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| thelma todd book: The Life and Death of Thelma Todd William Donati, 2012-01-05 American film favorite Thelma Todd was much more than the beautiful blonde of the 1930s who played opposite Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers. Todd's tragic death transformed her into an icon of Hollywood mystery: The photograph of the 29-year-old actress slumped in her luxurious Lincoln Phaeton shocked fans in 1935. How did she die? Was it murder, suicide, or an accident? This definitive biography covers a fascinating era in Hollywood history. In the course of his exhaustive research, the author interviewed Todd's cousins Bill and Edna Todd, as well as such friends and coworkers as Ida Lupino, Lina Basquette, Anita Garvin, Dorothy Granger, William Bakewell and Greg Blackton. Also examined is Hollywood's first major sex scandal of 1913, involving Jewel Carmen, the future spouse of director Roland West--the man Thelma Todd loved. |
| thelma todd book: Ice Cream Blonde Michelle Morgan, 2015-11-01 A detailed look at the charmed life and tragic death of one of Hollywood's earliest stars A vibrant and beloved Golden Age film comedienne who worked alongside the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Clara Bow, and dozens of others, Thelma Todd was one of the rare actors to successfully cross over from silent films to talkies. This authoritative new biography traces Todd's life and career, from a vivacious little girl to a young woman who became a reluctant beauty queen to her rapid rise as a Hollywood comedy star to her mysterious death at the age of 29. Increasingly disenchanted with the studio star system, Todd opened the successful Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café, attracting adoring fans, tourists, and Hollywood celebrities. Life appeared blessed for the beautiful and outspoken Hollywood rebel. So the country was shocked when Todd was found dead by her housekeeper in a garage near the café. An inquest concluded that her death was accidental, caused by inhaling the car's exhaust fumes. In a thorough new investigation that draws on FBI documents, interviews, photographs, reports, and extortion notes—much of these not previously available to the public—author Michelle Morgan offers fresh evidence and conclusions about the circumstances surrounding Todd's death, proving what many people have long suspected, that Thelma had been murdered. The cast of suspects includes Thelma's Hollywood-director lover; her gangster ex-husband; assorted thugs who were pressuring her to install gaming tables in the room above her popular café; and a new, never-before-named mobster. Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of Todd's death, The Ice Cream Blonde is sure to interest any fan of Thelma Todd, Hollywood's Golden Age, or gripping real-life murder mysteries. |
| thelma todd book: Testimony of a Death Patrick Jenning, Marshall Croddy, 2020-08 On a chilly Monday morning in 1935, a young maid opened the garage door of a Southern California seaside villa onto a grim scene. Her employer, a popular motion picture comedienne, lay dead in the front seat of her expensive automobile. Within hours, the news of Thelma Todd's death was making headlines throughout the nation. Was it murder, suicide, or accident? Cast against the background of Hollywood and Los Angeles, the film industry and the growing metropolis, her death baffled both the public and the investigating authorities. After numerous attempts to solve the mystery over the last eighty years, a powerful myth remains, obscuring the facts of the case as well as the character of Thelma herself. For the first time, however, the mystery of Thelma Todd's death will unfold as it originally did in 1935. Not only does Testimony of a Death narrate the events of that December but it also explores the forces and personalities central to the tragedy. The book examines the various contexts of Todd's death, including the motion picture business in its Golden Age and the city of Los Angeles hovering on the verge of its greatness. It looks beyond the legends and distortions to the darker reality that lies beneath the myths. |
| thelma todd book: Hot Toddy Andy Edmonds, 1989 When she was found battered and bloodied in her Lincoln Phaeton convertible, authorities declared it suicide. Others called it murder. Thelma Todd, one of America's mpst popular comedians, was dead. And no one knew why. She was the blonde with style. The bombshell with the wisecrack. Thelma Todd wanted to be a schoolteacher :instead she became a star. She wanted to run a restaurant; instead she ran into the mob. In 1935 more than five hundred letters were sent to her weekly by fans. But the ones who attracted her most were dangerous men. More than fifty years after the notorious Thelma Todd murder case was closed, unsolved, Andy Edmonds fingers the killer.--Excerpt taken from the title page verso |
