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Hey folks, welcome to a special episode of The Projection Booth.

I'm your host Mike White on this episode.

I am talking to the one and only George Stevens Jr.

He has a new book coming out called My Place in the Sun, Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood, and Washington.

It is a fascinating book. He's a very interesting man. We just barely scratched the surface as we talked for maybe half an hour or so. Got to recommend this book. Definitely check it out if you

want to read about a very fascinating

life. Mr. Stevens, super nice guy. Hope you enjoy this interview. Well, obviously, I want to ask

you about your new book that's coming out. But before that, can I ask you a little bit about

you growing up and especially growing up in the business and show business? I was born in the

Hollywood Hospital for openers.

And my father, of course, was then a young film director.

But three of my grandparents were actors, his parents and my mother's mother.

And my great-grand grandmother was a wonderful actress in

San Francisco, born just after the Civil War and into the 20th century. And she is the youngest

Ophelia to Edwin Booth's Hamlet, the greatest Shakespearean actor. And she was the one who

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