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Abrams, Hiram, 16, 17, 65, 66, 131, 252 Associated Producers, 65, 94 firing, 17 Astor, John Jacob, 12 Across the Border, 162–63 Astor Hotel, 261 Adams, Capt. David, 231, 238 Auntie Mame, 421 Adorée, Renée, 179 Automatic Vaudeville, 35, 65 Affairs of Anatol, The, 104–5, 106 Alexandria Hotel, 29 Bachardy, Don, 422 Alias Jimmy Valentine, 176 Balaban, Barney, 393, 424 Allen, J. Weston, 122 Balaban & Katz, 392, 424 Alvarado Court, 6, 30, 47, 86, 108, 182, Balestier, Beatty, 311 187, 207, 217, 238, 405 Banksia Place Sanitarium, 331 Alvarado Street, 82 Barnes, Eleanor, 201 Ambassador Hotel, 109, 181, 334 Barnes, Julius, 337 American Federation of Labor, 295 Bartholomew, Frank, 200 American Humane Society, 85 Beach, Rex, 121 American Legion, 295 Beaverbrook, Lord, 39 Anderson, Maxwell, 387 Benson, Betty, 50 Anne of Green Gables, 60 Berger, Marjorie, 268, 396 Antitrust regulation, 40, 147–48 Berkey, Arista “Writ,” 319–20 Apollo Theater, 154 Berlin, Irving, 393 SS Aquitania, 107, 220 Bernhardt, Sarah, 37 Arbuckle, Minta, 297 Beverly Hilton, 426 Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 23, 104, 132, Biograph Company, 45 158–59, 294 Block-­booking, 132, 135, 389 and Adolph Zukor, 155–57 Blue, Monte, 82 arrest, 149 Bluhdorn, Charles, 426 banning of films, 156, 279–82 Blythe, Betty, 261 comeback, 276–79 Bone, Leon, 356, 409 comeback backlash, 333–39 Boole, Ella, 105 compromise, 338–39 Brady, Alice, 54 “Fatty and Mabel” comedy shorts, 151 Brady, Matthew, 151, 333 FTC charges, impact on, 158 Brady, William A., 101, 105, 120, 137, Gasoline Gus, 276–79 157, 159 hearing, 159 Brew, Julia, 72–73, 267, 386, 401 marriage, 150 Brisbane, Arthur, 261 reaction to murder, 206 Broun, Heywood, 386 scandal, blamed on Jews, 169 Brown, Frank, 62 trial, 166, 221 Brownlow, Kevin, 423 vaudeville, 296 Brunton Studios, 29, 30, 31 verdict, 275 Longacre stage, 31 verdict reception, 275–76 Bryson, James, 163–64, 184, 283 Zukor letter, 160 bad check, 164–65

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Buccaneer, The, 387 Clapham, Leonard, 184, 185, 288, 354, Bunker Hill neighborhood, 24 365, 387 Burke, Billie, 54 aka Tom London, 387 Burke, Joe, 372, 373 later life, 420 Burns, Edith, 267–68, 360 Cline, Herman, 234 Busch, Mae, 46 Clune’s Broadway Theater, 84 Bushnell, Asa S., 321 Coates, Edward, 106 Bushnell, John L., 311–12, 317–26, 344, Coconut Grove, 179, 181 352–54, 365, 377 Cody, Lew, 387 family, 322 Cohen, Sydney S., 38, 41, 70, 134, 135, letters, 366 223, 261, 300 and Ellen O’Grady, 70 Cabanne, Christy, 144 FTC testimony, 347, 350 Cabanne, Vivien, 144, 257 Collins, Dapper Don, 243 Cadillac Hotel, 164, 341 Committee on Moving Pictures of the Cahill, William, 142 City Federation of Women’s Clubs, 105 Calnay, James, 270–71, 288 Compson, Betty, 32 Camille, 146, 147, 148 Connelley, Earl J., 355, 364, 366, 371, Capone, Al, 260 372–74 Captain Alvarez, 130 Connette, Honore, 283–85, 417 Carson, Frank, 257–60 extra for Taylor, 284 Cartier, Mr. and Mrs. Jacques, 107 gun, 284, 285 Casablanca, 421 Connick, H. D. H., 349 Casa Margarita, 307, 400 Coolidge, Calvin, 368 Cast of Killers, A, 408 Cooney, Patrick J., 372 Cato, E. R., 142 Corona Typewriter Company, 144 censorship, xiii, 14–15, 30, 33, 85, 100, Courtell, Juliet, 267 251, 253–54 Covarrubias, Miguel, 386 and antitrust regulation, 40 Covered Wagon, The, 370 and Arbuckle, 276–79, 279–82 Coward, The, 26 Ellen