with a wicked wit. George Hamilton doesn't miss a thing. With a front row seat for classic Hollywood's biggest secrets and scandals, George has the intelligence, heart, and unflappable spirit to tell his story, and the story of Tinseltown's heyday, with great good humor and delicious candor -- as only he can. From Where the Boys Are to Dancing with the Stars; from Mary Pickford to Elizabeth Taylor; from smalltown Arkansas to the capitals of Europe -- it's all here, and George has lived to tell and to laugh about it.

As the child of a Dartmouth-educated bandleader father and a glamorous Southern debutante mother whose marriage crumbled early on, George had a childhood filled with misadventures and challenges that his mother always seemed able to turn from tragedy to comedy. Her idea of changing the family's fortunes involved a trip cross-country with three sons and a poodle in a Lincoln Continental, making stops along the way to search for husband/father number three. And she was quick to recognize that George's potential success lay in Hollywood.

George starved nobly for his art in the late 1950s, but was soon starring in major motion pictures directed by the likes of Vincente Minnelli and Louis Malle. He has forgotten more about Hollywood than most movie experts will ever know and shares intimate and hugely entertaining stories of his friendships with Cary Grant; Brigitte Bardot; Robert Mitchum; Merle Oberon; Mae West; Sammy Davis, Jr.; and Judy Garland -- not to mention Lyndon B. Johnson and Elvis's Colonel Tom Parker as well as the King himself -- among others. The world is Hamilton's oyster, and this ultimate insider is ready to share it with us. So fasten your seat belt. We'll tell you when it's safe to move about the cabin again.

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Don't Mind If I Do	Customer Rating:
Enjoyed most of the book. However, the first half seemed more a biography of the mother's life than Georges.

He's d'lovely!

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Behind George's smoke and mirrors is a fabulous guy with a great sense of values and style. Like my Golden Retriever, I'd want him around just because he is George! He doesn't give himself enough credit for understanding the "human condition"- it is his love of the characters in his life that taught him to appreciate people and celebrate their unique qualities. I so loved reading about his mother - what a treasure to someone who loves characters! George's sense of humor sustained him at a point in Hollywood where few survived. He's a survivor who has really been through the mill yet comes out looking like a freshly starched and pressed Oxford cloth shirt! MJS

Don't Mind If I Do	Customer Rating:
I, myself, was very disappointed with this book. A lot of it was about his mother and brother. Not what I expected. I would not recommend it.

Don't Mind If I Do	Customer Rating:
Boring....zzzzzzzz Wasted money on a book about a self absorbed man? Don't waste your money unless you like listening to me, me and more me.

Fun Romp through an Incredible Family and a Most Unlikely Life!

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I came away from "Don't Mind if I Do" with a much different impression of George Hamilton than that I had before reading his book. This is a man of perhaps not deep intellect but quick of wit and with a delicious sense of a good story. In his book he delivers a number of "good stories," and dishes the dirt on people you've read about. On the other side of the coin, this book is more than a little heavy on name-dropping. While it's clear that most of these folk added to the rich fabric of Hamilton's life, the constant name-dropping detracts from the whole - over-the-top glitter becomes cloying at times. Nevertheless, Hamilton held my interest throughout the book. A good read, if not great, and a pleasurable afternoon spent.