True Hollywood noir : filmland mysteries and murders

Di Mambro, Dina, 1961- author.

Book 2013

Explore some of Filmland's most fascinating mysteries, scandals and murders, lived by the players behind the scenes. Each chapter dissects the various theories in each case, but it is up to you to make up your own mind. From the West Coast mob and city corruption intertwining with Hollywood mysteries on and off the screen, to the plots of noir films pulled from actual happenings in the underworld, get the stories behind the stories, the darker im...

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ISBN:

9781492338857
9780615572697
1492338850
0615572693

Description:

xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index

Contents:

William Desmond Taylor: The unsolved murder (1922)
The Hearst affair: The mysterious death of Thomas H. Ince (1924)
Jean Harlow: Last night was only a comedy (1932)
Thelma Todd: The ice cream blonde (1935)
Joan Bennett: The shot that killed a film career (1951)
Lana Turner and Johnny Stompanato: The story you haven't heard (1958)
George Reeves: Who killed Superman? (1959)
The secret life of Bob Crane (1978)
Gig Young: Game of death (1978)
Natalie Wood's final voyage (1981)
Robert Blake: In cold blood (2001)
The real Mickey Cohen

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2011944541

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991979

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