O’Grady testimony, 120–22 Cowboy and the Lady, The, 286 fight against, 18 Cox, James, 64 the Formula, 392 Crafts, Wilbur F., 99–101, 120, 160 and Hollywood parties, 327–28 death, 336 law, 121 and Fatty Arbuckle, 151–52, 154 power of women on boards and clubs, production code, 105–6 68–70 Crawford-­Ivers, Julia, 111, 114, 172, 197, production code, 102 200, 225, 240 Production Code Administration, 424 Crowninshield, Frank, 393 unsuccessful, 369 Cruise of the Kawa, The(Traprock), 205 Chamber of Commerce, 295 Cruze, James, 370 Chambers, Joseph, 5 Chandler, Harry, 358 Dallas, Jim, 342, 372 Chaplin, Charlie, 6 Daniel, Viora, 183, 288 Chaplin, Sydney, 90 Daniels, Bebe, 32 Chapman, Woodlawn, 336 Daughters of the American Revolution, Chase, William Sheafe, 121, 331, 348–49 295 Cheseboro, Ray L., 52 Davenport, Alice, 327–28 Chopin, Frédéric, 33 Davis, James, 261 Chris­tian, George B., 134 Davis, William, 186, 187, 190 Christie, Al, 26, 52, 126, 183, 387 Deane-­Tanner, Ada, 111, 221 Church, Mrs. Norman, 385 Deane-­Tanner, Denis, 221

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Deane-­Tanner, Ethel Daisy, 213, 241 drugs, 91–92 Dearborn Independent, 169 and FTC, 134, 147, 149 Dedham, Massachusetts, 60 and Graumann Theaters, 390 Deed of Death, A, 408 papers from Taylor, 225 Dell, Ethel M., 187 production code, 102 Dell, Floyd, 196 production move to California, 225 Delmonico’s restaurant, 36, 65, 101, 236 reaction to murder, 206–7 DeMille, Cecil B., 32, 79, 91, 102, 106, release of Minter letters, 245 250 stock issue, 39 and production code, 104 stock market value, 14, 148, 225, 276, 348 reaction to murder, 220–21 success of, 13 Desmond, William, 359 trustification of industry, 133 Dines, Courtland, 383–84 upswing, 299 Dix, Richard, 32 Fatty and Mabel Adrift, 152 Dixon, Thomas, 173, 222, 235 Feagan’s jewelry store, 174, 180 Dodd, Rev. Neal, 33 Federal Council of Churches of Christ, Dodge, Pauline, 133, 135 295 Doherty, Edward, 223, 242, 245, 249–50, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 40, 384 147–48 Dominguez, Frank, 52, 151, 157–59, action against Famous Players, 134 372–74, 418 hearings on Famous Players-­Lansky, Dominick & Dominick, 118 347–48, 349–51 Doran, William, 246 hearings on movie industry, 332 Douglas, James C., 51 and White House, 134 Duffus, R. L., 20 and Zukor, 389 Dumas, Verne, 195, 197 Federation of Women’s Clubs, 279, 294, Durfee, Minta “Mintrattie,” 150 334–35, 337, 384 Dwan, Allan, 43, 387 Fellows, Harry, 29, 61, 84, 108, 180, 197, Dyer, Elmer, 309, 354 199, 200, 215, 225 Fellows, Howard, 143, 197 Eagels, Jeanne, 386 Ferguson, Hilda, 292 Eangler, Caroline W., 253 Film Daily, 167, 245, 337, 369, 394 East of Eden, 421 First National Pictures, 38, 389 Eaton, Chauncey, 62–63, 82, 400 Fischer, Nicholas, 354 Eggert, Mrs. Thomas H., 68 Fitts, Buron, 399 Eiseman, Rabbi Aaron, 395 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 32, 424–25 Ellicott, Milton, 31 Flagg, James Montgomery, 387 Emerson, John, 261 Flamingo Hotel, 224 Evening Telegraph, 276 Ford, Henry, 169 Eyton, Charles, 91–92, 199, 200, 223, blame on Jews for scandal, 169 225, 226, 238, 240, 250 Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The, 146 handkerchief, 247 Fox, William, 67, 101 release of Minter letters, 245 Francisco, Betty, 181 statement about murder, 206 Franklin Theatre, 365 and Taylor papers, 238–39, 250 Frayne, Hugh, 261, 338 Frear, James A., 368 Fairbanks, Douglas, 32, 34, 64, 79, 91, 94, Fremont Place, 26, 56, 80 154, 177–78, 262 Freud, Sigmund, 190 Famous Players–Lasky, 11, 13, 14, 26, 27 Frohman, Charles, 57 alliance against, 135 Fuller, W. Hayes, 347–48, 349 antitrust laws, 147–48 Furnace, The, 87 and death of Taylor, 199–200, 222–23 Fussell, Betty Harper, 410