| thelma todd book: The Life and Death of Thelma Todd William Donati, 2014-01-10 American film favorite Thelma Todd was much more than the beautiful blonde of the 1930s who played opposite Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers. Todd's tragic death transformed her into an icon of Hollywood mystery: The photograph of the 29-year-old actress slumped in her luxurious Lincoln Phaeton shocked fans in 1935. How did she die? Was it murder, suicide, or an accident? This definitive biography covers a fascinating era in Hollywood history. In the course of his exhaustive research, the author interviewed Todd's cousins Bill and Edna Todd, as well as such friends and coworkers as Ida Lupino, Lina Basquette, Anita Garvin, Dorothy Granger, William Bakewell and Greg Blackton. Also examined is Hollywood's first major sex scandal of 1913, involving Jewel Carmen, the future spouse of director Roland West--the man Thelma Todd loved. |
| thelma todd book: Hollywood Horrors Andrea Van Landingham, 2021-11-01 The name “Hollywood” conjures up fantastical images of bright lights, glamorous dreams, and impossible riches. From its humble beginnings as a ranch sprawling northwest of Los Angeles in the late 1800s, Hollywood has spanned lifetimes as a factory of dreams, a dazzling place where all things are possible. This collection of stories takes you on a journey into the golden age, illuminating the space between the airy fantasy and the gritty reality of life in Hollywood. In a transient city where nothing lasts, thousands of stories have taken place in their time here. From the offscreen debauchery of the silent era, to countless dramatic and mysterious deaths, to the sinister past lives of world-famous LA landmarks, vestiges of Hollywood’s checkered past can still be found all over the city. With generations of Tinseltown’s luminaries living and working under the sunny guise of paradisal prosperity, their real stories reveal the sordid underbelly lurking directly beneath the surface. A dangerous collusion between the studios, the press, the mob, and the LAPD forms an impenetrable behind-the-scenes network of corruption, power and control, where the truth is always up for sale. A network in which the most glamorous and well-known figures are merely players in this elaborate charade. It’s magical and gritty, it’s ugly and dirty, it’s the land of dreams...it’s Hollywood. |
| thelma todd book: Carole Lombard Michelle Morgan, 2016-10-05 'An entertaining and lucid biography' - We Are Cult Carole Lombard was the very opposite of the typical 1930s starlet. A no-nonsense woman, she worked hard, took no prisoners and had a great passion for life. As a result, she became Hollywood's highest-paid star. From the outside, Carole's life was one of great glamour and fun, yet privately she endured much heartache. As a child, she was moved across the country, away from her beloved father. She then began a film career, only to have it cut short after a devastating car accident. After she picked herself back up, she was rocked by the accidental shooting of her lover; a failed marriage to actor William Powell; and the sorrow of infertility during her marriage to Hollywood's King, Clark Gable. Carole marched forward, determined to be positive – only for her life to be cut short in a plane crash so catastrophic that pieces of the aircraft are still buried in the mountain today. In Carole Lombard, bestselling author Michelle Morgan tells the story of a woman whose remarkable life and controversial death continues to enthral. |
| thelma todd book: Ida Lupino William Donati, 2013-07-24 British-born actress, singer, director, and producer Ida Lupino (1918-1995) cut one of the most alluring profiles of any Hollywood persona during the forties and fifties. The star of classic films such as They Drive by Night (1940), High Sierra (1941), and Road House (1948), she was a stalwart of the screen throughout her early career and frequently received top billing ahead of stars such as Humphrey Bogart. While her talent was undeniable, her insistence on taking only roles she felt would challenge her professionally often put her at odds with the demands of studio executives. It was in those periods of frustration and suspension as an actor that Lupino fostered a talent for the filmmaking process. In a bold decision for a woman of the era, she founded her own independent production company where she became widely regarded as one of the most prolific filmmakers working at the height of the Hollywood studio system. She has been described by fellow directors such as Martin Scorsese as resilient, with a remarkable empathy for the fragile and heartbroken. William Donati's Ida Lupino: A Biography chronicles the dramatic life of one of Hollywood's most substantive and innovative artists who lived her life unapologetically both behind and in front of the camera. |
