Hollywood Confidential : How the Studios Beat the Mob at Their Own Game

How the Studios Beat the Mob at Their Own Game

By: Ted Schwarz

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Hardcover | 1 July 2007

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The first truly in-depth look at the history of the mob in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1980s when the last vestiges of mob influence were revealed through investigations of former SAG President Ronald Reagan and his union backers. From the time Harry Cohn of Columbia and Louis B. Mayer of MGM accepted financing from organized crime, the mob assault became increasingly intense and continuing 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.

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Preview of Coming Attractions	p. 1
An "Island" of Their Own	p. 7
Lawdy, Lawdy, They Got Bawdy!	p. 20
The Movies Discover the Bad Guys, but Only John Dillinger Discovers the Movies	p. 31
Liquor, Loose Women, and Gambling (Oh, My!)	p. 40
Forgive Us Our Press Passes	p. 50
The Last Corruption of Los Angeles (for the Moment)	p. 61
The First Star F***ers Probe for Weakness, Then Take the Money and Run	p. 67
The Punk Got It Right	p. 91
Mob? In Hollywood They Do It Bigger and Better, and Everybody Has a Piece of the Action	p. 97
Bioff and Browne	p. 108
Intermission 1 (and a Brief Clarification)	p. 119
The Gangster Played the Actor Playing the Gangster (or Something Like That)	p. 122
Lucrezia Borgia Meets Al Capone in a Theater Near You	p. 129
Hello, George, Goodbye, Tommy	p. 136
"Hot Toddy"	p. 145
How Do You Corrupt Them Down in L.A. When Their Hands Are in Your Pockets?	p. 156
Kiss the Girl and Make Her Die	p. 160
Intermission 2	p. 172
Longy Had a Little Locket	p. 176
So, What Did Happen with Bioff, Browne, Schenck, and the Others?	p. 203
Intermission 3	p. 236
Julia Jean, Johnny, Mickey, and Cheryl, the Romance from Hell	p. 238
Marilyn, the Greatest Mob Hit That Never Was	p. 261
I'm Not Friendly with the Mob; I Just Play Someone in the White House Who Is	p. 275
Afterword	p. 279
A Note on Resources	p. 281
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 291
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