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death, 17 Zukor, letter to, 167–68 D. W. Griffith, demotion by, 14 Hearst, William Randolph, 216, 261, funeral, 18 390 shooting, 13 Heart Specialist, The, 204 Hart, William S., 177–78 Hendrick, Peter A., 105 Hartley, Floyd, 186, 414 Herron, Mark L., 294, 372–73 Harvey, Brinton McClellan, 368 release of Gibson, 373, 374 Hays, Helen, 170, 330, 334 Hickenlooper, Smith, 371, 380 Hays, Will H., 166–71, 251, 261, 291–97, Higham, Charles, 408 330–39, 391–92 Hilo Tribune, 284 and Arbuckle, 332, 333–34 Hodkinson, W. W., 65, 66, 349 Arbuckle announcement, 334 Hollywood Bowl, 19, 291 Arbuckle backlash, 334–39 Hollywood Memorial Cemetery, 244, 259 Arbuckle compromise, 338–39 Hollywood sign, 358 Arbuckle films, banning of, 279–82 Holmquist, Sigrid, 361 Arbuckle letter, 296 Hoover, Herbert, 168 Arbuckle statement, 281 Hoover, Mrs. Herbert, 338 Astor Hotel meeting, 261–65 Hopkins, George James, 86–87, 111, 130, Astor Hotel meeting, speech, 264–65 173, 200, 225, 240 belief in the market, 169 later life, 421 consolidations, 332 and Mary Miles Minter, outing, 116–17 contract renewal, 392 reaction to murder, 197 decision to join industry, 178 and Taylor, relationship, 115–17 description, 167 Hopper, Hedda, 44 divorce, 367, 423 Hotel Alexandria, 45 drugs, 331 Hotel Ambassador, 221 duties, 262 Hoyt, Arthur, 198, 200, 235, 241 Europe, 367–68 Hughes, Gareth, 285 family history, 169 the Formula, 92 Illustrated Films Monthly, 129 Gibson, charges against, 418 Ince, Thomas, 32, 65, 67, 79, 97, 190 Gibson’s release, role in, 374–75 Ince Studios, 94 goals, 263 International Reform Bureau, 99 growing power, 332 Isherwood, Christopher, 422 at Hollywood Bowl, 291–97 Ivers, Julia. See Crawford-­Ivers, Julia later life, 423–24 Ivy H. Overholtzer mortuary, 208, 212 life insurance, 178 and Loew, 333, 351 Jesserun, Emile, 195, 197, 198 Loew, death of, 395 Jewett, Christina, 190, 191, 414 marriage, 170–71 Jewish Welfare Board, 295 office, 262 Johnson, Hiram, 168 political career, 167 Jolson, Al, 386 Production Code Administration, 424 Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Mattison Boyd, 116 Public Relations Committee, 295, 300, Jones, Richard, 269 336–37, 338, 368 Joy, Jason S., 300 readjustment of industry, 369 and Reid, 331–32 Kahn, Otto, 39, 119, 351, 393 reimagining industry, 332 Kansas City Journal, 337 religion, 171 Katz, Sam, 393 and The Sins of Hollywood, 294 Kaufman, George S., 370 top-­secret memo, 332 Kennedy, Brownie, 16, 17, 34, 122 Zukor, control by, 292 Kent, Sidney, 349

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MacLean, Douglas, 6, 190–91, 192, 196, Metro Pictures, 36 198, 199, 233 merger, 390 MacLean, Faith, 190, 191–92, 214, 233, Metropolitan Quartet, 33 285, 306–7, 412–14, 416 MGM formation, 390 description to police, 214 Miles, Julia, 57, 273–74 MacLean, Lawrence, 380 gun, 274 aka Larry Outlaw, 363 Miles, Lilla Pearl. See Shelby, Charlotte Bushnell scheme, 363 Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 386 letters, 366 Miller, Bill “Ranger,” 343 Madsen, Blackie, 127–28, 139, 184, 310, Miller, Gov. Nathan, 120, 121 366 Miller, Max