Hollywood horrors : murders, scandals, and cover-ups from Tinseltown / Andrea Van Landingham.
"Features known and lesser-known stories from Hollywood such as the Black Dahlia murder, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's trial for the murder of Virginia Rappe, Johnny Stompanato's murder, and more"-- Provided by publisher.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781493060078
- ISBN: 1493060074
- Physical Description: xii, 289 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. Halcyon : origins of cinema -- Harbinger : scandals of the silent era -- Dead on arrival : Thomas Ince's birthday party -- Blood and oil : the trouble at Greystone -- The bombshell in Benedict Canyon : Jean Harlow and Paul Bern -- An aside : the production code -- The ruse : Loretta Young and Judy Lewis -- Ice cream blonde : Thelma Todd's last night yout -- Nightclubbing : the battle for Sunset Strip -- Hollywood before #MeToo : Errol Flynn's statutory rape trial -- The lost girl : Elizabeth Short's Hollywood -- The madam : Brenda Allen and her girls -- Stoned : Robert Mitchum's Laurel Canyon raid -- The ice queen's daughter : Lana Turner, Cheryl Crane, and Johnny Stompanato -- Elizabeth Taylor : Love, loss, and lust for life. |
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