Now in paperback. William Desmond Taylor (1872-1922) was a leading silent film director remembered as the victim of Hollywood's most sensational unsolved murder, which shook the nation and shattered the reputations of several top Hollywood stars. Until now, Taylor's film career and leadership role in the Hollywood film industry have been completely overshadowed by the scandal of his death. By reprinting over 400 items from contemporary newspapers, magazines, and trade journals, the book reveals Taylor's life in Hollywood_from his arrival as a minor actor in 1912 until his death in 1922 as one of Hollywood's top directors. These annotated clippings and articles, many containing Taylor's own words, provide substantial insight into Hollywood life and film production during the decade that transformed Hollywood into the movie capital of the world. Included in the book is the most extensive filmography of Taylor's work ever published. Taylor's murder is also examined, including a critical analysis of two published 'solutions' to the crime.
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...a more detailed account of Taylor's career and murder than anything ever written.....
...a compendium of primary sources as fascinating for students of early Hollywood as of unsolved crime.....
As film history, human story or murder mystery the book...grips the attention throughout.....
Long's absorbing tale sheds a curious light on that period's Hollywood lifestyle.....
...a compendium of primary sources as fascinating for students of early Hollywood as of unsolved crime.....
As film history, human story or murder mystery the book...grips the attention throughout.....
Long's absorbing tale sheds a curious light on that period's Hollywood lifestyle.....
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Bruce Long, on the staff of Arizona State University, has published articles in Classic Images, Movie & Film Collector's World, Classic Film Collector, and The Big Reel. He was editor and publisher of Taylorology, a review of the Taylor case.
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This review is from: William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series) (Paperback)
This book arrived today and I sat down to glance through it. Two hours later, I'm taking a break to write this review, but it was hard to put the book down. First, as I did, read Cast of Killers and A Deed of Death. Then, when you are hooked on the Taylor murder, get William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier, Bruce Long's marvelous collection of clippings from the newspapers and journals of the time. It is a work you must have. Reading Taylor's own words and those of his contemporaries, as quoted in the press, makes the murder seem almost as recent as the big murder cases of our day. Also, you learn an enormous amount about life and mores in America and Hollywood in the 1920s. Even if the Taylor murder doesn't interest you particularly, if you enjoy true crime stories and/or silent films, I recommend the book for details and atmosphere.
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This review is from: William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series) (Paperback)
This is a collection of newspaper clipping both before the murder of W. D. Taylor as well as after. It will help you paint a picture of the man behind the name as well as introduce you to the times in which he lived.
The book is too expensive for most but if you are a Taylor devotee, your pickings are slim in regards to tomes being written about him.
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