O., 341, 343 aka Ross Garnet Sheridan, 319 Million Dollar Theatre, 84, 156 Army, 319 Minter, Mary Miles, 26–28, 34, 54, assault, 320 55–63, 79, 80–83, 109, 116, 127, 243, bail for Osborn and Putnam, 364 286–88 Bushnell scheme, 317–26, 354–56, age, 58 363–64 aka Juliet Reilly, 57 family, 319 alibi, 205, 399 FBI hunt, 377–79 Anne of Green Gables, 60 gun, 414 attempted murder story, 361 later life, 420 Cadillac roadster, 55 mother, 378–79 and censorship, 253–54 mustache, 416 comeback, 361 sentence, 380 contract and salary, 245 Maigne, Charles, 197, 198, 199, 200, 203, contract nonrenewal, 327, 346 225, 286 Cowboy and the Lady, The, 286 Mailheau, Theodore, 236 delusion, 81 Male and Female, 32 dreams, 27 Maloney, Leo, 184, 365, 420 drugs, 362 Mann Act, 322, 343, 353 faked suicide attempt, 62 Marion, Frances, 72 funeral home, 227–28 Mark of Zorro, The, 79, 94 and Gibson, 287–90 Marsh, Mae, 32 grand jury testimony, 400 Marshall, Charles, 117 hair sample, 315–16 Martin, Vivian, 115 Heart Specialist, The, 204 Maurice and Hughes, 181 and James Kirkwood, 59 Max O. Miller Productions, 365 later life, 421–23 Mayer, Louis B., 351, 390 lawsuit against mother, 360–61 McCoy, Kid, 421 living independently, 326–27 McFarlan automobile, 84, 91, 112, 116, love affair story, 361–62 117, 142, 179, 187 marriage, 422 McGinness, Arthur, 365, 370, 387 and Marshall Neilan, 173 McGuire, W. D., 106, 296 mother, 27, 55–63, 114 McKean Democrat, 224 mother as suspect, 398 McMahon, Charles, 338 move back to California, 422 McNab, Gavin, 333 move to New York, 388 McPherson, Jeanie, 361 and Normand, 360 Meehan, Owen, 371, 377, 379 and Normand confrontation, 209–10 Meighan, Thomas, 32, 43 origin of name, 57–58 Melrose Avenue, 29 poetry, 61 Melrose Hotel, 24, 26, 48, 53, 125, 128 police interview, 246–48 Methodist Preachers Association, 331 police re-­interview, 1926, 398

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cocaine, 23, 43 and Taylor, 47, 90–91, 173 at coroner’s jury, 233 and Taylor, and argument, 179–80 criticism of, 266–67 Taylor, and drug dealer, 90 death, 401 and Taylor, and letters to, 44, 238–39, 242 description, 45 Taylor, and sanatorium, 71–72 D. W. Griffth, 45 Taylor, final visit to, 187–90 England, 329 Taylor murder reaction, 203–4 Europe, 325–26 tuberculosis, 387 Extra Girl, The, 359 weight gain, 89 father, 44–45 witness, 214 “Fatty and Mabel” comedy shorts, 151 North Beachwood Drive, 49 and Fatty Arbuckle arrest, 150–52 and Federation of Women’s Clubs, 384–85 Obenchain, Madalynne, 222, 306 at funeral, 241–42, 244 Ochs, Adolph, 107 generosity, 23 Oesterreich, Fred, 376, 421 and George Patterson, 266 O’Grady, Ellen, 68–70 Glen Springs, 89 testimony, 120–22 and Glen Springs Sanatorium, 71–72, 74 O’Hildebrandt, Brandon, 422 Greer trial testimony, 383–84 Olcott, Sydney, 261 gun tip, 216 Old Wives for New, 32, 417 hiding, 267 Osborn, Don, 75, 125–26, 270, 283 illness, 268 ambition, 77, 78–80 implicated in Taylor death, 242 arrest, 355 Little Mouse, The, 385–86 bunco, 127–28, 163, 185, 310–11 and Mack Sennett, 45–46 Bushnell scheme, 317–24, 352–57 and Mack Sennett, professional relation- forgery, 77 ship, 93 and George Weh, 77 and Mary Miles Minter, 360 and Gibson, proposal for Read, 94–97 and Mary Miles Minter, confrontation, and Gibson, scams, 125–26 209–10 Gibson rental, 165 modeling, 45 and Lasher scam, 343 Molly O’, 93, 153 later life, 420 move to New York, 385–87 and Madsen, 127–28 movies, start