Did Hearst shoot after finding the Tramp and Mistress Marion “down below” during a sea voyage? Did he miss, killing director Tom Ince instead? Gossip Louella Parsons knew all- but she never tattled.
In 1932, after signing with Warner’s for a comeback picture, Fatty Arbuckle declared, “this is the best day of my life.” He died that night in his sleep, the victim of a massive heart attack.
Legend has it that the Los Feliz Estates were built atop an Indian burial ground. Many say the 1939 drowning of DeMille’s toddler grandson in WC Field’s lily pond is proof that the area is cursed.
The unsolved 1922 murder of director William Desmond Taylor shook Paramount to its core. Suspects included gf’s Mable Normand, Mary Miles Minter, her mama and DT’s con bro who posed as his butler.
Moore and McCormick’s rocky union started as a loving partnership and ended in attempted murder when a soused McCormick tried to strangle her. She was saved by her chauffer and divorce soon followed.
