Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia
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Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia by John Gilmore
The grisly 1947 murder of aspiring starlet and nightclub habitue Elizabeth Short, known even before her death as the 'Black Dahlia,' has over the decades transmogrified from L.A.'s 'crime of the century' into an almost mythical symbol of unfathomable Hollywood Babylon/film noir glamour-cum-sordidness. It is somehow fitting that author John Gilmore should be the one to unravel the multilayered mystery of this archetypal Los Angeles slaying as it begins to take its place in the collective memory, somewhere next to Bluebeard and Jack the Ripper, a cautionary tale about the pretty girl who came to Hollywood to be a movie star and wound up in a dirt lot, hacked in two.
Gilmore, John: - John Gilmore was born in the Charity Ward of the Los Angeles General Hosptial, the same as Marilyn Monroe. A child actor, later a young leading man, Gilmore has worked with major stars in pictures, television and on the stage. He has been invovled in the motion picture industry most of his life, is now one of today's most controversial literary figures. Author Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder; L.A. Despair; Laid Bare: A Memoir of Wrecked Lives and the Hollywood Death Trip; Cold-Blooded; Crazy Streak; Manson: The Unholy Trail, and other books, his following spans the globe.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781878923318 |
| ISBN 10 | 1878923315 |
| Title | Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia |
| Author | John Gilmore |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Amok Books,U.S. |
| Year published | 2022-03-10 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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