The impetus for this most welcome bit of programming (which is, unfortunately, about 400 miles away from Carl's home base) is the recent release of Burt Kearns' full-length (432 pp.) biography of Lawrence Tierney by the University of Kentucky Press.
I must confess that when I found out about this event earlier today, I did in fact ponder driving down to Santa Monica from Santa Barbara to take it in--but I had too much work to do in town today to be able to spare the drive time at an hour when the traffic would not have been onerous (as is almost always the case on Friday).
Kearns will be interviewed in between films, and a book signing was scheduled for 6:30. The title of the book is definitely appropriate: LAWRENCE TIERNEY--Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy. You might want to consider picking up a copy...just so Larry doesn't reach out from the grave and strangle you!
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