Tough Guy International: Lawrence Tierney book featured in The Times of London

Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy, the new book by Burt Kearns, is getting more international attention as it's featured in The Times’ -- known internationally as The Times of London -- in the much-read column, Times Diary, by Patrick Kidd.   The Times is the UK “paper of record.” Author Kearns is a former employee of Times owner Rupert Murdoch, and though “The Boss” had an affection for his work and book Tabloid Baby, he assures us no strings were pulled. 

The article is protected by a paywall (very reasonable subscription rate), so we post the pertinent information here.

And get your copy of the wildest Hollywood story of all time here (signed) or here.

“It's amazing that he never killed a man -- as far as we know!” NOIR CITY magazine reviews new Lawrence Tierney book

“A 432-page rap sheet! An index of awfulness

that focuses more on perps than performances…. 

If Tierney’s life tells us anything, 

it’s that toxic masculinity is real -- 

and it’s spectacular!”

NOIR CITY, the quarterly journal of the Film Noir Foundation and the Bible for film noir aficionados, is featuring a review of Burt Kearns’ book, Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy, in its latest issue.

The magazine’s contents are not posted online, so we show the review below.

Meanwhile, it’s  easy to get on the Film Noir Foundation mailing list -- do it here -- and by making a small donation, you can subscribe to the essential magazine (available in print version here).

In the words of the founder, Czar of Noir Eddie Muller:

“Who would have thought that movies based on desperation and alienation would bring so many people together around the world?”

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Lawrence Tierney is much tougher and scarier than Prince Harry; so is new Tierney book.

Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy is scaring off the competition 

in bookstores and sales sites. 

Book information at LawrenceTierneyBook.com

(along with Tierney film clips and latest coverage and appearances).

UPDATE: American CInematheque’s Instagram photos of the Lawrence Tierney double feature and book launch

Burt Kearns at work

The evening’s host and moderator, screenwriter and producer Larry Karaszewski

The official Reservoir Dogs Joe Cabot 12” action figure

LawrenceTierneyBook.com

LarryEdmunds.com

AmericanCinematheque.com

INSIDE THE AERO: American Cinematheque & Larry Edmunds Bookshop launch new bio, 'Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy'

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(SANTA MONICA, CA, December 16, 2022) A large and enthusiastic crowd turned out at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre on Friday evening for the official launch of the first biography of legendary and notorious actor Lawrence Tierney.  Author Burt Kearns was on hand to sign copies of his book, Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy (published in December by the University Press of Kentucky - Screen Classics series). Acclaimed screenwriter and producer Larry Karaszewski  (Dolemite Is My Name, The People V O.J. Simpson, Ed Wood, Man on the Moon, The People vs Larry Flynt, Big Eyes, Auto Focus, 1408, Problem Child) hosted a doube feature screening of the Tierney film noirs Born to Kill and Shakedown, and conducted a very entertaining Q&A with the author. Jeff Mantor of the Larry Edmunds Bookshop on Hollywood Boulevard sponsored the book signings.

AUTHOR BURT KEARNS (right) with JEFF MANTOR OF THE LARRY EDMONDS BOOKSHOP

DAVID DEL VALLE, FILM HISTORIAN & TIERNEY’S FRIEND, WITH TIERNEY NEPHEW TIM TIERNEY.

JEFF MANTOR OF LARRY EDMUNDS BOOKSHOP, BURT KEARNS & JEFF ABRAHAM, 

KEARNS’ CO-AUTHOR ON THE SHOW WON’T GO ON.

LARRY KARASZEWSKI LEADS Q&A WITH AUTHOR BURT KEARNS

BORN TO KILL

SHAKEDOWN

KEARNS & WIFE ALISON HOLLOWAY (WITH NOIR FILTER)

PRESS RELEASE: American Cinematheque welcomes back Lawrence Tierney after ‘streaming’ scandal

 

Lawrence Tierney Book Launch: ‘Born to Kill’ and ‘Shakedown’ double feature & book signing hosted by acclaimed screenwriter Larry Karaszewski Friday Dec 16

It’s a double-feature, book launch, book signing and special Q&A at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica!

