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Author:

Van Landingham, Andrea, author.

Title:

Hollywood horrors : murders, scandals, and cover-ups from Tinseltown / Andrea Van Landingham.

Publisher:

Lyons Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xii, 289 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.
Motion picture industry--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Scandals--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Crime--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

1493060074
9781493060078

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1260692363

LCCN:

2021024246

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)