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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Schwarz, Ted, 1945- author.     Subjects     Organized crime -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.     Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.     Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Schwarz, Ted, 1945- author.       by title:      Hollywood confidenti...         MARC Display

Hollywood confidential : how the studios beat the mob at their own game / Ted Schwarz. by Schwarz, Ted, 1945- author. Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2007] Subjects Organized crime -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.   Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.   Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781493072361 (paperback) : 1493072366 (paperback) Description:  vi, 301 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "Hollywood Confidential is the first truly in-depth look at the sexy, humorous, violent, and tragic history of the mob in Hollywood from the 1920s, when Joe Kennedy decided to buy a motion picture company, to the 1980s when the last vestiges of mob influence were revealed through investigations of former Screen Actors Guild President Ronald Reagan and his union backers. The revelations continue into the 1980s when the major studios were no longer important, the independents were on the rise, and it was no longer possible to buy, bribe, or blackmail in a meaningful way. There were deals and bad guys, but the mob as it existed was finished in Hollywood"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 364.10609 Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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