Bruce Long is editor of
Taylorology, an electronic newsletter pertaining to silent film director
William Desmond Taylor and his associates. He is also the author of
William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier. For the background of Long's interest in the Taylor case, see
The Making of a Taylorologist.
Probate File of William Desmond Taylor
Videos:
The following are supplemental graphic image files for Taylorology.
Most are in Acrobat format and will generally look better when printed
than they appear on the screen.
- Map of the Alvarado
Court Apartments where Taylor Lived and Died
- Drawing of the
Murder Scene, Published in a Local Newspaper on the Day Taylor's Body was Found
- Comparison
of the Handwriting of Edward Sands, Snyder, Strathmore, and the Burglar of
Taylor's Apartment
- Photograph
of Mary Miles Minter, Autographed to Taylor and Found in his Apartment
- Photograph
of William Desmond Taylor in his British Army Uniform,
Autographed to Mary Miles Minter
- A Coded Love Letter
Written by Mary Miles Minter and Found in Taylor's Apartment
- The "I Love You"
Letter Written by Mary Miles Minter and Found in Taylor's Apartment
- Faith and Douglas MacLean
Seated on a Bench in Alvarado Court
- William Desmond Taylor's
Death Certificate
- William Desmond Taylor's
Birth Certificate (as William Cunningham Deane Tanner)
- Some editorial cartoons published in the month following the murder
- William Desmond Taylor
Acting in "Captain Alvarez" with Edith Storey in 1914
- William Desmond Taylor
Acting in "An Eye for An Eye" with Neva Gerber in 1914
- William Desmond Taylor
Directing "Davy Crockett" in 1916
- William Desmond Taylor
Directing "The Witching Hour" in 1920
- William Desmond Taylor
Directing "The Top of New York" in 1921
- William Desmond Taylor
on the cover of the "New York Dramatic Mirror", April 16, 1921
- Police Gazette cover from
February 1922, bought by Mabel Normand before going to Taylor's home
- Cover of Taylorology #1, reprinting several good headlines
Newspaper Headlines:
Responses to inquiries:
Published memories by contemporaries:
Thanks to Sidney D. Kirkpatrick for copies of these documents from the Taylor case police file:
Links:
Fragments of Rumors from Correspondence
Notes written after viewing King Vidor file at USC
Bruce Long
E-mail: bruce@asu.edu
