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- William Richard " Billy " Wilkerson (September 29, 1890 – September 2, 1962) was the founder of The Hollywood Reporter, a real estate developer in Las Vegas and owner of such nightclubs as Ciro's. His series of columns known as "Billy's List" helped to initiate the red scare that led to the Hollywood blacklist.
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William Richard "Billy" Wilkerson (September 29, 1890 – September 2, 1962) was the founder of The Hollywood Reporter, a real estate developer in Las Vegas and owner of such nightclubs as Ciro's. His series of columns known as "Billy's List" helped to initiate the red scare that led to the Hollywood blacklist .
Billy Wilkerson left a complicated legacy in Hollywood. On this day in 1946, the founding editor of The Hollywood Reporter published a column on an issue that, he wrote, concerned more than just...
Author W.R. Wilkerson III will discuss the life of his father, Billy Wilkerson, the original builder of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
Nov 11, 2018 · Wilkerson is a character who shows up in many histories of Hollywood, largely in a supporting role. The new biography, Hollywood Godfather: The Life and Crimes of Billy Wilkerson, explores the...
Dec 19, 2016 · Siegel’s legitimate partner, L.A. nightclub owner Billy Wilkerson, who had started the resort in the first place and named it “the Flamingo,” had loaned him $600,000 a month before the opening. Siegel had yet to provide more than $1 million of the $3.6 million he owed his Arizona construction contractor Del Webb.
The Hollywood Reporter was founded in 1930 by William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential.
Dec 7, 1997 · Billy Wilkerson was already the founder and publisher of the Hollywood Reporter when he began dotting a one-time cow path with elegant nocturnal playpens for the stars--the Vendome,...