in, 45 marriage, 76, 77, 164 New York, 325–26 and Rose Putnam, 96 and Olive Thomas, 24, 42 and Rose Putnam affair, 139–40, and Olive Thomas funeral, 42–44 163–64, 165 photo at scene of Taylor murder, 196 sentence, 371 pleurisy, 153 son, 77 and police, 268 threat to Rae Osborn, 140–41 police search, 218–19 Osborn, Earl, 77 pregnancy and stillbirth, 73 Osborn, Rae, 77-­78, 96, 127, 139, 164 public perception of, 153 marriage to Don Osborn, 139–41 “Queen of Comedy,” 21 obsession with Don Osborn, 184 and Reid’s revelation, 328–29 Otello, 115 return to California, 89 Overholtzer, Ivy, 208, 227–28 and Sam Goldwyn, 23, 46, 72–73 Overstreet, Jay R., 184 and Sam Goldwyn, contract, 90, 93 Owl Drug, 4–5 Slim Princess, The, 21 Staten Island, 74 Pacific Electric Railway, 25 suicide attempt, 46 Pair of Hellions, A, 343 Suzanna, 189, 269 premiere, 365

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Palace, 84 Production Code Administration, 424 Palmer, Mrs. George, 384 Prohibition, 15, 23 Palmer, Patricia. See Gibson, Margaret Public Is Never Wrong, The(Zukor), 425 “Gibby” Purviance, Edna, 6, 195, 203, 267, 383 Pantages Theatre, 129 Putnam, Rose, 96, 125, 128, 163–64, 165, Paramount, 15, 16 184, 311–12 bankruptcy, 424 abortion, 310 percent revenue of all motion pictures, 39 arrest, 356 Paramount building, 389, 391 and Bushnell, 311–12, 317–18 completion/opening, 393–94 Bushnell scheme, 352–57 Paramount Theater, 299 and James Bryson, 163–64 Paramount Theaters management, 392 later life, 420 Parent-­Teachers Association, 295 marriage, 311 Parsons, Louella, 74 release, 380 Pathé, 76 scams, 125–26 Patricia Palmer Productions, 270 sentence, 371 Patterson, George S., 266 Putnam Building, 12, 118, 119, 298 Patteson, Stake, 130 Peavey, Henry, 4–8, 144–45, 172–73, 187, Queen Elizabeth, 37, 255 188–89, 233, 411 arrest, 189 Ralph Story’s Los Angeles, 407 description, 5 Rappé, Virginia, 149, 151, 157 discovery of body, 192, 196 Ray, Charles, 26, 32 and Examiner, 257 Read, J. Parker, 94–95, 96, 97 ghosts, 259–60 Realart Picture Corporation, 58 home, 4 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 32 reaction to murder, 207–8 Reid, Wallace “Wally,” 84, 104, 132, 294, 312 sexual orientation, 5 addiction, 327–29, 332 spotlight after murder, 256 death, 339 vagrancy charge, 5 drugs, 91–92, 153 Peete, Louise, 212, 222 Reilley, Mrs. Eugene, 68 Pelton’s Theatre, 78 Reimer, Charles, 377, 379 Pepa, Joe, 48, 383 Rialto, 84 lewdness charge, 51 Rich, Irene, 387 and Margaret “Gibby” Gibson, 49–53 Ritz-­Carlton, 37, 44, 146 marriage, 50 Roach, Hal, 42, 387 suit against police, 49–50 Robbins, Ethel May, 236–37 trial, 53 Roberts, Ed, 292 Pettijohn, Charles L., 105 Robins, Edward L. C., 237 Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger, 40 Rodriguez, Ralph and Lola, 50–51 Photoplay, 387, 394 Rogers, Will, 32, 395 Pickford, Jack, 24, 154, 229 Roosevelt, Teddy, 170 Pickford, Lottie, 43 Rosa Mundi (Dell), 187 Pickford, Mary, 6, 25, 27, 32, 34, 43, 56, Ross, Gene, 181 64, 79, 83, 154 Ross, Herbert I., 366 Police Gazette, 190, 224 Rucker, Edward, 373 Poor Little Rich Girl, The, 283 Rudin, J. Robert, 392 production code, 101–6 Ruggles, Wesley, 179 and The Affairs of Anatol, 106 Ryan, John A., 354, 366, 380 made public, 103 FBI hunt, 377 National Board of Review, 104 Ryan, May, 139, 184, 320–21, 363 unenforceable, 120 bunco, 320

