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Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd
	Todd, c. 1933
Born	Thelma Alice Todd; July 29, 1906; Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	December 16, 1935 (aged 29); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Carbon monoxide poisoning (suspicious)
Other names	Alison Loyd
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1926–1935
Spouse	Pat DiCicco; (m. 1932; div. 1934)

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Thelma Alice Todd^[3] (July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935)^[4] was an American actress and businesswoman who carried the nicknames "The Ice Cream Blonde" and "Hot Toddy". Appearing in about 120 feature films and shorts between 1926 and 1935, she is remembered for her comedic roles opposite ZaSu Pitts, and in films such as Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers and a number of Charley Chase's short comedies. She co-starred with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in several Wheeler and Woolsey and Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which (The Bohemian Girl) featured her in a part that was cut short by her sudden death in 1935 at the age of 29.

Early life

Todd was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts,^[4] to John Shaw Todd, an upholsterer from Ireland,^[5] and later, a superintendent of streets,^[6] an alderman, and Lawrence's commissioner of health and charities in 1912^[7] and Alice Elizabeth Edwards, an immigrant from Canada.^[8] She had an older brother, William, who died in an accident in 1910.^[5]^[9] She was a bright and successful student. Intending to become a schoolteacher, she enrolled at the Lowell Normal School (now University of Massachusetts, Lowell) after graduating from high school in 1923.^[7] As a student, she earned money as a model, entered beauty pageants in her late teens, gained the attention of Elks Lodge 65, was crowned 1925 Miss Lawrence, and won the title of 1925 Miss Massachusetts.^[7] While representing her home state, she was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout. She was offered a slot at the Paramount Players School^[10] in Astoria, Queens, New York City, at a time when Paramount Studios was training would-be-actors in acting, diction, athletics and manners.^[7] Of the 16 members of her cohort, only Charles "Buddy" Rogers also made it to Hollywood. Todd later found work, in 1929, at Hal Roach Studios.^[7]

Career

Film

During the silent film era, Todd appeared in numerous supporting roles that made full use of her beauty but gave her little chance to act. With the advent of the talkies, she was able to expand her roles when producer Hal Roach signed her to appear with comedy stars such as Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

In 1931, Roach cast Todd in her own series of 17-to-27-minute slapstick comedy shorts. In an attempt to create a female version of Laurel and Hardy, Roach teamed Todd with ZaSu Pitts for 17 shorts, from Let's do Things (June 1931) through One Track Minds (May 1933). When Pitts left in 1933, she was replaced by Patsy Kelly, who appeared with Todd in 21 shorts, from Beauty and the Bus (September 1933) through An All American Toothache (January 1936). These shorts often cast Todd as a levelheaded working girl doing her best to remain poised and charming despite numerous problems and her ditzy sidekick's embarrassing antics.

In 1931, Todd starred in Corsair, a film directed by Roland West, with whom she became romantically involved.^[3]^[11]

Todd became highly regarded as a capable film comedian, and Roach loaned her to other studios to play opposite Wheeler & Woolsey, Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown, and the Marx Brothers. She also successfully appeared in dramas, such as the original 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon starring Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, where she played Miles Archer's treacherous widow. She appeared in around 120 feature films and shorts in her career.

Todd continued her short-subject series through 1935 and was featured in the full-length Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bohemian Girl. It was her last role before her untimely death at age 29. Although she had completed all of her scenes, producer Roach had them re-shot, fearing negative publicity. He deleted all of Todd's dialogue, and limited her appearance to one musical number.^[12]

Sidewalk Cafe

Originally built in 1928, by architect Mark Daniels, as the Castellammare housing tract business block,^[13] in August 1934, Todd opened, in partnership with Jewel Carmen and Roland West, Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe,^[14] at 17575 Pacific Coast Highway, Castellammare, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. The ground floor of the building housed the restaurant. On the second floor, Todd and West lived in adjoining ocean-view apartments—with only a sliding wooden door separating their bedrooms—^[15]^[2] and held parties in the adjacent, private nightclub named Joya (for West's ex-wife Jewel Carmen) that took up the rest of the second floor. The third floor, hexagonally shaped, had a dance floor and bandstand.^[14] It attracted a diverse clientele of Hollywood celebrities, and many tourists.^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]

