Tinseltown : murder, morphine, and madness at the dawn of Hollywood / William J. Mann.
Momo rauemi: TextWhakaahuatanga: xi, 478 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780062242198
- 0062242199
- Tinsel Town
- 364.152/30930973 23
- HV6534.L7 M35 2015
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Nonfiction | Ōpunakē LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 364.1523 (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2150542 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-464) and index.
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.
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