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Hollywood Noir: Fact and Fiction About the Dark Side of the Movies

Here are 50 works of fact(?) and fiction that look at the dark underbelly of Tinseltown. Our compiler has tried to avoid the big trashy novels (sorry, Joyce Haber) and the obviously self- promoting exposés, but trash and hype are part of what makes Hollywood Hollywood. Best bets - Raymond Chandler's take on the movies and James Ellroy's phantasmagorical zL. A. Quartet.
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All the Stars in the Heavens (Trigiani)
All the Stars in the Heavens (Trigiani)
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The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
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The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
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Bring on the Empty Horses (David Niven)
Bring on the Empty Horses (David Niven)
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A Cast of Killers (Kirkpatrick)
A Cast of Killers (Kirkpatrick)
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The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont (Shawn Levy)
The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont (Shawn Levy)
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Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer (Janice Knowlton)
Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer (Janice Knowlton)
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Delayed Rays of a Star (Amanda Lee Koe)
Delayed Rays of a Star (Amanda Lee Koe)
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Detour: A Hollywood Story (Cheryl Crane)
Detour: A Hollywood Story (Cheryl Crane)
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Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast (McGiligan)
Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast (McGiligan)
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Hollywood (Charles Bukowski)
Hollywood (Charles Bukowski)
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Hollywood Babylon (Kenneth Anger)
Hollywood Babylon (Kenneth Anger)
13
Hollywood Babylon II (Kenneth Anger)
Hollywood Babylon II (Kenneth Anger)
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The Hollywood Book of Death (James Robert Parish)
The Hollywood Book of Death (James Robert Parish)
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Hollywood Book of Scandals: The Shoking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of More Than 100 a (James Robert Parish)
Hollywood Book of Scandals: The Shoking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of More Than 100 a (James Robert Parish)
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Hollywood Confidential: An Inside Look Public Careers Private Lives Hollywood's Rich Famous (Coral Amende)
Hollywood Confidential: An Inside Look Public Careers Private Lives Hollywood's Rich Famous (Coral Amende)
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The Hollywood Hallucination (Parker Tyler)
The Hollywood Hallucination (Parker Tyler)
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Hollywood Nocturnes (Ellroy)
Hollywood Nocturnes (Ellroy)
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Hollywood's Eve (Lili Anolik)
Hollywood's Eve (Lili Anolik)
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Hot Toddy (Andy Edmonds)
Hot Toddy (Andy Edmonds)
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I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
22
I'm Losing You (Wagner)
I'm Losing You (Wagner)
23
In Search of the Third Man (Drazin)
In Search of the Third Man (Drazin)
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Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
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L. A. Confidential (Ellroy)
L. A. Confidential (Ellroy)
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The Little Sister (Raymond Chandler)
The Little Sister (Raymond Chandler)
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The Mammoth Book of Hollywood Scandals (Morgan)
The Mammoth Book of Hollywood Scandals (Morgan)
28
Memo From David O. Selznick (Selznick)
Memo From David O. Selznick (Selznick)
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Mommie Dearest (Christina Crawford)
Mommie Dearest (Christina Crawford)
30
The Moon's a Balloon (David Niven)
The Moon's a Balloon (David Niven)
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The Movie Star & the Mobster (Law)
The Movie Star & the Mobster (Law)
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A New World of Gods and Monsters (James Cutis)
A New World of Gods and Monsters (James Cutis)
33
Only the Dead Know Burbank (Bradford Tatum)
Only the Dead Know Burbank (Bradford Tatum)
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The Oscar (Richard Sale)
The Oscar (Richard Sale)
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The Rat Pack (Lawrence J. Quirk)
The Rat Pack (Lawrence J. Quirk)
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The Rat Pack Confidential (Levy)
The Rat Pack Confidential (Levy)
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Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care (Lee Server)
Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care (Lee Server)
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Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle (Greg Merritt)
Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle (Greg Merritt)
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Scandals of Classic Hollywood (Anne Helen Petersen)
Scandals of Classic Hollywood (Anne Helen Petersen)
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Stardust (Joseph Kanon)
Stardust (Joseph Kanon)
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