7 Responses to William Desmond Taylor Shot!

1. Mary Mallory says:

   February 1, 2012 at 10:25 am

   Just going back and looking at the photos of the apartment, I think that might be D. W. Griffith in the photo of the man wearing a white hat and smoking a cigar.

   That mysterious letter and then all the description of this man asking for directions and then seeming to appear all along the way to Taylor’s apartment seem very interesting, particularly when you go back and see that there are cruncked out cigarettes in the fancy holder on the desk in the room. Could the man have confronted Taylor over something?

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2. Earl Boebert says:

   February 1, 2012 at 11:29 am

   Google on “Taylorology” for more than you wanted to know.

   Cheers,

   Earl

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3. Eve says:

   February 1, 2012 at 12:29 pm

   Where was George Hodel when Taylor was shot . . . ?

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4. Bartstar says:

   February 2, 2012 at 8:02 pm

   Approximately 15 years ago I was into “Taylorology”.
   It’s a fascinating sub-culture that is still trying to find out what happened that night.

   It’s a real cast of characters, or should I say, “A Cast of Killers”

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5. Benito says:

   February 3, 2012 at 1:19 pm

   Your opinion of Hollywood Babylon’s chapter about this murder mystery is…? The scandal allegedly ended MMM’s silent film career as a demure ingenue.

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   • lmharnisch says:

     February 3, 2012 at 5:19 pm

     @Benito: “Hollywood Babylon” (and HB II) deserves a special place in bookshelf hell.

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     • eve says:

       February 4, 2012 at 11:03 am

       Today”s math problem:

       Larry Harnisch is to Steve Hodel
       as
       Eve Golden is to Kenneth Anger

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