City Confidential Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets (Season 12, Episode 10)
TV-14
TV Episode | 120 min | Crime, Documentary

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City Confidential

Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets (Season 12, Episode 10)

TV-14

TV Episode | 120 min | Crime, Documentary

A look at the 1920s murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor, which officially remains unsolved. Many historians, biographers, and a few survivors are interviewed.

Director

Scott Colthorp (recreations director)

Writers

Zak Weisfeld (writer) | Geoffrey Proud (writer)

Producer

Deborah Allen (producer) (as Deborah Dawkins)

Composer

Brian Langsbard

Cinematographer

David McCauley (director of photography) (as Dave McCauley)

Editors

Carolyn Gay | Brad Kurtz

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Updated Jan 16, 2007

Release date

Jan 16, 2007 (United States)

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39 cast members

Name	Known for
Sidney Kirkpatrick Self Self See fewer	Lords of Sipan
Jennifer Niven Self Self See fewer	City Confidential (1998)
Brandon K. Hogan Self Self See fewer	Boss Level (2020)
Gloria Stuart Self Self See fewer	Titanic (1997)
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Marc Wanamaker Self Self See fewer	Chaplin (1992)
Charles Higham Self Self See fewer	American Secrets
Betty Lasky Self Self See fewer	This Is Not a Test (1962)
Johnny Grant Self Self See fewer	Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Laurie Jacobson Self Self See fewer	The Actor's Curse: A Tale of Twisted Fate
William Desmond Taylor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Davy Crockett (1916)
Bruce Long Self Self See fewer	City Confidential (1998)
Mabel Normand Self - Various Characters (archive footage) Self - Various Characters (archive footage) See fewer	Mickey (1918)
Mary Miles Minter Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Jenny Be Good (1920)
Olive Thomas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Beatrice Fairfax (1916)
Mary Pickford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Coquette (1929)
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Ellen Strain Self Self See fewer	City Confidential (1998)
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Nicolas Cage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Face/Off (1997)
Charles Chaplin Self - The Little Tramp (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - The Little Tramp (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
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