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

As the child of a Dartmouth-educatedbandleader father and a glamorous Southern debutante mother whosemarriage crumbled early on, George had a childhood filled withmisadventures and challenges that his mother always seemed able to turnfrom tragedy to comedy. Her idea of changing the family's fortunesinvolved a trip cross-country with three sons and a poodle in a LincolnContinental, making stops along the way to search for husband/fathernumber three. And she was quick to recognize that George's potentialsuccess lay in Hollywood.

George starved nobly for his art in the late 1950s, but was soonstarring in major motion pictures directed by the likes of VincenteMinnelli and Louis Malle. He has forgotten more about Hollywood thanmost movie experts will ever know and shares intimate and hugelyentertaining stories of his friendships with Cary Grant; BrigitteBardot; Robert Mitchum; Merle Oberon; Mae West; SammyDavis, Jr.; andJudy Garland -- not to mention Lyndon B. Johnson and Elvis's ColonelTom Parker as well as the King himself -- among others. The world isHamilton's oyster, and this ultimate insider is ready to share it withus. So fasten your seat belt. We'll tell you when it's safe to moveabout the cabin again.