Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor was murdered Feb. 2, 1922 and the crime went unsolved. A picture of Taylor and the actress Mary Minter is overlaid here with a love letter with Miss Minter's monogram and signature, found among the effects of the slain director.
Taylor, William Desmond,--1877-1922 Taylor, William Desmond,--1877-1922--Correspondence Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984 Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984--Correspondence Murder victims--California--Los Angeles Motion picture producers and directors--United States Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Letter writing--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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