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Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, 260 bullets, 400 Salisbury, Edward A., 252–53 childhood, 57 Salvation Army, 295 daughter, aspirations for, 56, 57–58 Sands, Edward F. “Jazz,” 86, 108–12 description, 57–58 aka Edward Strathmore, 111 and eyewitnesses, 398 aka Snyder, 110 grand jury testimony, 400–401 crimes, 110–11 gun, 274, 304, 397, 399, 400, 412 flyers about, 252 home, 56 gun, 112 later life, 421–22 and Minter, 86 motive for murder, 397, 410 pawn ticket letter, 176 and police, 244–48, 272–74, 303–8 possible weight loss, 232 protecting her daughter, 82 spying on William Desmond Taylor, public opinion, 410 108–9 shrewdness, 411 Taylor, spying on, 111, 113 statement to police, 397 Taylor, vandalism and crimes against, as suspect, 316, 346, 396 142 and Taylor, 61–62, 82–83, 143–44 and Taylor murder investigation, 213 and Taylor, jealousy, 362 as Taylor murder suspect, 201, 213–14, Taylor murder, knowledge of, 396 215, 231–32, 247, 284, 412 Taylor murder, reaction to, 211 Taylor’s house, seen at, 188 and Woolwine, 316, 409 Sanhuber, Otto, 421 and Zukor, 58 Santschi, Tom, 75 Shelby, Margaret, 399, 410 Saucedo, Maria, 420 alcoholic, 410 Scarborough, George, 229 grand jury testimony, 400 Schallert, Edwin, 116, 117 Shell-Shocked­ Sammy, 354 Schenck, Joseph, 101, 154, 155, 160, 169, Shelly, Hazel, 109 291, 368, 369 Sheridan, Harriett, 377–78 Schenck, Nicholas, 279–81, 394 Sherman Antitrust Act, 134 Schiff, Jacob, 39 Sins of Hollywood, The, 294, 372 Schuyler, Betsy, 386–87 Slauson, Ruth, 51, 52 Schwab, Charles, 393 Slim Princess, The, 21 Schweppes, Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 116 Smith, Wallace, 223, 242 Seeling, Charles, 162–63, 183 Snow, Evelyn F., 251 Selznick, Lewis J., 58, 101, 135, 166, 168, Soul of Youth, The, 32, 84–85, 87, 129 261 Spoilers, The, 121 Sennett, Mack, 45–46, 65, 153, 267, 294, St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 23, 52, 89, 91, 358–59 268 and Normand, 45–46 St. Mary of the Angels Episcopal Church, and Normand, professional relationship, 33 93 St. Paul’s Pro-­Cathedral, 240 Serling, Rod, 423 St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 42 Sex, 94 St. Vincent’s Hospital, 73 Seymour, Clarine, 31, 33, 42, 44 Star Is Born, A, 421 death, 42 State Theatre, 147 Shanley’s restaurant, 299 Stockdale, Carl, 400, 412, 416 Shawnee Hotel, 322, 355 Stone, Marie, 188, 414 “Sheik of Araby, The,” 184 Streetcar Named Desire, A, 421 Shelby, Charlotte, 56–63, 80–83, 116, Stutesman, Jessie, 423 204, 228, 286–90 Sultan Baths, 77 aka Lilla Pearl Miles, 57 Suzanna, 189, 241, 267, 269 alibi, 273–74, 400, 412 Swaine, Robert T., 348

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Swanson, Gloria, 54, 79, 104, 109, 229, and Minter, 27, 60–63, 175 291 and Minter, good-­bye, 174–75 Sweet, Blanche, 43 and Minter, turning away, 115 Sweet Lavender, 130 and Minter’s obsession, 143–44 mood, 181 Tabor Grand Opera House, 129 morning routine, 7 Talmadge, Constance, 154, 240–41, 261, and Motion Picture Directors Associa- 291 tion, 29 Talmadge, Norma, 146, 154 murder, and cash, 268–69 Tate, Harry, 266 murder of, 7–8 Taylor, William Desmond “Billy,” 4–8, 23, murder of, cottage industry around, 26, 27, 44, 52, 79, 84 408–9 aka Cunningham Deane, 221 murder scene, 196–97, 198–99, 216 aka William Deane-­Tanner, 111, 176, murder scene, ransacking of, 200 213, 221, 244 and Neva Gerber, 87–88 arrest in Denver, 129 nightshirt, 108–9 attack witnessed by Kosloff, 181 and Normand, argument, 