Ann MacMahon

 In 1925 Thelma and her friend, Ann MacMahon, were chosen to enter the Hood Practice School to get practical experience in teaching.


A letter from Thelma Todd to Ann MacMahon, written on a Sidewalk Café menu.

An autographed picture signed "To Mac."

Lawrence site for Thelma Todd site mentions Ann MacMahon:
http://queencityma.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/thelma-todd-1906-1935/





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Souvenirs From The Sidewalk Cafe

Some souvenirs from Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe'.

A menu.

A napkin.

Here is a matchbook cover advertising Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe.

The name of the place was actually "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe". Presumably the matches said "Thelma Todd's Inn" because that made it easier to get it all on the cover.

Another similar matchbook, colored red and the artwork differing in some of the details. The ocean and the sailboat are missing from the foreground of the Sidewalk Café.

It also says "Crown Match Company.", while the others said "Lion Match Co.".

Another matchbook has Thelma Todd's picture on it.

The same matchbook, flipped.

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More Sidewalk Cafe Photos

More pictures of Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe from another site. The restoration work that was underway at that time has since been completed.

Reblogged from https://esotouric.com/2017/07/18/thelmatodd/

Front view, with real estate sign

 LA Historian Richard Schave at the door.

Through this rusty gate passed some of the most colorful characters of old LA.

Vintage handrail with the etched glass Joya's nightclub door above.

To the right of the entryway, the long vacant cafe' space is stripped.

To the left of the entryway, arches march away to the north.

A small apartment above the cafe'.

A small apartment above the cafe' ( detail ).

Rear facade, from the hill near where Thelma Todd died.

Roofers at work, seen from the Castellammar bridge near the Pacific Coast Highway.

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Castlellammare

Posted by Rob Wldarski in the Thelma Todd Fans group on facebook.

Thelma's building was designed as a sale office for the Castellammare Development to the north. The Frank Meline designed structure would soon be owned by Thelma and Roland and support the café and La Joya. It was used for various purposes before Thelma and Roland took over!

The Sidewalk Café building as it originally looked. Several different business occupied the building at that time. A drug store was located on the left.

Pacific Palisades:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Palisades,_Los_Angeles

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Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe Will Not Be Destroyed, Says New Owner

Hayman Properties, the new owner of Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe, does not intend to tear the building down according to story at https://www.palipost.com/thelma-todds-cafe-far-from-demolition-says-owner/



Another article about the purchase of the Sidewalk Cafe by Hayman Properties can be seen at https://www.palipost.com/property-that-housed-thelma-todds-sidewalk-cafe-sold-for-6-million-exclusive-look-inside/

Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe Threatened With Destruction

The building which was once Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe is slated to be bulldozed by it's new owner according to information posted on facebook recently. It is considered a historic site and was offered for sale as such by the Paulists who were the previous owners. It should not be destroyed.


Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe listed as historic site
http://wikimapia.org/6556973/Thelma-Todd-s-Sidewalk-Cafe-Historical-Site

Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe listed for sale as a historic site:
http://s.lnimg.com/attachments/B3B338E9-03BE-4BEF-AD61-82FB3A4336FF.pdf



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Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe

From Adam Tunney on facebook.



A memento signed by Loni Anderson who played the role of Thelma Todd in the film, "Hot Toddy."

Menu.

 

 

 

The stairs leading up to the grill of the restaurant, still intact, currently serving as a tool shed.

 

 

 

That wall used to be a dumbwaiter. 

 

 

 

 

The garage where Thelma Todd died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1935. 

One of the original refrigerators. Above the refrigerator are windows where clams and oysters would be served to beachgoers. The refrigerator has been there since 1934, despite not having been used and still smelling like seafood

 

 

 

 

 

 

The entrance to Thelma Todd's Roadside Café. It was eery to see the door open after driving around it for years and knowing the history behind the building. I walked in, called for my contact a few times, and heard nothing. It was an amazing experience. For a moment, I was alone in Thelma Todd's Roadside Café and it was awesome.

 

 

 

Director Roland West's "quarters". When I read about him and Thelma Todd, I assumed that because they shared "separate quarters," that he lived on the opposite side of the upstairs. Nope. Same room, with a slideable partition. Gotta love morality clauses in the days of old Hollywood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the outside courtyard, looking down upon the entrance of Thelma Todd's Roadside Café.

 

 

 

 

 Upstairs, above the restaurant.

 

 

 

The door that Thelma Todd banged upon in vain after a night of partying at the Trocadero. Her roommate, Roland West, refused to let her in on that cold December evening because he was sick of her coming home late and drunk. What happened after that night remains a mystery, but it resulted in the untimely death of Thelma Todd.

 

 

 

Upstairs, between Thelma Todd's bedroom to the right and the offices to the left.

 

 

Thelma Todd's bathroom. Not quite what I expected.

 

 

 

 

 

Outside second floor patio on top of what used to be Thelma Todd's Roadside Café.

 

 

Thelma's room is the right portion. Roland West, her still technically-married on-and-off-again boyfriend, lived in the "separate quarters" on the left.

Thelma Todd's bedroom

The view from Thelma Todd's bedroom.

View from Thelma Todd's window

 

 

 

 

 

 

The haunted stairway. According to some psychics, Thelma's spirit constantly, and vehemently tells them, "I was murdered! I was murdered!" The official cause of death was ruled a suicide. It appears she is adamant that people know otherwise.

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