True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders

By Dina Di Mambro

Book Overview

2014 IPPY Bronze Medal Award. A tantalizing mixture of classic Hollywood nostalgia and true crime, True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murder, featuring 100 rare photographs, is suspenseful, entertaining, and eminently readable. Uncover true stories of mystery and murder in a dozen different chapters featuring William Desmond Taylor, Thomas Ince, Jean Harlow, Thelma Todd, Joan Bennett, Lana Turner, George Reeves, Gig Young, Bob Crane, Natalie Wood, Robert Blake, and Mickey Cohen. Included in the cast of characters of this book are Johnny Stompanato, William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies, and Charlie Chaplin. And find never before told mob stories about Ben "Bugsy" Siegel, Virginia Hill, and a host of notorious underworld figures.From 1922 until 2001, explore some of Filmland

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615572693
• ISBN13: 9780615572697
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Classichollywoodbios.com Publications
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"