![]() 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 ยป 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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