Personal life

Todd was briefly married to Pat DiCicco, who supposedly had ties to the mob. The relationship was volatile and DiCicco was abusive to Todd, resulting in her filing for divorce and changing her will to leave him only $1.^[21]

Death

On the morning of Monday, December 16, 1935, Todd's body was discovered inside her chocolate-colored 1934 Lincoln Phaeton convertible.^[22] Her Lincoln was parked inside the garage^[23] at the home of Jewel Carmen, wife of Roland West. Todd was wearing a mauve and silver gown, mink wrap and expensive jewelry,^[22] Carmen's house was approximately a block from the topmost side of Todd's restaurant.^[24]^[1]^[25] Her death was determined to have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. West is quoted in a contemporaneous newspaper account^[26] as having locked her out, which may have caused her to seek refuge and warmth in the car. Todd had a wide circle of friends and associates and a busy social life.

Police investigations revealed that she had spent the previous Saturday night (December 14) at the Trocadero, a popular Hollywood restaurant, at a party hosted by entertainer Stanley Lupino and his actress daughter Ida. She had a brief but unpleasant exchange there with her ex-husband, Pat DiCicco. However, her friends stated that she was in good spirits and were aware of nothing in her life that suggested a reason for her to commit suicide.^[27] She was driven home from the party in the early hours of December 15 by her chauffeur, Ernest O. Peters.^[26]

LAPD detectives concluded that Todd's death was accidental, the result of her either warming up the car to drive it or using the heater to keep herself warm. A coroner's inquest into the death was held on December 18, 1935.^[28] Autopsy surgeon A. P. Wagner testified that there were "no marks of violence anywhere upon or within the body" with only a "superficial contusion on the lower lip."^[29] There are informal accounts of greater signs of injury.^[30] The jury ruled that the death appeared accidental, but recommended "further investigation to be made into the case, by proper authorities."^[31]

A grand jury probe was subsequently held to determine whether Todd was murdered. After four weeks of testimony, the inquiry concluded with no evidence of foul play.^[32] The case was closed by the Homicide Bureau, which declared the death "accidental with possible suicide tendencies". However, investigators found no motive for suicide, and Todd left no suicide note.^[32]

Todd's memorial service, which drew large crowds to view the open casket, was held at Pierce Brothers Mortuary at 720 West Washington Blvd in Los Angeles.^[33] The body was cremated. After her mother's death in 1969, Todd's remains were placed in her mother's casket and buried in Bellevue Cemetery in her hometown of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Legacy

