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I mentioned in the Silent Sin Author’s Note that I purchased a plethora of books for research on 1920s Hollywood. If you’re as fascinated by the era as I am, you might want to check out a few!
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Silent Sin Bibliography
William Desmond Taylor sources:
- • A Cast of Killers by Sidney Kirkpatrick
- • Murder in Hollywood by Charles Higham
- • Famous Players by Rick Geary
- • Tinseltown by William J. Mann
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle sources:
- • Room 1219 by Greg Merritt
- • Frame Up! by Andy Edmonds
- • Numerous contemporary articles from The New York Times archives
The queer experience in Hollywood:
- • Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood 1910 – 1969 by William J. Mann
- • Gay Hollywood: The Last Taboo (documentary, available on YouTube)
- • Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood’s First Openly Gay Star by William J. Mann
Silent film sources:
- • The Parade’s Gone By by Kevin Brownlow
- • The War, the West, and the Wilderness by Kevin Brownlow
- • The Hollywood Posse by Diana Serra Cary
- • Spellbound in Darkness by George C. Pratt
- • Silent Lives by Lon Davis
- • Silent Stars by Jeanne Basinger
- • A Girl Like I by Anita Loos
- • Hollywood: The Pioneers (video series narrated by James Mason; multiple episodes available online)
Early Hollywood (general):
- • The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History by Gregory Paul Williams
- • The Hollywood Story by Joel W. Finler