Tony Piazza's Blog, page 12
December 9, 2013
A Writer’s Journey: From Stargazer to Chronicler and Back. Updated.
A Writer’s Journey: From Stargazer to Chronicler and Back. Updated. By Tony Piazza The San Francisco bay area has played host to a number of motion picture and television production companies over the years. Why? A cinematographer once told me that San Francisco with its’ numerous hills and magnificent views of the bay […]
November 3, 2013
October 18, 2013
Esther Williams, That Million Dollar Mermaid
The day after Esther Williams passing on June 6th of this year I promised to post a story about meeting this incredibly talented lady. Sorry it took so long, but- as they say- better late than never. It was perhaps over eleven years ago that my wife and I went to a bathing suit […]
October 1, 2013
Karl Malden- Clowning Around
Karl Malden dons make-up for Clown of Death episode While filming an episode for season four on “The Streets of San Francisco” we got to go behind the scenes of a circus. The title of the show was “Clown of Death” and aside from the series stars, KARL MALDEN and MICHAEL DOUGLAS, the television police […]
September 18, 2013
Hollywood Murder Mysteries: Dave Congalton with Tony Piazza 9-13-13
(R to L) Susan Piazza, Tony Piazza, and Dave Congalton at KVEC studio. Number one talk show host on the Central Coast, Dave Congalton talks with author Tony Piazza about historic Hollywood mysteries and scandals. They discuss the actress/ comedienne Thelma Todd’s mysterious 1935 death, the Producer Thomas Ince shooting aboard William Randolph Hearst’s yacht […]
August 19, 2013
August 9, 2013
Piazza on Dave Congalton Show 8-2-2013
Dave Congalton Show excerpt: author Tony Piazza talks about his new novel, A Murder Amongst Angels. Based loosely on the Thelma Todd death, Piazza discusses how he transformed this true-life mystery into the plot of his latest Tom Logan novel.
August 6, 2013
Author Tony Piazza talks with Central Coast’s numbe...
Author Tony Piazza talks with Central Coast’s number one talk show host Dave Congalton on The Dave Congalton Show. This is an excerpt from 8-2-13. https://soundcloud.com/tony-piazza/da...
July 26, 2013
First Book Signing Event for “A Murder Amongst Angels”
FIRST BOOK SIGNING EVENT FOR “A MURDER AMONGST ANGELS” at FONL Bake & Book Sale Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013 Time: 9 am until 3 pm Where: Sisters in Crime table Friends of the Nipomo Library Nipomo Library Parking Lot Special: If you are the first four customers to buy my new novel, “A Murder [...]
July 22, 2013
The Thelma Todd Murder? By Tony Piazza
Thelma Alice Todd During the morning of December 16, 1935 a famous film comedienne’s maid slides opens a garage door to collect her mistress’s automobile. She was planning to drive it down to the rear entrance of a café at the bottom of a steep Pacific Palisades hill, whose summit overlooks the peaceful waters [...]
