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Tinseltown Gangsters
The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Hollywood
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Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labour unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of pounds from studio bosses. Control the...
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Tinseltown Gangsters
Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labor unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of dollars from studio bosses.
Among the many rackets the mob pursued, controlling the movie industry in Hollywood was one of the longest lasting, starting with Ben “Bugsy” Siegel paving the way for other mobsters like Willie Bioff and Mickey Cohen.
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Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labour unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of pounds from studio bosses. Control the unions to which projectionists, art directors, cinematographers, electricians, scene designers, stagehands, and extras belong, and you control the whole industry.
Painting colourful portraits of numerous mobsters, producers, actors, and directors, Tinseltown Gangsters tells the gripping, fast-paced, true story of corruption and greed in Hollywood throughout much of the twentieth century.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781538173565
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 March 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Illustration: 11 BW Photos
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 157.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 531g
Pages: 312
About the Author
Jeffrey Sussman is the author of seventeen nonfiction books, seven of which have been published by Rowman & Littlefield. In addition to Tinseltown Gangsters, Sussman is the author of Sin City Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Las Vegas; Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New York; and Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science. He lives in New York City
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