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Dec 7, 2023 · William Desmond Taylor was born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner on April 26, 1872, in Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland. He was one of five children of Thomas Kearns Deane-Tanner and Jane O’Brien and grew up on quite a lavish estate in the Irish countryside.
Feb 9, 1986 · AND THE KILLER OF WM. DESMOND TAYLOR IS . . . One of Hollywood’s most notorious unsolved murders may be unraveled this spring with the publication of “A Cast of Killers,” a nonfiction ...
Oct 24, 2003 · Thu 23 Oct 2003 21.19 EDT. O n the night of February 1 1922, someone shot Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor in the back, between neck and shoulder, leaving him dead on the floor of his ...
Miscellaneous. Below is the contents list for issues of Taylorology, with an electronic link to each issue. The publication centered on the unsolved 1922 murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor, but there is reprinted material on, and interviews with, other silent stars including Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Roscoe ‘Fatty ...
Jul 22, 1990 · The Butler Didn’t Do It : A DEED OF DEATH The Story Behind the Unsolved Murder of Hollywood Director William Desmond Taylor <i> by Robert Giroux (Alfred A. Knopf: $19</i> .<i> 95; 264 pp ...
Books. William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier. Bruce Long. Rowman & Littlefield, 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 457 pages. Now in paperback. William Desmond Taylor (1872-1922) was a leading silent film director remembered as the victim of Hollywood's most sensational unsolved murder, which shook the nation and shattered the reputations of ...
May 2, 2014 · So imagine the horror when the world learned of the murder of William Desmond Taylor on the morning of February 2nd, 1922. Taylor was a famous director (and sometimes actor) who had helmed landmark films such as the first adaptations of Huckleberry Finn and Anne of Green Gables. He’d worked with some of the biggest stars of the era, including ...
