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Title	:	A Cast of Killers
Author	:	Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 301 pages
Published	:	June 30th 1986 by Dutton Books (first published 1986)
Categories	:	Crime. True Crime. Nonfiction. History. Mystery. Culture. Film

A Cast of Killers

Sidney D. Kirkpatrick

Hardcover | Pages: 301 pages

Rating: 3.95 | 837 Users | 89 Reviews

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On February 1, 1922, the distinguished silent-film director William Desmond Taylor was shot to death in his Los Angeles bungalow by an unknown assailant. Reports of strange activities at the scene of the crime circulated soon after. When the police arrived, was the head of Paramount Studios burning a bundle of papers in the fireplace, and was a well-known actress searching the house for letters she claimed were hers? Despite a full-scale investigation, the case was never solved; for sixty years is has remained a lingering Hollywood scandal. In 1967, more than forty years after Taylor's death, the great King Vidor, whose directing credits include Northwest Passage, The Fountainhead, Duel in the Sun, and War and Peace, determined to solve the mystery, which had haunted him throughout his career, in order to make a film about it. Through his intimate knowledge of both the studios and the stars, he succeeded, where dozens of professional detectives had failed, in discovering the identity of the murderer. But because his findings were so explosive, he decided he could never go public and locked his evidence away. After Vidor's death in 1982, Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, Vidor's authorized biographer, gained access to the evidence and reconstructed the amazing story of Taylor's murder and Vidor's investigation. With a cast of suspects that includes the actress Mabel Normand, a reputed drug addict; the beautiful ingénue, Mary Miles Minter; Mary's domineering mother, Charlotte Shelby; Taylor's homosexual houseman; and Taylor's secretary, who bore an uncanny resemblance to Taylor's mysteriously elusive brother, this true crime story has all the elements of a classic murder mystery. Covered up for more than half a century, the full story can now be told in all its riveting, shocking detail.

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Original Title:	A Cast of Killers
ISBN:	0525243909 (ISBN13: 9780525243908)
Edition Language:	English

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...they realized they had a rug show on their hands, the kind of film with too many interiors...

A fascinating look at the death of William Desmond Taylor, silent Hollywood film director, who was murdered one night by a mysterious assailant. The suspects included everyone from two silent film starlets, an overbearing stage mother, to drug dealers, studio heads and Taylor's own brother.Making it even more fascinating is that King Vidor, a great director in his own right, undertook his own investigation of the case in his twilight years, laying bare just how corrupt and strange the Los

I love true crime. I love old Hollywood. These two together is a dream combination that will draw me like a moth is drawn to a flame.In 1922, director William Desmond Taylor was shot to death in his bungalow. Wild reports (some false, some not) started to spread: a mysterious "doctor" who declared the cause of death as natural, studio people burning papers in Taylor's fireplace, actress Mabel Normand (whose alleged cocaine addiction Taylor had allegedly been trying to cure) rummaging through his

As a fan of old movies and Hollywood in its heyday, this is a fascinating look at the seamier side of Tinseltown in its infancy. A true unsolved murder mystery, with many of the important celebrities of the time involved or linked in some way. Don't know if you would call it a 'fun read', but it was definitely as good, or better, than fiction.

3.5 starsIn 1967, movie director King Vidal decided he wanted to make a movie about the 1922 murder of a silent film director William Desmond Taylor. The murder was never solved. So, Vidal started doing his own investigating. Prime suspects, at least in the media, included actresses Mabel Normand and Mary Miles Minter, as well as Minters mother, Charlotte Shelby. Vidal looked at media, police reports, and did many interviews (of people involved who were still alive). Vidal never made his movie,

A book about an investigation into a murder that happened 45 years previous-doesn't sound like much, but holy crap-it was good! Totally engrossing from the very beginning-twists and turns aplenty, a cast of colorful characters, all combine to show a frightening picture of corruption, cruelty, and sex scandals in 1920's Hollywood. A must read for any mystery fan and/or fan of classic Hollywood.

What a fun book trying to uncover the murder of a 1920's starlet. It's full of golden age movie stars, coverups and discoveries about people who'd never expect. A great, fun read.