I met Mary Miles Minter in 1978. I was her plumber. We had an old photo of her and I noticed the same photo in her house, which was said to be the third oldest house in Santa Monica. I was a friend. She was very charming. She did share stories about the robberies. She was hurt, her bedroom set on fire. She kept three silver spoons next to her chair that she spent most of her time in. I found out about the scandal associated with her after her death. I'd just like to say she bigger than life decades after shunning the limelight. I pray that she is finally at rest. Love you Mrs O.
King Vidor wrote the book "A CAST OF KILLER'S", in which he claims that Mary Miles Minter's mother is the one that shot and killed William Desmond Taylor.
wow just wow...I am really enjoying these older actresses and hearing their voices for the first time is incredible. This lady has been decease for 28 years! Wow..Great job uploading thanks so much!~
Interesting, erie interview. I've read "Cast Of Killers" I believe Minter and her mother were in struggle and her mother shot Taylor. There were a lot of people who had rage towards him, but her mother seemed the most enraged. Reminds me of Bob Crane, crime of passion to hit someone with a tripod that hard. Crane's second ex wife, a really pissed off husband or John Carpenter murdered Crane.
She remembers a lot for someone who claims she doesn't know anything. She offers the hypothetical, "how could he be shot at that angel?" Sounds like the elaboration of a bad liar.
Also, the segment where she says, "Mable offered to go to the bathroom and turn the water on," and Mary immediately declared,"well I have nothing to hide." That is another unsolicited statement that is designed to give the listener the impression that she is free of blame. The insignificant details about the house locations and what's on the corner and my street is one block away. Your friend was just murdered. These insignificant details about where you live are just meaningless. She's rambling rather than answering any specific question. Where were you at 8pm that night? What were you doing? Who were you with? When was the last time you saw the victim? Etc. She's talking about running water in the bathroom.
She's rambling rather than answering any specific question. Where were you at 8pm that night? What were you doing? Who were you with? When was the last time you saw the victim? Etc. She's talking about running water in the bathroom and the location of their homes. She's lying.
How could he have been shot in that position? " I surmise that there some physical altercation, the person (male or female) fell to the floor, took a gun out and pointed it, Taylor put his hands up as a reflex (think If someone pointed a gun at you, you put your hands up like a "stick 'em up" ), the person shot him while on the floor. What I described makes sense of the bullet trajectory as opposed to what police thought which was he was embracing someone. The shooter would have to have had pulled the trigger with their thumb.
It's terrible what Hollywood does to People She seems like sweet young girl that was in love with man that couldn't or wouldn't return her affection so sad RIP MMM AND DESMOND
It seems to me that MMM was a very young girl who not only developed a crush on Mr. Taylor, but may have viewed him as her way to "escape" the extreme control of her mother. I believe the mother is the murderer....what makes matters worse, is I have heard that Mr. Taylor was a closeted gay in Hollywood - so he was no threat to the mother. But it's clear from these interviews of MMM that she never knew then, nor as an adult, that she was infatuated with a gay man.
MMM looked innocent but she wasn't at all At one point , she had Valentino and 2 of his friends each thinking that she was in love with them. They found out when they discovered the had all received the same love letter from here!
Poor MMM-what happened to the adventurous passionate girl who could fly airplanes and had such great talent and intelligence and beauty that the death of WDT put her in limbo for the rest of her life? Somehow I do not think that this is the true conversation - although it is documented that a conversation between MMM & Mabel did occur at that time.
Notwithstanding my distaste for much of this interview, it was exciting to hear a voice from one of the participants in this fabled Hollywood mystery of 1922. MMM comes across as one of those tediously melodramatic, insecure people who desperately and pathetically try to assert their superiority. The pretentious phrasing is one sign. The equation of Taylor to Jesus is also symptomatic, as is the assertion that Taylor, who spurned her, was her "mate." The result is that the disparity between the 1970 woman and the images of the sweetly ingenu actress is all the more saddening and repellent. If what I have read is right, Charlotte Shelby was involved in the killing of Taylor and hushed it up by bribing investigators with money she stole from her daughter's earnings. I doubt it was Shelby herself who did the deed because witnesses recall seeing a man several inches taller than she in the doorway of Taylor's house the night of murder. She probably hired someone, e. g. Carl Stockdale, to pull the trigger of a gun she supplied.
Roger Lathbury I think you will really enjoy it. It's heavily sourced, and in the back of the book, chapter by chapter, every detail has a source cited, which leads to more reading and research. One of the best old Hollywood books I've read!
I will have some time to read in the next few weeks. Which book called _Tinseltown_ do you recommend? There is one by Stephanie Taylor and one by by William J. Mann. I prefer more detailed, documented accounts. I'm interested in the "whodunit" aspect but also in the sense of milieu. Thank you for answering before. I am not a punctilious correspondent.
Roger Lathbury no worries! I work from home, and social media is a big part of my job. You want the William J. Mann book. He uses excerpts from interviews, and numerous transcripts from the actual investigators themselves. The story is written in a way that really encompasses all of the characters, major and seemingly minor, in the entire ordeal. I could not put it down! Do let me know what you think!
I met Mary Miles Minter in 1978. I was her plumber. We had an old photo of her and I noticed the same photo in her house, which was said to be the third oldest house in Santa Monica. I was a friend. She was very charming. She did share stories about the robberies. She was hurt, her bedroom set on fire. She kept three silver spoons next to her chair that she spent most of her time in. I found out about the scandal associated with her after her death. I'd just like to say she bigger than life decades after shunning the limelight. I pray that she is finally at rest. Love you Mrs O.
