I'm back home from the Friends of Steve McQueen charity event in Chino Hills. On Friday night they ran a 15 minute documentary I wrote and produced a long time ago on 'the making of Le Mans', Steve's racing picture. I gave a brief intro speech talking about Steve's vision of what his film was intended to be, and met Steve's son Chad for the first time since 1970 when he was a young kid on the set in France. Jonathon Williams, Ferrari racing car driver was there and we renewed our friendship. (You will hear about him in my book on survival in Hollywood, TINSEL WILDERNESS, in the story Jonathon Williams' Lucky Walnut) Also, there was a car show and book signing the next morning. Biographer Marshall Terrill (has written 3 books on Steve) was sitting on my right and automotive historian Michael Keyser on my left. As I'd contributed slightly to both their works, I was signing their covers right and left. Down the line Jonathon and Hal Hamilton (actor in the Le Mans movie) and Victor "Quick Vic" Elford, winning race car driver.
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As a family, we were continually delighted by the cordiality and responsiveness of the staff, from the earliest planning stages through the actual day. This is as good as it gets!
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