The ice cream blonde
Subtitle: the whirlwind life and mysterious death of screwball comedienne Thelma Todd
By: Michelle Morgan
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781613730386
Subjects: Actors; Biography
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface: The Body in the Garage; title: 1. Lawrence's Lucky Girl; title: 2. Bright Young Things; title: 3. The Paramount School; title: 4. Fascinating Youth; title: 5. Welcome to Hollywood; title: 6. What's Your Dream?; title: 7. There's No Place Like Home; title: 8. Queen of Slapstick; title: 9. Alison Loyd Meets a Married Man; title: 10.  I Love You, I Love You Not; title: 11. London Calling; title: 12. Marriage Does Interfere with a Career; title: 13. Castellammare; title: 14. All Good Things; title: 15. The Gangsters; title: 16. A Change Is Coming; title: 17. Farewell; title: 18. The Discovery; title: 19. Death According to West; title: 20. The Case Is Closed; title: 21. The Mysterious Sightings; title: 22. The Theories; title: 23. The Death of Thelma Todd; title: Postscript; title: Notes; title: Selected Bibliography; title: Index.