Burt Kearns’ acclaimed new biography of the notorious and pugnacious actor Lawrence Tierney made its  official debut on December 6, 2022.  Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy was published by the University Press of Kentucky, as part of its Screen Classic series.

Jeff Mantor of the Larry Edmunds Bookshop on Hollywood Boulevard, with author Burt Kearns and some Tierney
swag, arranged the event and is selling signed first edition copies of Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy.

And two screen classics will launch the action-packed bio: a special one-night-only screening of Tierney’s 1947 classic film noir Born to Kill and the 1950 newspaper crime film Shakedown at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, California. Sponsored by the Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood and the American Cinematheque, the evening will feature book signings by author Kearns and a Q&A discussion with acclaimed screenwriter and producer Larry Karaszewski -- who was Tierney’s next-door neighbor early in his own career.

 

“The last time Larry Tierney came to see ‘Born to Kill’ at the American Cinematheque he sat in the back rown & pissed in a popcorn bucket,” Karaszewski tweeted on December 7 (read Czar of Noir Eddie Muller’s account here). “But they are saluting him anyway 12/16 - I’ll Q&A the author of the new book on his life to get even more crazy stories.”

Larry Karaszewski (r) and his screenwriting and producing partner 
Scott Alexander both recount tales of Tierney in the new book.

What a line-up!

What a night!

What a book!

Order tickets here.

Order a signed copy of the book here.

And thanks to Jeff Mantor at Larry Edmunds Bookshop.

DECEMBER 6, 2022: ‘LAWRENCE TIERNEY: HOLLYWOOD’S REAL-LIFE TOUGH GUY’ BY BURT KEARNS

More info and updates at LawrenceTierneyBook.com.

Lawrence Tierney, Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy: The biography by Burt Kearns lands Tuesday

Burt Kearns’s latest book, LAWRENCE TIERNEY: HOLLYWOOD’S REAL-LIFE TOUGH GUY, will be published on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

It is the first biography of the actor who became an overnight sensation in Dillinger, and after tumultuous decades marked by drinking, brawls and arrests, made an incredible and influential late-in-life comeback highlighted by his pivotal role in Quentin Trarantino’s film, Reservoir Dogs.

Read some reviews here and here.

And buy the book here!

 

Shut Up, He Hates Larry David podcast is locking down locked-down listeners

As we asked earlier this week: He hates who??  BURT KEARNS’ appearance on a “very special episode" of the popular podcast SHUT UP I LOVE IT is becoming an instant favorite among locked-down listeners.

Burt, known for his book Tabloid Baby until the recent publication of The Show Won’t Go On, his and Jeff Abraham's recent bestseller, tells hosts Sasha Feiler and Jay Hunter the very personal reasons behind the axe he continues to grind against... Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David.

There's a great lesson to be learned here. Somewhere.

LISTEN HERE or HERE or wherever great podcasts can be heard.

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Podcast: Burt Kearns' 30-year grudge behind “Shut Up I Hate Larry David!"

Hold on a second. He hates who?? Our colleague BURT KEARNS is no stranger to controversy (see Tabloid Baby) but now he's really stepped in it, as he returns to the popular podcast SHUT UP I LOVE IT, in a "very special episode" that’s sure to get a reaction from the giants of comedy!

Burt and Jeff Abraham, his co-author on the best-selling book, The Show Won’t Go On, were guests on the Shut Up I Love It podcast in September, defending the greatness of Jerry Lewis’s unseen film, The Day The Clown Cried (listen here), and were featured in a bonus episode (listen here) that captured an interview with the authors conducted by hosts Sasha Feiler and Stephen Cohen, before an enthusiastic crowd at Stories Books and Cafe, the famed literary salon in LA’s hipster Eagle Rock neighborhood.

The latest target? The photos above tell the story: a 30+ year personal grudge against one of America’s most beloved curmudgeons!  Find out why Burt tells Sasha Feiler and Jay Hunter: 

“I hate Larry David!”

LISTEN HERE or HERE or wherever great podcasts can be heard.

SHUT UP I LOVE IT! on FACEBOOK