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- Publication Name
- Lawrence Tierney
- Title
- Lawrence Tierney
- Subtitle
- Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy
- ISBN-10
- 0813196507
- EAN
- 9780813196503
- ISBN
- 9780813196503
- Release Year
- 2022
- Release Date
- 12/06/2022
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Series
- Screen Classics
- Book Title
- Lawrence Tierney : Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
- Topic
- Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / History & Criticism
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 28 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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Lawrence Tierney (1919-2002) was the kind of actor whose natural swagger and gruff disposition made him the perfect fit for the Hollywood "tough guy" archetype. Known for his erratic and oftentimes violent nature, Tierney drew upon his bellicose reputation throughout his career--a reputation that made him one of the most feared and mythologized characters in the industry. Born in Brooklyn to Irish American parents, Tierney worked in theater productions in New York before moving to Hollywood, where he signed with RKO Radio Pictures in 1943. His biggest roles would come in Dillinger (1945), in which he played 1930s gangster and bank robber John Dillinger, and Robert Wise's film noir classic Born to Kill (1947). Despite his natural talents, Tierney was trouble from the start, struggling with alcoholism and mental instability that emboldened him to start fights whenever and wherever he could. The continued bouts of alcohol-fueled rage, his subsequent stints in jail, and his continued attempts at rehabilitation curtailed his acting career. Unable to find work throughout much of the 1960s, he did a stint in Europe before eventually returning to New York, where he took odd jobs as a construction worker, bartender, and hansom cab driver. In the mid-1980s Tierney returned to acting. With a somewhat cooler head, he established himself again with recurring roles in shows such as Seinfeld and Star Trek: The Next Generation . He would take on his final projects as a septuagenarian in Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Armageddon (1998), where his on-set behavior would once again draw the ire of his colleagues and studio representatives. He would go down swinging just shy of his eighty-third birthday, his tough-guy image solidly intact until the end. In Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy , author Burt Kearns traces Tierney's storied life from his days as Dillinger, to his clash with Quentin Tarantino at the end of his film career, to his final public appearances. The first official biography of the late actor, the book draws on the writings of Hollywood reporters and gossip columnists who first reported on Tierney's antics, and exclusive interviews with surviving colleagues, friends, family members--and victims. Through their words and his research, Kearns paints a portrait of Tierney's brutish behavior and the industry's reaction to the pugnacious star, drawing parallels--and the line--between the man and the characters that made him a Hollywood legend.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813196507
ISBN-13
9780813196503
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25057237587
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lawrence Tierney : Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
28 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn2287.T483k43 2022
Reviews
Lawrence Tierney barges into a bar. What could possibly go wrong? Burt Kearns' rollicking, relentless tour de force about the legendary tough-guy actor grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. On any given page you'll find the words drunk, fight, judge, blonde...One-quarter in and Tierney's already been arrested a dirty dozen times. Still there's compassion in this jaw-dropping, jaw-breaking tale and Kearns' depth of research and deft storytelling make it a don't miss. And as for the ending? There wasn't a dry eye in my house., Lawrence Tierney is not only a look into the life of the extraordinary real-life tough guy actor, but a ringside seat to the Hollywood studio system from the 1940s right up until his death in 2002. Buckle up, boys. It's going to be a bumpy ride..., Lawrence Tierney was intelligent, handsome, and an excellent actor: he was also a human hand grenade. This is a fast-moving and fascinating portrait of a talented, sad, wildly self-destructive actor who made Errol Flynn and John Barrymore look like choir boys., Lawrence Tierney was an alchoholic who must have been carrying a horseshoe that even he didn't know about! His story takes you to every glitzy Hollywood spot, along with every dank jail up and down the coast. The arrest records and bail amounts? Astonishing! To read that he spent time locked up in the Wayside Jail and Hollywood Wilcox Station--places I work today--is bewitching! Professionally, I would have thoroughly appreciated Tierney, a bread-and-butter client with no chance of