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William Desmond Taylor was born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner in Carlow, Ireland on April 26, 1872. He left home at the age of 18 after a falling-out with his father. Taylor immigrated to the United States working as an engineer, gold miner in Alaska, antique dealer and finally an actor in New York.
22 de jul. de 1990 · Now, more than 70 years after Taylor’s death, Robert Giroux, the celebrated editor-in-chief of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, has published “A Deed of Death,” a re-examination of the director’s ...
William Desmond Taylor (nama lahir William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, 26 April 1872 – 1 Februari 1922) adalah seorang sutradara dan pemeran Inggris-Irlandia-Amerika. Sebagai figur populer dalam industri perfilman Hollywood pada 1910-an dan awal 1920-an, Taylor menyutradara lima puluh sembilan film bisu antara 1914 dan 1922 dan berakting dalam dua puluh tujuh antara 1913 dan 1915.
A portion of the book tells of a seemingly-fictional publicist who claims to have been “summoned” on the morning that William Desmond Taylor was found dead, and that the publicist was “right at the heart” of the murder. Robert Giroux, author of A Deed of Death, died on September 5, 2008, at the age of 94.
On February 1, 1922, William Desmond Taylor was enjoying a rich, full life. In that silent film era, he was one of Hollywood's most successful and respected directors. He had directed such acting greats as Mary Pickford, Dustin Farnum, Wallace Reid and Mary Miles Minter. His notable films included Davy Crockett, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Taylorology. Below is the contents list for issues of "Taylorology", with an electronic link to each issue. The publication centered on the unsolved 1922 murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor, but there is also reprinted material on, and interviews with, some silent film stars.
The Making of a Taylorologist. This is the history of my interest in the William Desmond Taylor case, and how my hobby grew and developed over the years. It’s hard to remember everything, but the following timeline should be pretty accurate. In 1956, when I was nine years old, my family moved from Kansas to Southern California.
