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The ice cream blonde : the whirlwind life and mysterious death of screwball comedienne Thelma Todd
- Title
- The ice cream blonde : the whirlwind life and mysterious death of screwball comedienne Thelma Todd / Michelle Morgan.
- Author
- Morgan, Michelle, 1970-
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- viii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This authoritative biography traces the life of beloved film comedienne Thelma Todd, who worked alongside the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and dozens of others, and offers fresh evidence regarding Todd's mysterious death at age twenty-nine, arguing what many people have long suspected: that Thelma was murdered"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index.
- Contents
- The body in the garage -- Lawrence's lucky girl -- Bright young things -- The Paramount School -- Fascinating youth -- Welcome to Hollywood -- What's your dream? -- There's no place like home -- Queen of Slapstick -- Alison Loyd meets a married man -- I love you, I love you not -- London calling -- Marriage does interfere with a career -- Castellammare -- All good things -- The gangsters -- A change is coming -- Farewell -- The discovery -- Death according to West -- The case is closed -- The mysterious sightings -- The theories -- The death of Thelma Todd.
- Call Number
- MWES (Todd, T.) 16-3946
- ISBN
- 9781613730386 (hardback)
- 1613730381 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2015029269
- OCLC
- 907651722
- Author
- Morgan, Michelle, 1970-
- Title
- The ice cream blonde : the whirlwind life and mysterious death of screwball comedienne Thelma Todd / Michelle Morgan.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Todd, T.) 16-3946