| thelma todd book: Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Michael Gruenbaum, 2015-08-25 Resilience shines throughout Michael Gruenbaum’s “riveting memoir” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about his time in the Terezin concentration camp during the Holocaust, in this National Jewish Book award finalist and Parents Choice Gold Medal Award–winning title, an ideal companion to the bestselling Boy on the Wooden Box. Michael “Misha” Gruenbaum enjoyed a carefree childhood playing games and taking walks through Prague with his beloved father. All of that changed forever when the Nazis invaded Prague. The Gruenbaum family was forced to move into the Jewish Ghetto in Prague. Then, after a devastating loss, Michael, his mother and sister were deported to the Terezin concentration camp. At Terezin, Misha roomed with forty other boys who became like brothers to him. Life in Terezin was a bizarre, surreal balance—some days were filled with friendship and soccer matches, while others brought mortal terror as the boys waited to hear the names on each new list of who was being sent “to the East.” Those trains were going to Auschwitz. When the day came that his family’s name appeared on a transport list, their survival called for a miracle—one that tied Michael’s fate to a carefully sewn teddy bear, and to his mother’s unshakeable determination to keep her children safe. Collaborating with acclaimed author Todd Hasak-Lowy, Michael Gruenbaum shares his inspiring story of hope in an unforgettable memoir that recreates his experiences with stunning immediacy. Michael’s story, and the many original documents and photos included alongside it, offer an essential contribution to Holocaust literature. |
| thelma todd book: The Okay Book Todd Parr, 2011-02-21 In illustrations and audio, Parr enumerates a number of different things that are okay, such as It's okay to be short and It's okay to dream big. Full color. |
| thelma todd book: Bloody Hollywood Troy Taylor, 2008 Los Angeles -- the fabled City of Angels, home to the rich and famous, to palm trees, sandy beaches, orange groves, and most of all, to that wonderful, almost magical place known as Hollywood. But beneath the shiny surface of glitz and glamour in America's movie capital is a dark side of crime and corruption and behind the doors of the lavish homes, luxury hotels, and magnificent mansions are tales of spirits who do not rest in peace. There are many unsolved mysteries connected to Hollywood, as well as tales of scandal, depravity, murder, and, of course, ghosts! In this installment of the best-selling Dead Men Do Tell Tales Series, author Troy Taylor takes you behind the scenes of Hollywood noir in a way that no other book ever has. This is not your typical Hollywood ghost book, but a unique perspective on how crime, murder, sin, sex, scandal, and unsolved mysteries have shaped the haunted landscape of Tinseltown. From the bloody history of L.A. & Hollywood to the myriad of scandals, sin & gore-soaked crime of the film colony's Golden Age, this is a chilling look at the haunted underbelly of Hollywood - and the dark side of the American dream! |
| thelma todd book: Ice Cream Blonde Michelle Morgan, 2015-11-01 A detailed look at the charmed life and tragic death of one of Hollywood's earliest stars A vibrant and beloved Golden Age film comedienne who worked alongside the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Clara Bow, and dozens of others, Thelma Todd was one of the rare actors to successfully cross over from silent films to talkies. This authoritative new biography traces Todd's life and career, from a vivacious little girl to a young woman who became a reluctant beauty queen to her rapid rise as a Hollywood comedy star to her mysterious death at the age of 29. Increasingly disenchanted with the studio star system, Todd opened the successful Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café, attracting adoring fans, tourists, and Hollywood celebrities. Life appeared blessed for the beautiful and outspoken Hollywood rebel. So the country was shocked when Todd was found dead by her housekeeper in a garage near the café. An inquest concluded that her death was accidental, caused by inhaling the car's exhaust fumes. In a thorough new investigation that draws on FBI documents, interviews, photographs, reports, and extortion notes—much of these not previously available to the public—author Michelle Morgan offers fresh evidence and conclusions about the circumstances surrounding Todd's death, proving what many people have long suspected, that Thelma had been murdered. The cast of suspects includes Thelma's Hollywood-director lover; her gangster ex-husband; assorted thugs who were pressuring her to install gaming tables in the room above her popular café; and a new, never-before-named mobster. Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of Todd's death, The Ice Cream Blonde is sure to interest any fan of Thelma Todd, Hollywood's Golden Age, or gripping real-life murder mysteries. |