King Vidor wrote the book "A CAST OF KILLER'S", in which he claims that Mary Miles Minter's
mother is the one that shot and killed William Desmond Taylor.
wow just wow...I am really enjoying these older actresses and hearing their voices for the first time is incredible. This lady has been decease for 28 years! Wow..Great job uploading thanks so much!~
Wonderful and rare clips!!!
Thank you for sharing.
Interesting, erie interview. I've read "Cast Of Killers" I believe Minter and her mother were in struggle and her mother shot Taylor. There were a lot of people who had rage towards him, but her mother seemed the most enraged. Reminds me of Bob Crane, crime of passion to hit someone with a tripod that hard. Crane's second ex wife, a really pissed off husband or John Carpenter murdered Crane.
Mary Miles Minter was simply wonderful
She remembers a lot for someone who claims she doesn't know anything. She offers the hypothetical, "how could he be shot at that angel?" Sounds like the elaboration of a bad liar.
Also, the segment where she says, "Mable offered to go to the bathroom and turn the water on," and Mary immediately declared,"well I have nothing to hide." That is another unsolicited statement that is designed to give the listener the impression that she is free of blame. The insignificant details about the house locations and what's on the corner and my street is one block away. Your friend was just murdered. These insignificant details about where you live are just meaningless. She's rambling rather than answering any specific question. Where were you at 8pm that night? What were you doing? Who were you with? When was the last time you saw the victim? Etc. She's talking about running water in the bathroom.
She's rambling rather than answering any specific question. Where were you at 8pm that night? What were you doing? Who were you with? When was the last time you saw the victim? Etc. She's talking about running water in the bathroom and the location of their homes. She's lying.
How could he have been shot in that position? "
I surmise that there some physical altercation, the person (male or female) fell to the floor, took a gun out and pointed it, Taylor put his hands up as a reflex (think If someone pointed a gun at you, you put your hands up like a "stick 'em up" ), the person shot him while on the floor.
What I described makes sense of the bullet trajectory as opposed to what police thought which was he was embracing someone. The shooter would have to have had pulled the trigger with their thumb.
Just finished the book, Tinseltown. Bruce Long, you are the King!! Love you!
It's terrible what Hollywood does to People She seems like sweet young girl that was in love with man that couldn't or wouldn't return her affection so sad RIP MMM AND DESMOND
What did she mean 3:09 that "I was the only one he could do it with"? Sex?
Lol 😂
Most likely
MMM was delusional, all the days of her life. Poor thing.
This gal describes it like she did it and it was from memory this could never be hypothetical.
It seems to me that MMM was a very young girl who not only developed a crush on Mr. Taylor, but may have viewed him as her way to "escape" the extreme control of her mother. I believe the mother is the murderer....what makes matters worse, is I have heard that Mr. Taylor was a closeted gay in Hollywood - so he was no threat to the mother. But it's clear from these interviews of MMM that she never knew then, nor as an adult, that she was infatuated with a gay man.
MMM looked innocent but she wasn't at all At one point , she had Valentino and 2 of his friends each thinking that she was in love with them. They found out when they discovered the had all received the same love letter from here!
Poor MMM-what happened to the adventurous passionate girl who could fly airplanes and had such great talent and intelligence and beauty that the death of WDT put her in limbo for the rest of her life? Somehow I do not think that this is the true conversation - although it is documented that a conversation between MMM & Mabel did occur at that time.
Notwithstanding my distaste for much of this interview, it was exciting to hear a voice from one of the participants in this fabled Hollywood mystery of 1922. MMM comes across as one of those tediously melodramatic, insecure people who desperately and pathetically try to assert their superiority. The pretentious phrasing is one sign. The equation of Taylor to Jesus is also symptomatic, as is the assertion that Taylor, who spurned her, was her "mate." The result is that the disparity between the 1970 woman and the images of the sweetly ingenu actress is all the more saddening and repellent.
If what I have read is right, Charlotte Shelby was involved in the killing of Taylor and hushed it up by bribing investigators with money she stole from her daughter's earnings. I doubt it was Shelby herself who did the deed because witnesses recall seeing a man several inches taller than she in the doorway of Taylor's house the night of murder. She probably hired someone, e. g. Carl Stockdale, to pull the trigger of a gun she supplied.
I firmly believed that as well...until I read the book Tinseltown. check it out, it's chock full of great information.
I'll check it out if the library has it.
Roger Lathbury I think you will really enjoy it. It's heavily sourced, and in the back of the book, chapter by chapter, every detail has a source cited, which leads to more reading and research. One of the best old Hollywood books I've read!
I will have some time to read in the next few weeks. Which book called _Tinseltown_ do you recommend? There is one by Stephanie Taylor and one by by William J. Mann. I prefer more detailed, documented accounts. I'm interested in the "whodunit" aspect but also in the sense of milieu.
Thank you for answering before. I am not a punctilious correspondent.
Roger Lathbury no worries! I work from home, and social media is a big part of my job. You want the William J. Mann book. He uses excerpts from interviews, and numerous transcripts from the actual investigators themselves. The story is written in a way that really encompasses all of the characters, major and seemingly minor, in the entire ordeal. I could not put it down! Do let me know what you think!
Her mother murdered W.D. Taylor.
@Mr1920s I do hear it but what do they say?!
Unfortunately... everyone's career was ruined after that... MMM became a recluse, and was horribly obese when she died.
Mary did it. It was an accident but she did it. She panicked ran and hid. Its that simple.
So you were there then? You know for a fact? Thank gif we can all believe you…Since you were a witness there!
It's very interesting! I found information
in Google about this case!
Mary shot Billie! Ha ha 😂✔️ 💀💀 💀😆 ha
@xxHistoricallyHauntedxx Mary told me. She wanted to get away from her mother. She was jealous. Of that other actress. She wanted his baby 😍