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"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"--
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Actors, Biography, Actors, united states, Actors, biography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & CriticismPeople
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The ice cream blonde: the whirlwind life and mysterious death of screwball comedienne Thelma Todd
2016, Chicago Review Press
in English
1613730381 9781613730386
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface: The Body in the Garage
1. Lawrence's Lucky Girl
2. Bright Young Things
3. The Paramount School
4. Fascinating Youth
5. Welcome to Hollywood
6. What's Your Dream?
7. There's No Place Like Home
8. Queen of Slapstick
9. Alison Loyd Meets a Married Man
10. I Love You, I Love You Not
11. London Calling
12. Marriage Does Interfere with a Career
13. Castellammare
14. All Good Things
15. The Gangsters
16. A Change Is Coming
17. Farewell
18. The Discovery
19. Death According to West
20. The Case Is Closed
21. The Mysterious Sightings
22. The Theories
23. The Death of Thelma Todd
Postscript
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-253) and index.
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