The decline and death of Jayne Mansfield (who is featured on the book's cover in the 1975 publication) The death of gangster Bugsy Siegel by the hands of Lucky Luciano and Siegel's moll Virginia Hill, and the death of Lana Turner's lover Johnny Stompanato at the hand of Turner's teenage daughter Cheryl Crane The mysterious deaths of Thelma Todd and Marilyn Monroe The homosexuality of Ramon Novarro and his subsequent murder by male prostitutes The rise and fall of Frances Farmer and her appalling treatment in mental institutions The alleged promiscuity and mental instability of Clara Bow The suicides of Lupe V?lez, Carole Landis, Peg Entwistle, Gwili Andre, Albert Dekker, Lou Tellegen, Bobby Harron, Max Linder, George Sanders, and Clara Blandick The murder of William Desmond Taylor and the damage it caused to the careers of Mabel Normand and Mary Miles Minter
The shotgun marriages of Charlie Chaplin to Mildred Harris and Lita Grey plus the Joan Barry paternity scandal The drug-related deaths of Wallace Reid, Judy Garland, and (allegedly) Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer The Fatty Arbuckle-Virginia Rappe scandal The relationship between William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies The career declines of Mae Murray, Pola Negri, Louise Brooks, Marie Prevost and John Gilbert Įrich von Stroheim's on-set difficulties The extra-marital affair of Mary Astor with playwright George S. The mysterious death of film producer Thomas Ince aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst The statutory rape charges and subsequent trial of Errol Flynn and how it might have been
The alleged sexual masochism of Mary Nolan The drug addictions of Juanita Hansen, Alma Rubens and Barbara La Marr The drug-related death of Olive Thomas and subsequent scandal surrounding Jack Pickford Some readers are offended by Anger's choice graphic and shocking images, particularly the photographs depicting the body of Carole Landis after her suicide, Bugsy Siegel's bullet-ridden corpse, Lupe V?lez in her coffin, Thelma Todd's body after her mysterious death and the scene of the traffic accident which killed Jayne Mansfield. Despite the book's popularity ? it has been a perennial best seller since it was first published ? Anger has been criticised for his lurid exposition, wild allegations, spurious anecdotes, rumor, innuendo, and minor plagiarism. However, Hollywood Babylon's place in the history of Tinseltown cannot be denied, nor can Anger's influence on filmmakers such as John Waters, Vincent Gallo and Paul Morrissey (the director of Andy Warhol's later movies). more » alled into question and debated since the book's initial publication. Pauvert (Paris, France) as Hollywood Babylone. It was originally published in 1959 by J.J. Hollywood Babylon is a book by Kenneth Anger, an ex-child actor, avant-garde filmmaker, occultist, and author, which details the sordid scandals of many famous and infamous Hollywood denizens from the 1900s to the 1950s.
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