| thelma todd book: Testimony of a Death Patrick Jenning, Marshall Croddy, 2016-07-18 On a chilly Monday morning in 1935, a young maid opened the garage door of a Southern California seaside villa onto a grim scene. Her employer, a popular motion picture comedienne, lay dead in the front seat of her expensive automobile. Within hours, the news of Thelma Todd's death was making headlines throughout the nation. Was it murder, suicide, or accident? Cast against the background of Hollywood and Los Angeles, the film industry and the growing metropolis, her death baffled both the public and the investigating authorities. After numerous attempts to solve the mystery over the last eighty years, a powerful mythology remains, obscuring the facts of the case as well as the character of Thelma herself. For the first time, however, the mystery of Thelma Todd's death will unfold as it originally did in 1935. Not only does Testimony of a Death narrate the events of that December but it also explores the forces and personalities central to the tragedy. The book examines the various contexts of Todd's death, including the motion picture business in its Golden Age and the city of Los Angeles hovering on the verge of its greatness. It looks beyond the legends and distortions to the darker reality that lies beneath the myths. |
| thelma todd book: Triumphs and Tragedies Karl B. Mcmillen (Jr.), Bill Hayes, 2013-08-06 |
| thelma todd book: The History of Hollywood Kieron Connolly, 2023-04-14 The History of Hollywood is the story of sex and excess, murder and suicide, ambition and betrayal, and how money can make almost everyone compromise. Intensively researched and superbly entertaining, the book reveals that the stories behind the silver screen are at least as gripping as many of those on it. |
| thelma todd book: Dark Sparkler Amber Tamblyn, 2015-04-07 The lives of more than twenty-five actresses lost before their time—from Marilyn Monroe to Brittany Murphy—explored in a haunting, provocative new work by an acclaimed poet and actress. Amber Tamblyn is both an award-winning film and television actress and an acclaimed poet. As such she is deeply fascinated—and intimately familiar—with the toll exacted from young women whose lives are offered in sacrifice as starlets. The stories of these actresses, both famous and obscure-tragic stories of suicide, murder, obscurity, and other forms of death—inspired this empathic and emotionally charged collection of new poetic work. Featuring subjects from Marilyn Monroe and Frances Farmer to Dana Plato and Brittany Murphy—and paired with original artwork commissioned for the book by luminaries including David Lynch, Adrian Tomine, Marilyn Manson, and Marcel Dzama—Dark Sparkler is a surprising and provocative collection from a young artist of wide-ranging talent, culminating in an extended, confessional epilogue of astonishing candor and poetic command. |
| thelma todd book: Frame-up! Andy Edmonds, 1991 For the first time in twenty-five years, one of America's top investigative reporters reopens the case of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, a man accused of murdering a girl named Virginia Rappe. People remember him as the fat comedian who raped that young girl. They may not know he was one of the highest-paid talents of his time and that he was completely innocent. 27 photographs. |
| thelma todd book: The Dark Heart of Hollywood Douglas Thompson, 2012-09-06 This book reveals the sinister true story of the Mafia in Hollywood. Crammed with legends, myths, murders, madness, mayhem, superstar tantrums, super-sexed starlets, power brokers and politics, it is an ambitious account of Hollywood’s hidden history, from the rogue cops who took on the Mob on the streets of Los Angeles to the stars who became stars because Mafia Godfathers said they would. In The Dark Heart of Hollywood, seasoned crime and entertainment writer Douglas Thompson reveals how all is masterminded by the money-obsessed Mafia, for whom everything and everyone is simply a commodity. The intense saga charges across America: from Hollywood bedrooms to the Oval Office, from California’s twenty-first century computer capital to the cocaine-connection HQs stretching from the Sunset Strip to Marseilles, Milan, Moscow, Tokyo and Beijing. In this magnificent and highly compelling volume, Hollywood is unveiled as Tinseltown without the tinsel. |
| thelma todd book: Batman and Robin and Howard Jeffrey Brown, 2021-11-09 To Damian Wayne, there is nothing more important than protecting the streets of Gotham City as Robin. But when he makes a critical mistake while out on patrol, Damian finds himself benched. And what’s more, Damian’s dad, Bruce Wayne-a.k.a. Batman-decides that starting over in a new school will be just the distraction Damian needs from his superhero routine. Certain that Gotham Metro Academy has nothing to teach him, Damian is completely unprepared for the challenge he finds in Howard-the smartest and most athletic kid in school. The boys’ rivalry is instantaneous and fierce…and both are sure only one of them can be the best in their class. |