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Todd has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6262 Hollywood Blvd.^[34]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Co-stars	Notes
1926	Fascinating Youth	Lorraine Lane	Charles "Buddy" Rogers	Lost film
1926	God Gave Me Twenty Cents	Dance-Hall Girl	Lois Moran Lya De Putti	Uncredited Lost film
1927	Rubber Heels	Princess Anne	Ed Wynn Chester Conklin	Lost film
1927	Fireman, Save My Child		Wallace Beery	Uncredited
1927	Nevada	Hettie Ide	Gary Cooper William Powell
1927	The Gay Defender	Ruth Ainsworth	Richard Dix	Lost film
1927	The Shield of Honor	Rose aka Flora Fisher	Neil Hamilton Dorothy Gulliver
1928	The Noose	Phyllis	Richard Barthelmess
1928	Abie's Irish Rose		Charles "Buddy" Rogers Nancy Carroll	Part-talkie
1928	Vamping Venus	Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus	Charles Murray Louise Fazenda
1928	Heart to Heart	Ruby Boyd	Mary Astor Lloyd Hughes Louise Fazenda
1928	The Crash	Daisy McQueen	Milton Sills
1928	The Haunted House	The Nurse	Larry Kent	Lost film
1928	Naughty Baby	Bonnie Le Vonne	Alice White Jack Mulhall
1929	Seven Footprints to Satan	Eve Martin	Creighton Hale	Produced as both a silent film and part-talkie
1929	Trial Marriage	Grace Logan	Norman Kerry Sally Eilers
1929	House of Horror	Thelma	Louise Fazenda Chester Conklin	Produced as both a silent film and part-talkie Lost film
1929	Unaccustomed As We Are	Mrs. Kennedy	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Edgar Kennedy Mae Busch	Short
1929	The Bachelor Girl	Gladys	William Collier Jr. Jacqueline Logan	Lost film
1929	Cherchez la Femme	Hortense
1929	Her Private Life	Mrs. Leslie	Billie Dove Walter Pidgeon	First full length talkie
1930	Her Man	Nelly	Helen Twelvetrees Phillips Holmes
1930	Another Fine Mess	Lady Plumtree	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy	Short, Uncredited
1930	Follow Thru	Mrs. Van Horn	Charles "Buddy" Rogers Nancy Carroll
1931	No Limit	Betty Royce	Clara Bow Norman Foster
1931	Command Performance	Lydia	Neil Hamilton Una Merkel
1931	Chickens Come Home	Mrs. Hardy	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy	Short, Uncredited
1931	Swanee River	Caroline	Grant Withers	Lost film
1931	The Hot Heiress	Lola	Ben Lyon Ona Munson Walter Pidgeon
1931	Aloha	Winifred Bradford	Ben Lyon Raquel Torres
1931	The Maltese Falcon	Iva Archer	Bebe Daniels Ricardo Cortez Dudley Digges Una Merkel	Alternative title: Dangerous Female
1931	Broadminded	Gertie Gardner	Joe E. Brown Ona Munson
1931	The Pip from Pittsburg	Thelma	Charley Chase	Short
1931	Monkey Business	Lucille Briggs	Marx Brothers
1931	Corsair	Alison Corning	Chester Morris	Credited as Alison Loyd
1931	On the Loose	Thelma	ZaSu Pitts	Short
1932	The Big Timer	Kay Mitchell	Ben Lyon Constance Cummings
1932	This Is the Night	Claire Mathewson	Lili Damita Charles Ruggles Roland Young
1932	Horse Feathers	Connie Bailey	Marx Brothers
1932	Speak Easily	Eleanor Espere	Buster Keaton Jimmy Durante
1932	Klondike	Klondike	Lyle Talbot
1932	Deception	Lola Del Mont	Leo Carrillo Nat Pendleton
1932	Call Her Savage	Sunny De Lane	Clara Bow Gilbert Roland
1933	Air Hostess	Sylvia C. Carleton	Evalyn Knapp James Murray
1933	Cheating Blondes	Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners	Ralf Harolde
1933	Fra Diavolo	Lady Pamela Rocburg	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy	Alternative titles: Bogus Bandits The Devil's Brother
1933	Mary Stevens, M.D.	Lois Cavanaugh	Kay Francis Lyle Talbot
1933	You Made Me Love You	Pamela Berne	Stanley Lupino
1933	Sitting Pretty	Gloria Duval	Jack Oakie Jack Haley Ginger Rogers
1933	Son of a Sailor	The Baroness	Joe E. Brown Jean Muir
1933	Counsellor at Law	Lillian La Rue	John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon
1934	Palooka	Trixie	Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez	Alternative titles: Joe Palooka The Great Schnozzle
1934	Hips, Hips, Hooray!	Amelia Frisby	Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee Ruth Etting
1934	The Poor Rich	Gwendolyn Fetherstone	Edward Everett Horton Edna May Oliver
1934	Bottoms Up	Judith Marlowe	Spencer Tracy Pat Paterson
1934	Cockeyed Cavaliers	Lady Genevieve	Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee
1934	Take the Stand	Sally Oxford	Jack LaRue Gail Patrick
1934	Lightning Strikes Twice	Judith 'Judy' Nelson	Ben Lyon
1935	After the Dance	Mabel Kane	Nancy Carroll George Murphy
1935	Two for Tonight	Lilly	Bing Crosby Joan Bennett
1936	The Bohemian Girl	Gypsy queen's daughter	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy

References

^ ^a ^b Primo, Jacqueline (May 14, 2015). "Property that Housed Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café Sold for $6 Million, Exclusive Look Inside". Palisadian Post. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café". Pacific Palisades Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal. "Thelma Todd". Allmovie.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Almanac of Famous People". Biography in Context. 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
^ ^a ^b 1910 United States Federal Census
^ "The Mysterious Death of Massachusetts Movie Star Thelma Todd". New England Historical Society. May 17, 2017. Archived from the original on August 27, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Painter, Steven M. (July 28, 2013). "In remembrance Thelma Todd on her would-be 107th birthday". Eagle-Tribune. North Andover, MA. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
^ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database,FamilySearch("Archived copy". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) : accessed 2016-06-09), entry for Thelma Alice /Todd/.
^ Lightning Bolt (December 16, 2020). "The Murder of Thelma Todd". Home Brewed Mojo. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ Thelma At The Paramount Players School
^ Wright, David (2002). Joyita: Solving the Mystery. Auckland University Press. p. 3. ISBN 1-86940-270-7.
^ Louvish, Simon (2002). Stan and Ollie, The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. Macmillan. pp. 339. ISBN 0-312-26651-0.
^ Pascoe, Sue (January 30, 2019). "Open House for Thelma Todd Building". Circling The News. Pacific Palisades. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe´ - 91801". Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection. 1933. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "This Exclusive (Michelle Morgan) Book Excerpt Unearths the Mysterious Dead Body of the Golden Age Film Star Thelma Todd". IndieWire. October 28, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2022. their bedrooms were separated only by a sliding wooden door.
^ Wallace, David; Miller, Ann (2003). Hollywoodland. Macmillan. p. 21. ISBN 0-312-31614-3.
^ Benny Drinnon (January 30, 2014). "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe". A Blog For Thelma Todd Thelma Todd (Blog). Archived from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2017.^{[unreliable source?]}
^ Benny Drinnon (January 28, 2014). "Home Movies - Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe As Parker's Pharmacy". A Blog For Thelma Todd Thelma Todd. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^ "Hollywood Historic Photos - Pacific Palisades 1931 #1 Thelma Todd's Cafe, Pacific Coast Highway". Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^ "Hollywood Historic Photos - Pacific Palisades 1931 #2 Thelma Todd's Cafe on Pacific Coast Highway". Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^ Sanello, Frank (May 5, 1991). "Murder of '30s Starlet Thelma Todd No Longer Mystery". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2022. The TV movie is based on the 1989 best-seller Hot Toddy by Andy Edmonds. The author interviewed an unnamed source who was with Todd shortly before her death. The source, described as a retired Hollywood executive with underworld ties, provided the author with details of Todd's last hours and the identity of her murderer.
^ ^a ^b Welkos, Robert W. (May 29, 2002). "A Mystery Revisited". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Journalistic Integrity or Getting The Shot?". Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
^ Donati, William (January 10, 2014). The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland. ISBN 9780786488179.
^ Blake, Lindsay (October 27, 2008). "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe". IAMNOTASTALKER. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Thelma Todd Feared Gangs". The Milwaukee Journal. December 18, 1935. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
^ Thelma Todd "Mysteries & Scandals" on YouTube
^ Donati, William. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012, p. 104.
^ Donati, William. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012, p. 368
^ Morgan, Michelle (November 1, 2015). The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd. Chicago Review Press. pp. 211, 212. ISBN 9781613730386.
^ Donati, William. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012, p. 174
^ ^a ^b Donati, William. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012, p. 187
^ "Thelma Todd's Funeral". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California: newspapers.com. December 20, 1935. p. 9. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Thelma Todd". The Los Angeles Times. December 17, 1935. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
^ Schemering, Christopher (December 2, 1979). "Treats from Tinseltown". Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2022. The lengthy biographies are appreciative, not critical, and don't exactly tax the mind, but neither do most of these comedians, who allow us to escape from it all, too.
^ "Parish, James Robert". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

External links

[palipost-cafe-sold-1] Primo, Jacqueline (May 14, 2015). "Property that Housed Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café Sold for $6 Million, Exclusive Look Inside". Palisadian Post. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.

[PPHS-TT-SC-2] "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café". Pacific Palisades Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[Allmovie-3] Erickson, Hal. "Thelma Todd". Allmovie.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.

[:0-4] "Almanac of Famous People". Biography in Context. 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2015.

