Bibliograph

The ice cream blonde, the whirlwind life and mysterious death of screwball comedienne Thelma Todd, Michelle Morgan

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The ice cream blonde, the whirlwind life and mysterious death of screwball comedienne Thelma Todd, Michelle Morgan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-253) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ice cream blonde

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907651722

Responsibility statement

Michelle Morgan

Sub title

the whirlwind life and mysterious death of screwball comedienne Thelma Todd

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"--, Provided by publisher

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

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