Harry Carey Jr. (1921–2012)

Excellent autobiography detailing Harry Carey Jr.'s work with John Ford. Carey was in 7 films directed by the great John Ford starting with 3 Godfathers. During that film, Carey was Ford's "whipping boy" who was constantly criticized by Ford for anything he did. Ford had one of these on every film. Carey's work in that film is amazing. The book is wonderful and provides many laughs, especially the stories about Ward Bond. While Ford was probably the best director of Westerns there ever has show more been, he was also a bully with the way he treated people. Some like Henry Fonda and even Ben Johnson walked away. Others like Carey's father and George O'Brien were ostracized for some infraction that they never found out what they did. Carey described some of his issues with alcohol that may or may not have been related to the tensions of working with Ford. This book provides a good look at what it was like on a John Ford film set. show less