Cat's meow

A retelling of one of the most notorious Tinseltown legends to circulate at the height of the studio era. In November 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were Charlie Chaplin, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator and producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip columnist, Louella Parsons.

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"A retelling of one of the most notorious Tinseltown legends to circulate at the height of the studio era. In November 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were Charlie Chaplin, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator and producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip columnist, Louella Parsons."
"A retelling of one of the most notorious Tinseltown legends to circulate at the height of the studio era. In November 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were Charlie Chaplin, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator and producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip columnist, Louella Parsons."@en
"Feature film from Canada. Dramatisation of the mysterious death of Hollywood film mogul Thomas H. Ince, aboard newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst's yacht in November 1924."
"Dramatization of the mysterious murder of filmmaker Thomas Ince during a party on William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924."
"Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924. Entertaining period murder mystery."
""In November of 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were Charlie Chaplin, Hearst's mistress, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator, producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip columnist Louella Parsons"--Summary by Carol Lewis, Internet movie database, September 11, 2002."
"From director Peter Bogdanovich comes The Cat's Meow, an extraordinary look at a fateful excursion of "fun and frolic" aboard William Randolph Hearst's private yacht in November 1924 that brought together some of the century's best-known personalities and resulted in a still-unsolved, hushed-up killing. As Hearst (Edward Herrmann) and his lover, actress Marion Davies (Kirsten Dunst), set sail from San Pedro Harbour early one Saturday morning, hosting a small group that includes the brilliant but self-absorbed Charlie Chaplin (Eddie Izzard), film pioneer Thomas Ince (Cary Elwes), ambitious gossip columnist Louella Parsons (Jennifer Tilly) and the eccentric British Victorian novelist Elinor Glyn (Joanna Lumley), it quickly becomes clear that although witty repartee is the order of the day, deceit and deception are also on the menu..."
"Sei-true story speculating the doings on William Randolph Hearst's yacht in November of 1924 that brought together some of the century's best-known personalities and resulted in the still-unsolved, hushed-up murder of down-and-out producer Thomas Ince."@en