B Movie: A Play in Two Acts

By Michael B. Druxman

On September 14, 1951, the front page of virtually every major newspaper in the United States carried the story of how B picture actor Tom Neal had brutally beaten dapper leading man Franchot Tone's face into a bloody pulp over the affections of sultry blonde actress Barbara Payton. The sordid narrative surrounding this ill-fated triangle would have "legs". Only Franchot Tone's career would survive the disgraceful events. Barbara Payton would soon descend into a desperate world of drugs and prostitution and, in the 1960s, Tom Neal would be prosecuted for first degree murder. B MOVIE dramatizes the most notorious scandal to hit Hollywood during the first half of the 1950s. 2 Men; 1 Woman. Simple Open Set.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1495428486
• ISBN13: 9781495428487
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"