342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note
"A Cappella Book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index.
Contents
The corpse -- Rosebud -- Lubinville -- The crash -- Life in the West -- The bet -- Vendôme -- The cut -- Café Trocadero -- The shakedown -- The breakup -- Sunday night at the Troc -- The gambler -- Hollywood's bible -- The London Reporter to Sunset House -- Daily life at the Reporter -- Friends and allies -- The Starmaker and Lana Turner -- "He'll bring us all down" -- Women and marriage -- Joe Schenck and the Arrowhead Springs Hotel -- Ciro's -- Trials -- Restaurant LaRue -- The Flamingo -- Bugsy Siegel -- The crusade -- Exile -- The blacklist -- L'Aiglon -- United States v. Paramount Pictures -- "That was who he was" -- Club LaRue -- The next chapter -- The partnership -- The shadow -- The old days -- Curtain call.
Summary
"The first full biography of Billy Wilkerson, the owner and publisher of the Hollywood reporter and Tinseltown's premier behind-the-scenes power broker during the 1930s, '40s, and '50s"-- Provided by publisher.
