Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

From Barnes & NobleIn his prime, William Desmond Taylor (1872-1922) was renowned as a Hollywood actor and the director of scores of silent screen features, but this matinee star is most remembered today because of his scandal-shrouded murder, which even now remains officially unsolved. Veteran Tinseltown watcher William J. Mann (Kate; Hello, Gorgeous; How to Be a Movie Star) arrives on the scene with a well-established reputation as an adept researcher and a compelling storyteller. In Tinseltown, he reopens—and solves the nearly century-old case in engrossing fashion, drawing on an impressive arsenal of primary documents and original research. Editor's recommendation.





Library Journal10/15/2014
Hard-core old-movie heads and Hollywood true crime fans know about the 1922 murder of director William Desmond Taylor (formerly William Deane Tanner), which remains unsolved 90 years after the crime.