Sunday, June 18, 2023

Hunting Hollywood


 

















My latest story is set in the 1930s. It follows two recent graduates from the USC Film School who set out to start their own movie studio.  Along the way, they encounter problems such as a small budget, limited equipment, inexperienced actors not to mention having to deal with the big film studios and their monopolistic hold on the movie industry.  

McKenzie Roberts is a beautiful, confident film student from a well-to-do family from New York.  She grew up around the East Coast movie studios where her father worked.  Now a recent college graduate, she hopes to one day fulfill her dream of being a movie director.  

Craig Johnson is a naive young man from Southern California who discovers his interest in movie making while in college.  

Together they form a business partnership that must deal with one challenge after another.  Along the way, they meet several interesting people—including Mugs Peterson, an ex-professional boxer; Hinky Williams, a homeless veteran looking for a job; and Slate Granger, a cowboy and reluctant movie star.  

Find out if their movies are as exciting as what they endure to make them.


Thursday, June 1, 2023

Jim Gentry's Jeep



Jim Gentry is a local legend in Franklin, Tennessee.  He was a World War II veteran, and later a teacher and football coach at several local high schools in the area.  On patriotic holidays, his family displays a jeep with an American Flag in the pasture of Gentry Farm along Highway 96 across from the community of Westhaven.