New York Confidential! is a 1948 book written by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer (Crown Publishers). It was written as a "travel guide" describing lurid things such as "reefer parties", house of prostitution, gambling dives, gay parties and organised crime.[1]
Synopsis
editThe book is divided into four parts, "The Places", "The People", "The Lowdown" and "Behind the Scenes".
In popular culture
editFilm producer Edward Small acquired the rights to make a 1955 film based on chapter 25, "Hoodlums' Hierarchy"; the film declaring it was "suggested by" the title.
In 1958 producer Leon Fromkess made a television series "based on" the same title.[2]
References
edit- ^ Barbas, Samantha Confidential Confidential: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine HardcoverChicago Review Press 12 November 2018
- ^ p. 164 Irvin, Richard Pioneers of "B" Television: Independent Producers, Series and Pilots of the 1950s Kindle Edition McFarland (2 November 2022)
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