Hollywood Story is a 1951 American mystery film directed by William Castle and starring Richard Conte and Julie Adams.

Film historian Arthur Lyons stated that the plot is based on the murder of silent movie director William Desmond Taylor.

[2] New York theatrical producer Larry O'Brien (Conte) plans to found a motion picture company in Hollywood.

Hollywood Story demonstrates it ... scriptwriters Frederick Kohner and Fred Brady have cooked up in the way of a plot—is a pretty routine assembly of simple who-dunnit cliches into a silly and not very startling disclosure of a motive for a crime.

"[5] Film critic Dennis Schwartz generally liked the production and wrote about what might had motivated studio executives to produce it: "A fairly absorbing crime thriller whose plot involves a look at Hollywood's silent stars.