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Hollywood Nocturnes
- Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classics
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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Hollywood Nocturnes
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Publisher's Summary
Nobody plays accordion like Dick Contino. His skilled fingers can find beauty in even the schmaltziest Borscht Belt favorites, and with his matinee-idol looks he could be a real star. Right now, though, he’s slumming it as the headliner in a Grade Z teenybopper picture called Daddy-O. He’s too good for this movie, and finishing it is going to take him to a very dark place.
Daddy-O and Dick Contino are both real, their stories dredged out of the past by James Ellroy, a master of historical crime fiction. In Dick Contino's Blues he takes us to B-List Hollywood in 1957 - a time when movies were cheerful and dirty secrets lurked just off camera. Included along with the novella are five short stories, all in the author’s inimitable tough-bitten style.
Includes:
- "Dick Contino's Blues"
- "High Darktown"
- "Dial Axminster 6-400"
- "Since I Don't Have You"
- "Gravy Train"
- "Torch Number"