Hollywood South: Glamour, Gumbo, and Greed

By Linda Thurman

A studio insider reveals the dramatic story of politics, conspiracy, and crime behind Louisiana�s film industry boom.

From her work in Los Angeles to her role as an executive with Emerald Bayou Studios, Linda Thurman had a front-row seat to the tumultuous beginnings of Hollywood South. She knows first-hand how a conspiracy to manipulate the Louisiana film industry resulted in prison terms for film executive Malcolm Petal and state official Mark Smith.

In what reads like a modern-day crime novel, Thurman tells the full story�from the chairman�s office of a Hollywood studio to the corridors of the Louisiana legislature. Part memoir and part expos, Hollywood South�sheds�light on the shadowy and convoluted relationship between politics and entertainment in both Hollywood and Louisiana.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455621994
• ISBN13: 9781455621996
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"