Beauty Hints

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A newspaper article with beauty hints.

Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. Moama, NSW 1869 - 1954), Saturday 7 January 1933

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Pat DiCicco Left $1.00

Mae ( here spelled May ) Whitehead and Pat DeCicco ( spelled DiCicco ) in a newspaper photo under a heading that he was left $1.00 in Thelma Todd's will.

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Roland West Photos

Roland West photos posted by Adam Tunney in the Thelma Todd Fans Group on facebook.

Roland West mourns Thelma's death.

In the posted picture above, you can see the Rudy Schafer, identifiable by the ring and watch, sitting upon something across from West. Here is his sitting awkwardly right next to him. I would surmise that photographers positioned them for this shot together.

Sid Grauman ( owner of "Grauman's Chinese Theater" ), Roland West & Rudy Schafer at the Coroner's Inquest.

If Mae Whitehead claimed that she accidentally forgot to give Thelma the key to her apartment, Roland West's "accidental death theory" falls perfectly into play. The other essential component was driver Ernest Peter's statement that he drove Thelma Todd back to the Café that night. Without those two statements, Thelma Todd could have gone anywhere that night only to have her body deposited in the garage by 10 am that Monday morning.

Robert Anderson ( third from the left ) was the bartender who also worked on Thelma's car. His testimony was important as they figured out why Charles Smith (restaurant accountant and long-time Roland West business associate from their New York days), who lived above the garage, wasn't awakened by the alleged start of Thelma Todd's very loud Lincoln Phaeton, had she climbed the hill to keep warm as proposed by West.

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"My Beauty Hints" By Thelma Todd

Beauty tips by Thelma Todd, and a photo of her with Mae Whitehead.  From an Australian newspaper.

Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954), Saturday 7 January 1933

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Thelma Todd With Mae Whitehead

Mae Whitehead was Thelma Todd's maid. Here is a photo that shows her helping Thelma Todd to get ready for the camera.



WESTERN CHAMPION, Friday, January 6, 1933, Parkes, Australia

Special thanks to Jorge Finkielman


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Roland West Photos

Roland West isn't one of my most favorite people, but here he is nonetheless.

 

Captions new and old. He'd been out of the  news since the death of Thelma Todd, and when he died, they just reused an old picture they had on file. 

 

 

 

 Roland West with Thelma Todd's mother and Mae Whitehead.

 

 

 

 

 

Roland West and Rudy Schafer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Rudy Schafer, Roland West, unknown, and Mae Whitehead.

 

 

Roland West directing Jewel Carmen and Chester Morris in ALIBI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chester Morris, Eleanor Griffith, Jewel Carmen, and Roland West in ALIBI, 1929.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mae Whitehead

Mae Whitehead was Thelma Todd's maid.




Here we see her with Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was Mae Whitehead who first discovered that Thelma Todd was dead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here we see Mae Whitehead at the funeral.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here we see her waiting to testify during the investigation. 

 

 

 

 

 

After the death of Thelma Todd, Mae Whitehead went to work for Patsy Kelly.

 

 

Behind the scenes picture taken on the set of NOBODY'S BABY.

 

 

 

We see in these pictures that Mae Whitehead was around while filming was going on, at first with Thelma Todd, and later with Patsy Kelly. Her employment by Patsy Kelly can be seen as a continuation of the job she had previously had, but in another's employ.

 

 

 

 

 

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Death Of Thelma Todd LA Times Pt. 4

The story unfolds further, but the outcome remains uncertain as the investigation continues.


 Roland West, Mrs. Alice Todd, and May Whitehead - better copy of photo in next article.

 

 

Showing the Thelma Todd articles on this page at lower magnification to get them all in.

 

 

Section from upper left shown at increased magnification.

 

                                     Section from lower left shown at increased magnification.

 

 

 

Section from the right shown at increased magnification.

 

 

 

Picture of funeral.

 

 

 

 

Envelope that contained threat to waiter Alex Hounie.

 

 

 

 

Threat to waiter Alex Hounie, made up of words cut from newspapers or magazines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The items on the lower left of this section refer to Mussolini's war against Ethiopia. This was one of the actions that eventually led to the second World War.

 

Mussolini afterwards wanted Hal Roach to come to Italy to make movies and Rosina Lawrence would go to Italy to make one film. The rest of the movie industry had some complaints about the idea of Roach being associated with Mussolini, an Axis partner of Germany's Hitler.

 

Death Of Thelma Todd LA Times Pt 3

The investigation continues, as does the press coverage. But can anyone really explain everything?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The above article is continued after the item about Dr. Wagner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full page here to show entire headline

 

 

 

The news story shown at greater magnification.