Bibliograph

Tinseltown, murder, morphine, and madness at the dawn of Hollywood, by William J. Mann

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Tinseltown, murder, morphine, and madness at the dawn of Hollywood, by William J. Mann

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

other

Main title

Tinseltown

Medium

sound recording

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Oclc number

881451675

Responsibility statement

by William J. Mann

Sub title

murder, morphine, and madness at the dawn of Hollywood

Summary

Hollywood chronicler William J. Mann draws on a rich host of sources, including recently released FBI files, to unpack the story of the enigmatic William Desmond Taylor, the popular president of the Motion Picture Directors Association, and the diverse cast that surrounded him before he was murdered in 1922-- including three beautiful, ambitious actresses, the ruthless founder of Paramount locked in a struggle for control of the film industry, a grasping stage mother, a devoted valet, and a gang of two-bit thugs, any of whom might have fired the fatal bullet

Target audience

adult

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