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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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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
  • Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935
  • Actors > United States > Biography
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
  • PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
  • TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
  • Actors
  • United States
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
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