skipping., I have admired Kearns since he tried with some success to convert a sleepy Connecticut weekly into a suburban punk New York Post. Kearns is truly a tabloid baby, and this brilliant Hollywood bio noir is right in his wheelhouse. Rip it open with two fists and devour it in large caffeinated gulps., Lawrence Tierney's life reflects the axiom that truth is stranger than fiction, yet inexplicably, no biographer had ever tackled the actor's decades of accomplishments and mistakes until now. With this impeccably researched work, Burt Kearns has proved himself more than capable of capturing his deeply flawed yet enormously talented and complicated subject. You'll turn the pages at a breakneck pace, wondering what scrape Tierney will get into next, only to race toward a powerful, unexpectedly poignant conclusion., Journalist Kearns delivers a hard-boiled if somewhat off-balance biography of movie tough guy Lawrence Tierney (1919-2002). Kearns tracks Tierney's long and tumultuous career, which was bookended by his 1945 breakout role starring in Dillinger (a film so successful that it "machine-gunned box office records") and a role in Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs . Tierney had a few successes after Dillinger, among them the Oscar-winning The Greatest Show on Earth , but more notable were the roles he was considered for but ultimately lost (as Moses in a biblical epic and a spot in On the Waterfront ). Kearns mostly focuses on his subject's rough-and-tumble lifestyle, in which he played "the hard-drinking tough guy in real life" and was once stabbed in the stomach during a fight. Kearns outlines his reputation in the industry for alcoholism and brushes with the law, making for a moving look at a figure whose anger, temper, and mental illness got in the way of his talent. This portrait of a man who "could have been a star" is a nice departure from the traditional Hollywood rags to riches story., Lawrence Tierney was his own worst enemy and, if you had the misfortune to work with or anger him, he was yours, too. He was like some perpetually pugnacious character out of showbiz mythology who couldn't possibly be real. But Burt Kearns masterfully uncovers the man inside the legend, bringing Tierney to vivid, disturbing life with a richly detailed portrait of the boozing brute that's at once fascinating and often downright Shakespearean. Kearns skillfully explains why an industry that couldn't work with Tierney still found him irresistible--which tells you all you need to know about Hollywood., There is finally a 'soup to nuts' biography of actor Lawrence Tierney who justifiably earned his reputation as Tinseltown's most combustible hellion. Although the actor's infamous temperament overshadowed his considerable talent, Burt Kearns' captivating book reveals there was a lot more to Larry Tierney than his police blotter and recycled Hollywood anecdotes., With intense research, an insider's knowledge of the down-and-dirty tabloid press, and a real empathy for his subject, Kearns has delivered a great book on the underside of Hollywood: a nonstop, no-holds-barred journey through the seedy back alleys of show business and the darkest recesses of fame. Lawrence Tierney has been maligned as a drunken, brawling monster, but in this clear-eyed appraisal, he's the ultimate antihero, making the most unlikely comeback in Hollywood history--still raising unholy Hell while inspiring a new generation of actors and filmmakers along the way., You can learn a lot by reading the lines on Lawrence Tierney's face or the dents in his head, but better to read Burt Kearns' fantastic book and not risk the pugnacious actor smashing your face in for getting too personal. Of all the controversial and complicated souls Kearns expertly chased down during his Tabloid TV days, Tierney is--without question--the most dangerous and menacing of the bunch. He was a man of many busted parts, but Kearns puts him back together again for a fascinating read.
Table of Content
1. Violence, Chaos, and Drunkenness 2. Poverty Row 3. Public Enemy #1 4. The Battle of Decker's Lawn 5. Falling Off the Table 6. Not So Tough - and Not Gene Tierney 7. The Drunk Farm 8. The Milk Wagon 9. "Hello, sucker." 10. The Anti-Tierney 11. In Like Dillinger 12. Taxicab Confessions 13. Again. 14. The Payoff 15. The Respectful Prostitute 16. 5:30 AM 17. Barefoot 18. Socialite Socked 19. Making Faces 20. Year of the Wag 21. Pink Elephants 22. Banished 23. Diminishing Returns 24. The Burglar 25. Get Your Kicks 26. Skidville Avenue 27. In Like Flynn 28. Chinatown 29. Incident at P.J.'s 30. Fights 31. "Highly confused and largely incoherent" 32. World's Fair 33. Exile 34. Fatso 35. Stabbed 36. "From Stardom to Hansom" 37. "I think I'm going to jump" 38. Bad 39. All in the Family 40. Renaissance Man 41. Reservoir Dog 42. Natural Born Killer 43. Armageddon 44. Dead As Dillinger 45. Epilogue
Copyright Date
2023
Lccn
2022-029990
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Screen Classics Ser.
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Yes
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