| thelma todd book: Secret Stairs Charles Fleming, 2010-04-01 Containing walks and detailed maps from throughout the city, Secret Stairs highlights the charms and quirks of a unique feature of the Los Angeles landscape, and chronicles the geographical, architectural, and historical aspects of the city’s staircases, as well as of the neighborhoods in which the steps are located. From strolling through the classic La Loma neighborhood in Pasadena to walking the Sunset Junction Loop in Silver Lake, to taking the Beachwood Canyon hike through “Hollywoodland” to enjoying the magnificent ocean views from the Castellammare district in Pacific Palisades, Secret Stairs takes you on a tour of the staircases all across the City of Angels. The circular walks, rated for duration and difficulty, deliver tales of historic homes and their fascinating inhabitants, bits of unusual local trivia, and stories of the neighborhoods surrounding the stairs. That’s where William Faulkner was living when he wrote the screenplay for To Have and Have Not; that house was designed by Neutra; over there is a Schindler; that’s where Woody Guthrie lived, where Anais Nin died, and where Thelma Todd was murdered . . . Despite the fact that one of these staircases starred in an Oscar-winning short film—Laurel and Hardy’s The Music Box, from 1932—these civic treasures have been virtually unknown to most of the city’s residents and visitors. Now, Secret Stairs puts these hidden stairways back on the map, while introducing urban hikers to exciting new “trails” all around the city of Los Angeles. |
| thelma todd book: Hollywood's Babylon Women John Austin, 1994 Bizarre inside stories of Hollywood's most beautiful women who were doomed for death. Hollywood's Babylon Women takes the reader behind closed doors and beyond the official reports of law enforcement agencies and studio public relations departments to reveal the sordid romantic, sexual, political and financial factors behind these tragedies. Photos. |
| thelma todd book: Death in Paradise Tony Blanche, Brad Schrieber, 1998 The authorized story of the L.A. coroner's office, which has solved some of the century's most lurid crimes. Includes a map of the locations of the stars' deaths. Photos. |
| thelma todd book: The It Girl and Me Laini Giles, 2017-03-25 Daisy DeVoe has left her abusive husband, her father has been pinched for bootlegging, and she’s embarrassed by her rural Kentucky roots. But on the plus side, she’s climbing the ladder in the salon of Paramount Pictures, styling hair for actress Clara Bow. Clara is a handful. The “It” Girl of the Jazz Age personifies the new woman of the 1920s onscreen, smoking, drinking bootleg hooch, and bursting with sex appeal. But her conduct off the set is even more scandalous. Hoping to impose a little order on Clara’s chaotic life, Paramount persuades Daisy to sign on as Clara’s personal secretary. Thanks to Daisy, Clara's bank account is soon flush with cash. And thanks to Clara, Daisy can finally shake off her embarrassing past and achieve respectability for herself and her family. The trouble begins when Clara’s newest fiancé, cowboy star Rex Bell, wants to take over, and he and Daisy battle for control. Torn between her loyalty to Clara and her love for her family, Daisy has to make a difficult choice when she ends up in the county jail. Here, Daisy sets the record straight, from her poverty-striken childhood to her failed marriage; from a father in San Quentin to her rollercoaster time with Clara, leaving out none of the juicy details. |
| thelma todd book: The Legendary Casey Brothers Jim Hudson, Jim Casey, 2013-09-15 Nowhere in the annals of sport is there a family so gifted. In 1982 the seven Casey brothers were inducted into the Irish Sports Hall of Fame, the only family ever to receive that honour. The brothers, from Sneem in County Kerry, starred as Olympic-class oarsmen, Tug-O'-War champions, professional wrestlers and boxers and won fame throughout the sporting world. Steve, known as 'Crusher' Casey, became the supreme wrestler in the world and for a decade no one could match him. When he turned to boxing, the great Joe Louis refused to go into the ring with him. In 1983 at a family reunion in Sneem, five brothers, all in their seventies, climbed into the four-oar boat they used to win championships in the 1930s. Although they had not rowed together in fifty years, they still moved with natural unity and grace. Sports people from Kerry have achieved fame in many fields but the success of the Caseys surely outshines all. |
| thelma todd book: The Fixers E.J. Fleming, 2015-01-28 Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling are virtually unknown outside of Hollywood and little-remembered even there, but as General Manager and Head of Publicity for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, they lorded over all the stars in Hollywood's golden age from the 1920s through the 1940s--including legends like Garbo, Dietrich, Gable and Garland. When MGM stars found themselves in trouble, it was Eddie and Howard who took care of them--solved their problems, hid their crimes, and kept their secrets. They were the Fixers. At a time when image meant everything and the stars were worth millions to the studios that owned them, Mannix and Strickling were the most important men at MGM. Through a complex web of contacts in every arena, from reporters and doctors to corrupt police and district attorneys, they covered up some of the most notorious crimes and scandals in Hollywood history, keeping stars out of jail and, more importantly, their names out of the papers. They handled problems as diverse as the murder of Paul Bern (husband of MGM's biggest star, Jean Harlow), the studio-directed drug addictions of Judy Garland, the murder of Ted Healy (creator of The Three Stooges) at the hands of Wallace Beery, and arranging for an unmarried Loretta Young to adopt her own child--a child fathered by a married Clark Gable. Through exhaustive research and interviews with contemporaries, this is the never-before-told story of Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling. The dual biography describes how a mob-related New Jersey laborer and the quiet son of a grocer became the most powerful men at the biggest studio in the world. |