[1910-Census-5] 1910 United States Federal Census

[NEHS-Todd-6] "The Mysterious Death of Massachusetts Movie Star Thelma Todd". New England Historical Society. May 17, 2017. Archived from the original on August 27, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[:1-7] Painter, Steven M. (July 28, 2013). "In remembrance Thelma Todd on her would-be 107th birthday". Eagle-Tribune. North Andover, MA. Retrieved December 25, 2015.

[8] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database,FamilySearch("Archived copy". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) : accessed 2016-06-09), entry for Thelma Alice /Todd/.

[homebrewedmojo-todd-9] Lightning Bolt (December 16, 2020). "The Murder of Thelma Todd". Home Brewed Mojo. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[10] Thelma At The Paramount Players School

[11] Wright, David (2002). Joyita: Solving the Mystery. Auckland University Press. p. 3. ISBN 1-86940-270-7.

[12] Louvish, Simon (2002). Stan and Ollie, The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. Macmillan. pp. 339. ISBN 0-312-26651-0.

[13] Pascoe, Sue (January 30, 2019). "Open House for Thelma Todd Building". Circling The News. Pacific Palisades. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[tessa.lapl.org-91801-14] "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe´ - 91801". Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection. 1933. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[indiewire-Morgan-Todd-15] "This Exclusive (Michelle Morgan) Book Excerpt Unearths the Mysterious Dead Body of the Golden Age Film Star Thelma Todd". IndieWire. October 28, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2022. their bedrooms were separated only by a sliding wooden door.

[16] Wallace, David; Miller, Ann (2003). Hollywoodland. Macmillan. p. 21. ISBN 0-312-31614-3.

[benny-drinnon-Sidewalk-Cafe-17] Benny Drinnon (January 30, 2014). "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe". A Blog For Thelma Todd Thelma Todd (Blog). Archived from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2017.^{[unreliable source?]}

[benny-drinnon-Parkers-Pharmacy-18] Benny Drinnon (January 28, 2014). "Home Movies - Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe As Parker's Pharmacy". A Blog For Thelma Todd Thelma Todd. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.

[19] "Hollywood Historic Photos - Pacific Palisades 1931 #1 Thelma Todd's Cafe, Pacific Coast Highway". Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.

[20] "Hollywood Historic Photos - Pacific Palisades 1931 #2 Thelma Todd's Cafe on Pacific Coast Highway". Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.

[chicagotribune-1991-9102090725-21] Sanello, Frank (May 5, 1991). "Murder of '30s Starlet Thelma Todd No Longer Mystery". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2022. The TV movie is based on the 1989 best-seller Hot Toddy by Andy Edmonds. The author interviewed an unnamed source who was with Todd shortly before her death. The source, described as a retired Hollywood executive with underworld ties, provided the author with details of Todd's last hours and the identity of her murderer.

[latimes-Welkos-Todd-22] Welkos, Robert W. (May 29, 2002). "A Mystery Revisited". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[23] "Journalistic Integrity or Getting The Shot?". Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved June 11, 2020.

[24] Donati, William (January 10, 2014). The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland. ISBN 9780786488179.

[IAMNOTASTALKER-Todd-25] Blake, Lindsay (October 27, 2008). "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe". IAMNOTASTALKER. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[Thelma_Todd_Feared_Gangs-26] "Thelma Todd Feared Gangs". The Milwaukee Journal. December 18, 1935. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

[27] Thelma Todd "Mysteries & Scandals" on YouTube

[28] Donati, William. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012, p. 104.

[29] Donati, William. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012, p. 368

[30] Morgan, Michelle (November 1, 2015). The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd. Chicago Review Press. pp. 211, 212. ISBN 9781613730386.

[31] Donati, William. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012, p. 174

[Donati,_William_2012,_p._187-32] Donati, William. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012, p. 187

[newspapers-lat-1935-12-20-33] "Thelma Todd's Funeral". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California: newspapers.com. December 20, 1935. p. 9. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[34] "Thelma Todd". The Los Angeles Times. December 17, 1935. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

[35] Schemering, Christopher (December 2, 1979). "Treats from Tinseltown". Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2022. The lengthy biographies are appreciative, not critical, and don't exactly tax the mind, but neither do most of these comedians, who allow us to escape from it all, too.

[36] "Parish, James Robert". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

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