Elizabeth Taylor's Kiss and Other Brushes with Hollywood

Actors and writers David Wood recalls his 'brushes with Hollywood' in this memoir, including being kissed by Elizabeth Taylor, playing Richard Burton's servant, and being seduced by Shelley Winters. He also sang songs and was shot down in flames in the film "Aces High."

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 152 pages
Publication date: 28 July 2022
Publisher: The Book Guild Ltd

“What a treat! An all-star cast, with one thing in common: they worked with David Wood. And just for us, he's brought them to life again – and so vividly – in this irresistible memoir of his 'brushes with Hollywood.'

Gyles Brandreth

In this memoir, actor and writer David Wood recalls his 'brushes with Hollywood,' notably being kissed on the lips by Elizabeth Taylor as midnight struck on his 22nd birthday; playing Richard Burton's servant on stage in Dr. Faustus; being seduced by Shelley Winters in The Vamp, a television two-hander play; hanging upside down from a chandelier and being rescued by David Hemmings in the West End musical Jeeves; singing songs and being shot down in flames as a Royal Flying Corps officer in the film Aces High, in which he was reunited with Malcolm McDowell (his fellow rebel schoolboy in the film If…. ) and acted alongside Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward; sharing the screen at sea in an oil rig supply vessel with Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins, and James Mason in North Sea Hijack; penning the daytime Emmy-nominated Back Home, starring Hayley Mills, thereby becoming a Disney-approved writer; and writing The Queens Handbag to celebrate the Queen's 80th birthday, performed in Buckingham Palace Gardens and seen live by 8,000,000 BBC TV viewers.

I couldn't put it down. It has all the charm, warmth, and wit that is David Wood, and his lifelong passion for the theatre is inspiring. I loved it.

Hayley Mills”

Weight: 248g
Dimension: 136 x 216 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781914471902