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I've just finished reading............

Postby MWB » July 28th, 2010, 6:26 pm

A Cast of Killers by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick.

Taylorology. I've been into that site but it's hard going, so I thought I'd go to the horses mouth & read about William Desmond Taylors murder in 1922.

King Vidor knew most of the people involved in the scandal & in 1967, researched it to make a movie about it. He came to his own conclusion about who did it, although the Talorology site says he made lots of factual errors. But he never ended up making the movie & after Vidors death, Kirkpatrick wrote this book based on Vidors notes.

All the suspects & most of the people involved are mentioned - Mary Miles Minter & her horrendous mother, Mabel Normand, Antonio Moreno, Gloria Swanson, the detectives who worked on the case - & those still alive were interviewed by Vidor.

Very, very interesting book. It's a quick, easy, nice read.

Points out of 5?

4.
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Re: I've just finished reading............

Postby Tomsk » August 1st, 2010, 1:53 pm

yOU READ TOOO MUCH !..get back on that computer gollum
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Re: I've just finished reading............

Postby Ice.Maiden » August 8th, 2010, 12:06 pm

Angels and Demons next for me.
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Re: I've just finished reading............

Postby pinky » August 8th, 2010, 4:13 pm

oh its a great read Ice
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Re: I've just finished reading............

Postby Ice.Maiden » August 8th, 2010, 9:22 pm

Thanks hun. Don't know why I never read that before The Da Vinci Code.
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Re: I've just finished reading............

Postby pinky » August 9th, 2010, 3:18 pm

oh the da vinci code was a great read also, you should read the rest of Dan brown books they are great
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Re: I've just finished reading............

Postby Ice.Maiden » August 10th, 2010, 7:32 am

Well I read The Lost Symbol in two days, and it's one of the best I've ever looked at. I could hardly put it down.

Oh lol - just started on A & D - and I can see it's going to be similar!
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Postby pinky » August 10th, 2010, 2:02 pm

yes Dan Browns books are similiar in read
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Re: I've just finished reading............

Postby Ice.Maiden » August 10th, 2010, 3:50 pm

Sort of suspensful from the start aren't they?
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Postby Tomsk » August 14th, 2010, 1:48 pm

erm I was only joking frodo........
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Re: I've just finished reading............

Postby Ice.Maiden » August 15th, 2010, 10:20 am

Speaking of Frodo - don't you think Elijah wood and Daniel Rasdcliffe are like two peas in a pod?

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