Hollywood Godfather

This is the definitive biography of the most powerful man in Hollywood during the 1940s and ’50s, the man who founded the Hollywood Reporter and the most storied nightspots of the Sunset Strip, introduced Clark Gable and Lana Turner to the studios, invented Las Vegas, brought the Mafia to Hollywood, engineered the shakedown of Hollywood studios by Willie Bioff and his mob-run unions, ordered the murder of Buggsy Siegel, started the Hollywood Blacklist, and helped destroy the studio system. Perhaps nobody in Hollywood history has ever ruined so many careers and done so much damage to the industry as Billy Wilkerson—the Blacklist alone has been called Hollywood’s Holocaust. Yet there has never been a solid biography of the man. Billy’s son, William R. Wilkerson III, has done tremendous research on his father, interviewing over decades everyone who knew him best, and portrays him beautifully (and damningly) in this book.

Aceasta este biografia definitiva a celui mai puternic om de la Hollywood din anii 1940 si 50, omul care a fondat Hollywood Reporter si cele mai cunoscute locuri de noapte din Sunset Strip, i-a introdus pe Clark Gable si Lana Turner in studiouri, a inventat Las Vegas, a adus mafia la Hollywood, a proiectat shakedown-ul studiourilor de la Hollywood de catre Willie Bioff si sindicatele sale conduse de mafioti, a ordonat uciderea lui Buggsy Siegel, a inceput lista neagra de la Hollywood si a ajutat la distrugerea sistemului de studiouri.