Testimony of a Death: Thelma Todd: Mystery, Media and Myth in 1935 Los Angeles

by Patrick Jenning and Marshall Croddy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530498473
• ISBN13: 9781530498475
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"