Riding James Kirkwood's Pony

Celebrity And Author James Kirkwood Famous Son Of Former Silent Film Star Lila Lee Reveals The True Story Behind The Shooting Death Of Her Lover At A Manhattan Beach Mansion.. Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author James Kirkwood Is Best Known For A Chorus Line Now In Revival On Broadway. His Cult Classic P.S. Your Cat Is Dead Is Well-Known Within The Gay Community Done Often On Stage And Lately In A Film Version. His Legends Is Presently On Tour With Linda Evans And Joan Collins. But His First Novel Was Based On His Early Traumatic Days As A Son Of Hollywood Movie Stars. A Movie Version Of There Must Be A Pony With Elizabeth Taylor And Robert Wagner Was Released 40 Years Later Which Gave A Fictional View Of His Experiences. . At Twelve Jimmy Kirkwood Reported Finding A Body With A Bullet In Its Head At His Manhattan Beach Home. The Victim Was His Mother’S Fiancé… And The Boy’S Close Companion. The Case Was Never Solved Confounding Police And Causing Kirkwood To Be Haunted By The Scene Of The Crime Throughout His Creative Life. The Boy Knew Who Did It.. Jim Kirkwood First Wrote Of His Boyhood Trauma In There Must Be A Pony As Short Story Later As A Novel; Then He Penned It As A Three-Act Play Followed By A Two-Act Play And Eventually A One-Act Play. He Scripted A Radio Production Staged Reading Revival Staging And Several Screenplays. In This Intimate Book The Nonfiction Version Of The Unsolved Mystery Reaches You Told By Kirkwood Over The Years To His Friend William Russo! . Curry College’S Professor Of English Dr. William Russo Relates What Really Happened To Jimmy Kirkwood As A Boy In This Compelling Look At One Of The Most Prolific Show Business Personalities Of The Twentieth Century. Russo Reveals: “He Gave Me A Teasing Confession About The True Story.” . “I Will Make Everything Extremely Clear To You When I Get My Hands Around Your Throat. You Will Be Shot At Sunrise Disemboweled On The Boston Common Etc. Etc… And I Will Have A Wild Gypsy Lady I Know Read Your Entrails.”Jimmy Kirkwood In A Letter To Bill Russo