| thelma todd book: Joe Franklin's Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin, 1985 |
| thelma todd book: Straight Life Art Pepper, Laurie Pepper, 2024-09-17 Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is much more than a jazz book--it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies. This edition is updated with an extensive afterword by Laurie Pepper covering Art Pepper's last years, and a complete and up-to-date discography by Todd Selbert. |
| thelma todd book: From the Rafters of Rupp -- The Book Kyle Macy, Dr Huang, 2021-11-15 High among the upper rafters of Rupp Arena hang the jerseys of forty-two jerseys from the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team. These jerseys represent the select few players, coaches, and broadcasters who deserve special recognition for their outstanding contributions to the Kentucky basketball program. Beginning in 2017, UK Wildcat legend (and distinguished Rafters' member) Kyle Macy hosted From the Rafters of Rupp, a series of video interviews with many of these players of yesteryear. This special series of interviews has now been packaged in an all-new, full-color coffee-table book containing firsthand accounts of what is was like to play for UK in the players' own words, complete with vintage photographs. The book includes first-person interviews with the following distinguished members - Cliff Hagan (1950-54) Frank Ramsey (1950-54) Billy Evans (1952-55) Vernon Hatton (1956-58) Johnny Cox (1956-59) Cotton Nash (1962-64) Louie Dampier (1963-67) Dan Issel (1967-70) Kevin Grevey (1971-75) Jack Givens (1975-78) Rick Robey (1975-78) Sam Bowie (1980-84) Kenny Walker (1982-86) Richie Farmer (1989-92) Deron Feldhaus (1989-92) John Pelphrey (1989-92) Sean Woods (1989-92) Tony Delk (1992-96) Joe B. Hall (1972-85) Kyle Macy (1977-80) This is the perfect gift for UK men's basketball fans of all ages. Through this book, veteran fans will not only reflect on the storied history of the Wildcats in action, but they will also be able to share the pageantry and passion of this great program |
| thelma todd book: The Great Movie Shorts Leonard Maltin, 1972 |
| thelma todd book: Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds, Dorian Hannaway, 2013-04-02 Unsinkable is the definitive memoir by film legend and Hollywood icon Debbie Reynolds. In Unsinkable, the late great actress, comedienne, singer, and dancer Debbie Reynolds shares the highs and lows of her life as an actress during Hollywood’s Golden Age, anecdotes about her lifelong friendship with Elizabeth Taylor, her experiences as the foremost collector of Hollywood memorabilia, and intimate details of her marriages and family life with her children, Carrie and Todd Fisher. A story of heartbreak, hope, and survival, “America’s Sweetheart” Debbie Reynolds picks up where she left off in her first memoir, Debbie: My Life, and is illustrated with previously unpublished photos from Reynolds’s personal collection. Debbie Reynolds died on December 28, 2016, at the age of 84, just one day after the death of her daughter, actress and author Carrie Fisher. |
| thelma todd book: Jack the Ripper - A Graphic Tale Frogg Moody, Perry Harris, 2015-02 An innovative and powerful graphic novel which lays bare the dark, murky world of Jack the Ripper with a fear-fest that will delight true crime and comic book fans alike Whitechapel is out of control with a maniac at large. Women are being slaughtered on the streets of London's East End and, with the situation escalating, drastic action is needed. Enter Chief Inspector Abberline, called back from Scotland Yard to solve a series of murders unparalleled in the history of England. |
| thelma todd book: Popeye's how to Draw Cartoons Joseph W. Musial, 1939 |
| thelma todd book: Los Angeles Then and Now Mini Hardback Rosemary Lord, 2020-03-03 A perfect, souvenir-size Then and Now featuring all the best-known tourist locations from Los Angeles, with a number of vintage color photos. Using archive photos paired with their modern equivalent, Los Angeles Then and Now charts the development of the city from the days of orange groves and melon patches and isolated Spanish mission buildings to the staggering metropolis it is today. With a background in the movie business, Rosemary Lord interlaces the arrival of the Hollywood era and the growth of the city she has lived in for twenty-five years. Since its original publication in 2002, Los Angeles Then and Now has been rephotographed, revised with new content, and completely redesigned. This new compact gift edition includes exclusive matchups. Sites include Old Plaza Church, Olvera Street, Chinatown, Union Station, Mayan Theatre, Angel's Flight, Los Angeles Public Library, Biltmore Hotel, Bullocks Wilshire, Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory, Sunset and Vine, Egyptian Theatre, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Roosevelt Hotel, Schwab's Pharmacy, Beverly Hills Hotel, Venice Beach, and Santa Monica Pier. |
