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Author Thompson, Douglas, author.

Title The dark heart of Hollywood : glamour, guns and gambling - inside the Mafia's global empire / Douglas Thompson.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishing, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.106 THOMPSON    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.106 THOMPSON    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  364.106 THOMPSON    Check Shelf
Description 352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note Originally published: 2012.
Summary This book reveals the sinister true story of the Mafia in Hollywood. Crammed with legends, myths, murders, madness, mayhem, superstar tantrums, super-sexed starlets, power brokers and politics, it is an ambitious account of Hollywood's hidden history, from the rogue cops who took on the Mob on the streets of Los Angeles to the stars who became stars because Mafia Godfathers said they would. In The Dark Heart of Hollywood, seasoned crime and entertainment writer Douglas Thompson reveals how all is masterminded by the money-obsessed Mafia, for whom everything and everyone is simply a commodity. The intense saga charges across America: from Hollywood bedrooms to the Oval Office, from California's twenty-first-century computer capital to the cocaine-connection HQs stretching from the Sunset Strip to Marseilles, Milan, Moscow, Tokyo and Beijing. In this magnificent and highly compelling volume, Hollywood is unveiled as Tinseltown without the tinsel.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-346) and index.
Subject Mafia -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781780576107 (pbk.)
1780576102 (pbk.)
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