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A Cast of Killers
A Cast of Killers | Sidney Kirkpatrick
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From the author of Turning the Tide comes a riveting Hollywood expose filled with sex, glamour, mystery, and corruption--a true crime classic. In 1967, director King Vidor took it upon himself to attempt to solve the 1922 murder of flamboyant director William Desmond Taylor. This mesmerizing account reconstructs the full shocking truth of the murder that was too scandalous even for Hollywood. Photographs.
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True story of a 1920‘s era Hollywood murder that went unsolved for decades until a director in the 1960‘s decided that if he solved the case himself, he just might be able to make a movie out of it. Things didn‘t go as planned. Lots of gossip and intrigue surrounding people that lived in a time before our own. It mostly kept my attention, though I did have to google who many of the ‘famous‘ people were.

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It was mostly interesting, but there were still dry parts in the book, so I did lose focus occasionally – although that may also be, in part, due to plenty of things on my mind. The book also includes biographical information on many of the main “players”. I‘ve only read one other book that included info about this murder – have to admit, I don‘t recall if there were any theories in that book, but this one certainly sounds quite plausible to me.