Jeffrey Sussman

Tinseltown Gangsters (eBook, ePUB)

The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Hollywood

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538173572
• Artikelnr.: 68097535

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Sussman is the author of numerous non-fiction books, several of which deal with organized crime. He has appeared in documentaries, on podcasts, in television interviews, and on radio speaking about every aspect of organized crime. He is regarded as a leading authority on organized crime and the Mafia in the United States. Jeffrey lives in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Joseph Kennedy: The First Shark
Chapter 2: Bugsy Siegel: Dream City Gangster
Chapter 3: Mickey Cohen: 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: Thelma Todd: The Death of the Ice Cream Blonde
Chapter 8: Sidney Korshak: The Outfit's Fixer in Hollywood
Chapter 9: The Cotton Club Murders
Chapter 10: Lords of Pornography