| thelma todd book: The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett, 2021-12-24 Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon' is a masterpiece of hard-boiled detective fiction, set in 1920s San Francisco. The novel follows private investigator Sam Spade as he becomes entangled in a complex web of deceit, murder, and greed surrounding the search for the legendary Maltese Falcon statuette. Hammett's writing is characterized by its terse prose, gritty realism, and morally ambiguous characters, which define the genre to this day. The novel is a landmark in American literature, pioneering the noir style that would later influence authors like Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain. Through its intricate plot and vivid dialogue, 'The Maltese Falcon' remains a timeless classic that continues to captivate readers with its suspense and intrigue. |
| thelma todd book: Morning of Fire Scott Ridley, 2011-12-06 The Forgotten True Story of America’s Daring First Exploration of the Pacific Just four years after the Revolutionary War and more than a decade before Lewis and Clark’s expedition, a remarkable—but now forgotten—plan was hatched along the docks of Boston Harbor. Two ships carrying the flag of the newly formed United States would be dispatched in 1787 on a landmark adventure around South America’s Cape Horn and into the largely uncharted waters of the Pacific Ocean, far past the western edge of the continent. The man chosen to lead the expedition was Captain John Kendrick, a master navigator who had made his name as a charismatic privateer during the Revolution. On the harrowing seven-year voyage that followed, Kendrick would establish the first American outpost in the remote Pacific Northwest, sail into a deadly cauldron of intertribal war in the Hawaiian Islands, wage a single-ship campaign to hold off advances of the British and Spanish empires, and narrowly escape capture by samurai in Japan before meeting his own violent and tragic end thousands of miles from home. Brilliantly brought to life by historian Scott Ridley, Morning of Fire is a startling rediscovery of a thrilling lost chapter of American history. |
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| thelma todd book: Hot Toddy Andy Edmonds, 1989 |
| thelma todd book: Thelma Todd 100 Success Facts - Everything You Need to Know about Thelma Todd Shirley Sloan, 2014-07-05 First in its Thelma Todd field. This book is your ultimate resource for Thelma Todd. Here you will find the most up-to-date 100 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Thelma Todd's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Loni Anderson, Hal Roach - Success as a comedy producer, Thelma Todd - Death, Air Hostess (1933 film) - Plot, No Limit (1931 film), Rubber Heels - Cast, Speak Easily - Cast (in credits order), Lawrence, Massachusetts - Notable people, Counsellor at Law - Cast, The Haunted House (1928 film), Air Hostess (1933 film) - Cast, On the Loose (1931 film), Pitts and Todd - History, The Maltese Falcon (1931 film) - Cast, James Parrott - Later years, No Limit (1931 film) - Cast, Mace Neufeld - Life and career, Nevada (1927 film) - Plot, Seven Footprints to Satan, Speak Easily - Plot, This Is the Night (film) - Cast, Palooka (film) - Cast, Roland West - Biography, Taming of the Shrew - Film, The Maltese Falcon (1931 film) - Plot, Monkey Business (1931), Her Private Life - Cast, Thelma & Louise - Persons, The Bohemian Girl (film) - Thelma Todd's role, Monkey Business (1931 film), Chickens Come Home - Plot, Billy Gilbert - Big break in films, Thelma Todd - Career, Frank Tuttle, 1933 in film - Notable films released in 1933, Seven Footprints to Satan - Cast, Buddy McDonald - Early career, Bud Jamison - Career, Horse Feathers, Nevada (1927 film) - Cast, Horse Feathers - Cast, Nevada (1944 film), The Devil's Brother - Cast, Product placement - Product placement in movies, The Haunted House (1928 film) - Cast, and much more... |
| thelma todd book: The Hollywood Book of Scandals James Robert Parish, 2004-06-14 More than 100 celebrity photographs offer readers an up-close look at the leading players in some of the biggest scandals to ever rock Tinseltown. |
| thelma todd book: Thelma Todd in the 30's G. D. Hamann, 2000 |
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Thelma is a 2024 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Josh Margolin. The film stars June Squibb as a woman who falls victim to a phone scam, and sets out to find …
Thelma (2024) - IMDb
Jun 21, 2024 · Thelma: Directed by Josh Margolin. With June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg. When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer …
Thelma (2024) - Rotten Tomatoes
Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin's own grandmother, THELMA puts a clever spin on movies like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, shining the spotlight on an elderly...