179–80 autopsy, 212 and Normand, drug dealer, 90 bachelor, 29 and Normand, jade ornament, 180 and Ben Lindsey, 32 outing, 116–17 blackmail, 413 papers, 417 body, discovery of, 195–97 past, 236 Brunton Studios, 30 pawn ticket, theft, 175–76 Brunton Studios memorial and eulogy, Peavey, intervention for, 189 33–34 protectiveness of Hollywood, 85–86 bullet wound, 201 prowler, 144, 181–82 burglary, 172 quote on film industry, 119 cause of death, 198, 199, 200–201 residence, 5, 6 censorship, 30, 85 sadness, 30 change in mood, 172 and Sands, threat, 181 childhood, 85 schedule, 30 cooperation with drug enforcement, secrets, 34, 213 91–92 shooting, 191–92 and critics, 31 Soul of Youth, The, 32, 84–85, 87 daughter, 213 stranger asking for address, 186–87 description, 29 valet. See Peavey, Henry, and Sands, director, 6–7 Edward drugs, 87, 91–92, 242, 252–53 Vitagraph, fired by, 54, 130 family, 221, 236 and Zukor, 18, 30 final visit from Normand, 187–90 Taylor murder investigation, 211–17 footsteps in alley, 190 blackmail, 216 funeral, 240–44 bullets, 400 Furnace, The, 87 closed, 401 and George James Hopkins, 86–87, coroner’s jury, 233–34 115–17 drugs, 236 and Gibson, 26, 128–30 eyewitnesses, 410, 412–14 and Gibson in Denver, 129–30 “find the woman,” 222, 232 hang-­up calls, 172 fingerprints, 217 homosexuality, 87–88, 222–23, 245 grand jury, 400 and Mabel Normand, 23, 47, 90–91, hair, 315–16, 397, 410, 411 109, 110 handkerchief, 247 McFarlan vandalism, 142 love triangle, 234

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and Minter, 235, 246–48 Van Nuys, Mr. and Mrs. Benton, 116 missing evidence, 314–16 Van Trees, Jimmy, 197, 200, 225, 240 motive, 284 Van Vechten, Carl, 386 nightgown, 234–35, 242, 411 Variety, 14, 103, 126, 148, 153, 156, 225, papers, 238–39 249, 250, 328, 329, 361, 384, 390, 391 powder burns, 231, 232 Veiled Mystery, The, 69 prowlers, 213 Vennum, Florence, 77 reopened 1925, 396 Vidor, King, 408 reopened, headlines, 397 Vitagraph, 25, 26, 54, 69, 130 Shelby and eyewitnesses, 398 spiritualist, 305 Wachter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, 188 studio shielding suspect, 253 Wagner, Robert, 393 suspects, 213–14, 216, 231, 235–36, 245, Waldorf, 252 283–85, 303–8 Walker, James J. “Jimmy,” 65, 119, Taylor’s papers, 213 121–22, 123, 134, 300, 391 timeline, 214–15 and Marcus Loew, 65 tip, 216 and Sydney Cohen, 65 witnesses, 215 theater convention, 133 Taylorology, 409 Wallace, Mrs. Neil, 68 Teapot Dome, 294 Wallace Apartments, 75, 76 Tempest, The, 75–76, 130 Waterman, Mrs. Clarence, 105, 120 Thomas, Olive “Ollie,” 18, 24, 30, 31, 33, Web of the Law, The, 309–10, 312–13, 359 40, 123 Webster, Clark E., 294 death, 24 Weh, George, 77, 97, 127, 163, 184, 185 funeral, 42–44 Weinshank, Al, 259–60 Thompson, Houston, 134, 148 West, James, 338 300 Club, 386 West, Nathanael, 75, 76–77 Tiffany, Manley “Earl,” 108, 111–12, 113, West Hotel, 131 115, 116, 142, 232, 284 Westlake Park, 5 fired by Taylor, 143 Wetherell, Gladys, 212 Tillie, 253 Wheeler, L. C., 378 Tillie’s Punctured Romance, 46 Whitney, Charlotte, 61, 63, 82, 399–400 Titanic, 12 Wilcox, Sylvester, 420 Tol’able David, 271 Williams, Clara, 319–20 To the Ladies, 370 Williams, Cyrus J., 75–76 Traeger, William, 232 Williams, Guinn “Big Boy,” 162 Traprock, Walter, 205 Wilson, Edmund, 386 Trebilcock, Officer Lester, 51 Wilson, Woodrow, 40 Triangle Motion Picture Company, 77 Windsor, Claire, 181 True Detective Mysteries, 