{"product_id":"how-it-happened-hardcover-edition-by-gary-clarke","title":"HOW IT HAPPENED (HARDCOVER EDITION) by Gary Clarke","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n\u003c!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:1;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073786111 1 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--\u003e\n\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eImagine a day\r\nin 1967, sitting in your small, quiet office, facing an Underwood Noiseless\r\ntypewriter and writing a comedy script for \u003ci\u003eGet Smart. \u003c\/i\u003eThen, picture\r\nyourself the very next day, emoting before cameras as an \u003ci\u003eactor \u003c\/i\u003ein an\r\nepisode of the Civil War series \u003ci\u003eHondo\u003c\/i\u003e. Those were the two lives of\r\nactor\/writer Gary Clarke as he co-existed in an industry that rarely crowned\r\neither with success.  This nostalgic autobiography presents a rare look\r\ninto his feats and failures in both professions as he lived them throughout\r\nhundreds of films, television shows, radio shows, and plays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAlfred\r\nHitchcock Presents\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), \u003ci\u003eThe Virginian\u003c\/i\u003e (1962-1964), \u003ci\u003eHondo \u003c\/i\u003e(1967),\r\nand \u003ci\u003eTombstone\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) to directing his new screenplay, \u003ci\u003eSo You Wanna\r\nMake a Movie!\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), Gary knew firsthand the haunting unemployment that\r\nled actors to meals of crackers and ketchup, yet he also tasted the caviar and\r\nepicurean coffee in the banquets that follow success and fame. The story of the\r\ntwo Gary’s resonates with commitment and perseverance, generously tinged with\r\nthat rare \u003ci\u003etell-one-on-yourself \u003c\/i\u003esense of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehumor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eGary’s\r\nfriends, foes, and acquaintances passed him like ships in the night waters off\r\nSanta Monica, a veritable \u003ci\u003eWho’s Who \u003c\/i\u003eof People-You-Always-Wanted-To-Meet:\r\nLee J. Cobb, Lee Marvin, Bette Davis, Sofia Loren, Carlo Ponti, Connie Stevens,\r\nPat Woodell, Ricardo Montalban, James Drury, Doug McClure, Roberta Shore,\r\nMickey Cohen, Kurt Russell, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, Johnny Carson, Pat Boone,\r\nAnnette Funicello, Ralph Taeger, Noah Berry, Jr., Don Adams, Buck Henry, Mel\r\nBrooks, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Chamberlain, and Jack Klugman. Of\r\ncourse, there were those, says Gary, that you might never want to meet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003ePeek beyond\r\nthe glare of spotlights at actor Gary Clarke winning the 1963 \u003ci\u003eMost Promising\r\nActor Award\u003c\/i\u003e, then glimpse writer Clarke Fredric L’Amoreaux receiving The\r\nWriters Guild of America award for \u003ci\u003eThe 101 Best Television Shows\u003c\/i\u003e for the\r\nsegments he wrote for \u003ci\u003eGet Smart. \u003c\/i\u003eNever have two opposites been more\r\nfascinating, remarkable, and devilishly funny. \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eIllustrated with\r\nnearly a hundred candid and scene photographs, many never before seen. 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