Thelma: how to watch, awards, cast and everything we know
Dec 4, 2024 · Move over Liam Neeson, there is a new action star proving that age is just a number: June Squibb in Thelma. The 94-year-young Oscar-nominated actress headlines the …
Thelma movie review & film summary (2024) - Roger Ebert
Jun 20, 2024 · Thelma makes questionable choices in her action-packed journey, but her refusal to give up her independence or be a victim ultimately makes her as heroic as a younger man …
Watch Thelma | Prime Video - amazon.com
Thelma isn’t your average 93-year-old grandmother - she’s tenacious, determined, and on a mission. After getting conned by a scammer, she teams up with a friend and his motorized …
Thelma - Official Trailer | June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker ...
In theaters June 21 http://thelmamovie.com/The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, THELMA is a poignant action-comedy that gives veteran Oscar® nomin...
‘Thelma’ Review: Granny Get Your Gun - The New York Times
Jun 20, 2024 · “Thelma,” a mildly amusing, highly improbable codger comedy, is so typical of a certain kind of Sundance movie — sentimental, quirky, ingratiatingly likable — that it feels …
Thelma Review: June Squibb Is Hilarious In Josh Margolin's …
Jan 27, 2024 · Thelma is a delightful, charming, and funny film about a 93-year-old woman who takes matters into her own hands after being scammed. The film explores themes of …
'Thelma' review: June Squibb unleashes her inner Eastwood - Los …
Jun 20, 2024 · Ninety-three-year-old grandmother Thelma (June Squibb) doesn’t need no stinkin’ Jason Statham. All she needs is a ride. Set over the course of one day, “Thelma” is a love …
Thelma (2024 film) - Wikipedia
Thelma is a 2024 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Josh Margolin. The film stars June Squibb as a woman who falls victim to a phone scam, and sets out to find …
Thelma (2024) - IMDb
Jun 21, 2024 · Thelma: Directed by Josh Margolin. With June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg. When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer …
Thelma (2024) - Rotten Tomatoes
Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin's own grandmother, THELMA puts a clever spin on movies like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, shining the spotlight on an elderly...
Thelma: how to watch, awards, cast and everything we know
Dec 4, 2024 · Move over Liam Neeson, there is a new action star proving that age is just a number: June Squibb in Thelma. The 94-year-young Oscar-nominated actress headlines the …
Thelma movie review & film summary (2024) - Roger Ebert
Jun 20, 2024 · Thelma makes questionable choices in her action-packed journey, but her refusal to give up her independence or be a victim ultimately makes her as heroic as a younger man …
Watch Thelma | Prime Video - amazon.com
Thelma isn’t your average 93-year-old grandmother - she’s tenacious, determined, and on a mission. After getting conned by a scammer, she teams up with a friend and his motorized …
Thelma - Official Trailer | June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker ...
In theaters June 21 http://thelmamovie.com/The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, THELMA is a poignant action-comedy that gives veteran Oscar® nomin...
‘Thelma’ Review: Granny Get Your Gun - The New York Times
Jun 20, 2024 · “Thelma,” a mildly amusing, highly improbable codger comedy, is so typical of a certain kind of Sundance movie — sentimental, quirky, ingratiatingly likable — that it feels …
Thelma Review: June Squibb Is Hilarious In Josh Margolin's …
Jan 27, 2024 · Thelma is a delightful, charming, and funny film about a 93-year-old woman who takes matters into her own hands after being scammed. The film explores themes of …
'Thelma' review: June Squibb unleashes her inner Eastwood
Jun 20, 2024 · Ninety-three-year-old grandmother Thelma (June Squibb) doesn’t need no stinkin’ Jason Statham. All she needs is a ride. Set over the course of one day, “Thelma” is a love …
