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Bugsy Siegel
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Columbia Pictures
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Extortion
Frank Sinatra
George Brown
George Raft
Gloria Swanson
Harry Cohn
Hollywood history
Hollywood mob
Hollywood Studios
Jack Dragna
Johnny Rosselli
Johnny Stampanato
Joseph Kennedy
Longy Zwillman
Mafia
MCA
Mickey Cohen
Mickey Mouse Mafia
Mob
Organized crime
Racketeering
Robert Evans
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sidney Korshak
The Cotton Club
The Godfather
Willie Biof
Product details
- ISBN 9781538173565
- Weight: 531g
- Dimensions: 157 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 05 Mar 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 labor unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of dollars from studio bosses. Control the unions to which projectionists, art directors, cinematographers, electricians, scene designers, stagehands, extras belong, and you control the whole industry.
Painting colorful 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.
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
