Tinseltown: murder, morphine, and madness at the dawn of Hollywood
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"New York Times Bestseller Edgar Award winner for Best Fact Crime The Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood story: an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern film industry. By 1920, the movies had suddenly become America's new favorite pastime, and one of the nation's largest industries. Never before had a medium possessed such power to influence. Yet Hollywood's glittering ascendency was threatened by a string of headline-grabbing tragedies-including the murder of William Desmond Taylor, the popular president of the Motion Picture Directors Association, a legendary crime that has remained unsolved until now. In a fiendishly involving narrative, bestselling Hollywood chronicler William J. Mann draws on a rich host of sources, including recently released FBI files, to unpack the story of the enigmatic Taylor and the diverse cast that surrounded him-including three beautiful, ambitious actresses; a grasping stage mother; a devoted valet; and a gang of two-bit thugs, any of whom might have fired the fatal bullet. And overseeing this entire landscape of intrigue was Adolph Zukor, the brilliant and ruthless founder of Paramount, locked in a struggle for control of the industry and desperate to conceal the truth about the crime."--Publisher's description.
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Subjects
Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies
Crimes against
Friends and associates
Investigation
Motion picture producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors -- Crimes against -- United States
Murder
Murder -- Investigation -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies
Taylor, William Desmond
Taylor, William Desmond, -- 1877-1922
Taylor, William Desmond, -- 1877-1922 -- Friends and associates
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies
Crimes against
Friends and associates
Investigation
Motion picture producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors -- Crimes against -- United States
Murder
Murder -- Investigation -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies
Taylor, William Desmond
Taylor, William Desmond, -- 1877-1922
Taylor, William Desmond, -- 1877-1922 -- Friends and associates
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Taylor, William Desmond, -- 1877-1922 -- Friends and associates
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Crimes against
Friends and associates
Investigation
Motion picture producers and directors
Murder
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Friends and associates
Investigation
Motion picture producers and directors
Murder
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