399 Winn, Jesse, 203, 235, 273, 283, 284, 303 Tufts, Nathan A., 16–17, 122, 134 partner with King, 218–19 extortion, 17, 122 Woburn, Massachusetts, 15 trial, 147 Women’s Chris­tian Temperance Union, verdict, 160 105 Twain, Mark, 188 Women’s City Club, 69 Twisted by Knaves (Shelby), 421 Woodlawn Cemetery, 42–43 Woods, A. H., 385 United Press, 200 Woolwine, Thomas Lee, 83, 211–17, 231, Urquhart, Mrs. J. C., 334–35 245, 256, 263, 268, 306, 316 and Charlotte Shelby, 245–46 Valentino, Rudolf, 146, 262 illness, 345, 346 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 107 resignation, 346

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Yarrow, Lloyd, 236 and James J. Walker, 65 Yellow Contraband, 420 and Jesse Lasky, production code letter, YMCA, 294 104 job of filmmakers, 32 Zeigler, Thompson, 198, 199, 201, 213 later life, 424–26 Ziegfeld, Florenz, 393 lawsuit, alienation of affection, 16–17 Ziegfeld Follies, 43 legacy, 424–25 Zukor, Adolph, 11–18, 30, 34, 35–41, 58, life insurance, 178 207 loan from Kuhn, Loeb & Co., 39 advisory role, 424 and Loew, 35–40, 132, 300–301 ambition, 36 Loew, competition with, 35, 118–19 America, embracing, 66 Loew, death of, 394 Arbuckle, defense of, 158 and Loew defense, 136 and Arbuckle, 155–57 and Loew rivalry, 146 Arbuckle films, 279–82, 333–34, 425 marriage, 15, 123–24 Arbuckle films shelved, 339 and Minter, 80 Arbuckle trial, 275–76 Mishawum Manor, 131–34, 147, 160 arcades, 12, 13 movie theater control, 38 Astor Hotel meeting, 261, 263 and MPTOA, 38 Automatic Vaudeville, 35 new industry guidelines, 254 block-­booking, 132, 389 newspapers, 12–13 Camille preview, 147, 148 organization of exhibitors against, 38 car, 66 Orphans Bureau, 157–58 and censorship, 18 Paramount Building, 389, 393 challenges against, 66–67 paranoia, 41 cigars, 123 partners, 392 control of Hays, 292 personal reputation, 37 cover up of murder, 417 and police investigation, 252 “Creepy” nickname, 11 politics, 64–66 daughter’s wedding, 37 production code, 101–6 decision not to go to police, 225–26 production cuts, 119 and DeMille, informing of murder, Putnam Building, 12, 118, 119, 298 220–21 religion, 12 description, 11 Republican, 66 dreams, 12 scandals, 40–41, 122–23 dress, 36 and Sidney Cohen, 350 and Eva Lord, 16 and Sydney Cohen, 70 extortion, 17, 122 Taylor narrative, change in, 252–53 Famous Players-­Lasky, 11, 13 tennis, 36 Farm, 99, 107 theater convention appearance, 131–34, fast rise, 67 135–37 father, 39 theater ownership, 12, 84 Feature-­length films, 37 and trustification, 134 financial situation, 118–19 vision about movie industry, 137–38 flyers about Sands, 252 wealth, 13 and FTC hearings, 348–49 West Coast trip, 223–26, 249–55 grandchild, 301–2 and Will Hays, 166–71 Harding election, 64–65 Zukor, Lottie, 15, 37, 107, 123, 425 Hiram Abrams, firing of, 17 and Mishawum scandal, 132 home, 66 Zukor, Mildred “Mickey,” 37 Hungarian roots, 12, 67, 157–58 wedding, 37 on immorality, 251

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About the Author

WILLIAM J. MANN is the author of Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn; How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood; Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand; and Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines, which won the 1999 Lambda Literary Award. He divides his time between Connecticut and Cape Cod.

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