Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Publicity For Thelma Todd





Publicity items for Thelma Todd.



Reblogged from http://www.imdb.com/
Biography (print)
Andy Edmonds. Hot Toddy: The True Story of Hollywood's Most Shocking Crime--The Murder of Thelma Todd. New York: Avon Books, 1989.
William Donati. The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2012. ISBN 9780786465187


Biographical movies
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991) (TV)

Portrayed in
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991) (TV)

Article
Classic Images (USA)August 1995, Iss. 242, pg. 24, 34, by: R.E. Braff, "An Index to the Films of Thelma Todd"
Classic Images (USA)August 1995, Iss. 242, pg. 10 et passim, by: Eve Golden, "The Tragedy and Comedy of Thelma Todd"
Classic Images (USA)April 1985, Iss. 118, pg. 48-49, by: Joyce A. Rogers, "Thelma Todd, No Dumb Blonde"
New York Times (USA)31 January 1936, pg. 17:3, "Thelma Todd Will Is Filed [dated 19 September 1933]"
New York Times (USA)11 January 1936, pg. 5:5, "Thelma Todd Estate to Mother [$10,000+ to Mrs. Alice Todd and $1 to De Cicco]"
New York Times (USA)4 January 1936, pg. 34:3, "Grand Jury Divides on Miss Todd's Death; Most of Them Favor Suicide Theory, but None Believes It Was Accidental"
IFK-Wien (Austria)1936, Vol. 6, Iss. 1580, "Schon ist das Ziegeunerleben"
New York Times (USA)29 December 1935, pg. 14:5, "'Publicity Seekers' Confuse Todd Case; 'Hodge-Podge of Honest Evidence and Obvious Faking' Found by Prosecutor"
New York Times (USA)27 December 1935, pg. 40:3, "New Todd Evidence Seen in Jury's Move; Inquirers Pay Unexpected Visit to Scene of Actress's Death in Los Angeles"
New York Times (USA)26 December 1935, pg. 30:5, "Reports Miss Todd Bruised on Throat; Prosecutor Will Question Surgeons but Says Any Marks Might Have Come Naturally; Hints Witnesses Erred; He Asserts Blonde Driving in Auto with Man Might Have been Mistaken for Actress"
New York Times (USA)25 December 1935, pg. 44:5, "ZaSu Pitts Called by Todd Case Jury; Inquiry Turns to Report of a Luncheon Party Day Before Mysterious Death; Strange Escort Hinted; But Such a Gathering Is Denied--Head Waiter Says He Has Received New Threats"
New York Times (USA)24 December 1935, pg. 34:2, "Miss Todd Linked to a 'Strange Man'; Store Owner Tells Grand Jury of Actress Phoning and Then Leaving Place with Escort; Quick Gas Action Shown; Detective Says Garage Tests Indicated Monoxide Had Fatal Effect in Two Minutes"
New York Times (USA)23 December 1935, pg. 9:1, "Todd Jury Acts Today; Friends of Film Star Will Be Questioned Concerning Her Death (including Roland West, Pat De Cicco; Jewel Carmen and Mrs. Wallace Ford)"
New York Times (USA)22 December 1935, pg. 16:2, "Todd 'Death Walk' Traced for Clue; Woman Operative Climbs 270 Steps from Actress's Sidewalk Cafe to Garage; Slipper Marks Compared; Footwear More Scuffed Than the Dead Woman's--De Cicco Is Expected on Coast Friday"
New York Times (USA)21 December 1935, pg. 34:2, "Todd Study Turns to Suicide Theory; Prosecutor Declares Evidence Indicates Actress Became Despondent at Party; Waiter [Alex Hounie] Receives 'Threat'; Four More Say They Saw Film Player Late Sunday, but Official Discounts It"
New York Times (USA)20 December 1935, pg. 11:1, "Push Two Inquiries in the Todd Death; Police to Question West and Two Cafe Aides on Events of Sunday Morning; Waiter Reports Threat; Jury Foreman Hints Data on Murder--Thousands Pass Actress;s Bier"
New York Times (USA)19 December 1935, pg. 8:1, "Todd Death Sent to Grand Jurors; Inquest Verdict Leans to View of Accident but Asks for Further Inquiry; Actress Seen on Sunday; Estranged Wife [Jewel Carmen] of [Roland] West Says Star Was with a Man on Day After Supposed Demise"
Variety (USA)18 December 1935, "Thelma Todd, 31, Dies, Monoxide Poisoning; No Mystery Angles"
New York Times (USA)18 December 1935, pg. 29:5, "Death Night Fears of Miss Todd Told; Chauffeur [Ernest O. Peters] Says She Had Him Drive at Breakneck Speed on Way from Party; Wanted to Avoid Gangs' Police Assert that She Had Tiff with Roland West, Her Partner in Cafe"
New York Times (USA)17 December 1935, pg. 1:5, "Thelma Todd Dead; Found in Garage; Actress, Discovered in Auto After 18 Hours, Was Monoxide Victim Surgeon Says; Friend's Story Differs; Actor's Wife Says Miss Todd Phoned Her Long After Hour of Death Set by Autopsy"
New York Times (USA)17 December 1935, pg. 4:3, "Actress Trained as a Teacher"
New York Times (USA)31 October 1935, pg. 16:1, "Denies Threatening Actress"
Moving Picture World (USA)12 November 1927, pg. 19, "Thelma Todd Injured"
Moving Picture World (USA)9 July 1927, pg. 97, "Miss Todd Cast"
Motion Picture Classic (USA)June 1927, pg. 33, 70, "School Is Dismissed; And So Ends the Term of Paramount High [graduates included: Todd, Buddy Rogers, Mona Palma, Ivy Harris, Iris Gray, Jack Ludin, Josephine Dunn, Walter Goss]"
Moving Picture World (USA)8 January 1927, pg. 121, "Thelma Todd"
Photoplay Magazine (USA)June 1926, pg. 86, "Three Little Girls from Paramount's School..."


Pictorial
Playmen (Italy)September 1967, Vol. 1, Iss. 4, pg. 136, by: Franco Valobra, "I suicidi, i gangsters e il sex-appeal"


Magazine cover photo
BZ - Berlin (Germany)1935
Illustrierter Film_Kurier-Wien (Austria)1933, Vol. 3, Iss. 699


 

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