Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labor unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of dollars from studio bosses. Control the unions to which projectionists, art directors, cinematographers, electricians, scene designers, stagehands, extras belong, and you control the whole industry.
Painting colorful portraits of numerous mobsters, producers, actors, and directors, Tinseltown Gangsters tells the gripping, fast-paced, true story of corruption and greed in Hollywood throughout much of the twentieth century.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-5381-7356-5 (9781538173565)
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Jeffrey Sussman is the author of 16 books, six of which have been published by Rowman and Littlefield, including Sin City Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Las Vegas and Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New York. Jeffrey lives in New York City.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. The First Shark: Joseph Kennedy
Chapter 2. Dream City Gangster
Chapter 3. Little Tough Guy
Chapter 4. Willie Bioff: Solid Gold Extortionist
Chapter 5. Handsome Johnny Rosselli: Smooth as Silk
Chapter 6. Harry Cohn: White Fang
Chapter 7. The Death of the Ice Cream Blonde
Chapter 8. Sidney Korshak: The Outfit's Fixer in Hollywood
Chapter 9. The Cotton Club Murders
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
