The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life Mysterious Death Thelma Todd Morgan
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2015
- ISBN
- 9781613730386
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1613730381
ISBN-13
9781613730386
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212709829
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ice Cream Blonde : the Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-029269
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Morgan digs into the complexities of Thelma's last night, and the events that would follow, with a strong investigative eye." -- indieWIRE, "In Ice Cream Blonde , biographer Michelle Morgan shows us why Thelma Todd was so beloved to her family, co-workers, and fans. In the final riveting chapters, Morgan exposes the dangerous world Todd lived in and the shadowy figures she let into her life. Finally, 80 years after her death, we understand why Todd's last days were more unsettling and disturbing than any role Hollywood could have written for her." --Michael G. Ankerich, author of Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips, "In Ice Cream Blonde , biographer Michelle Morgan shows us why Thelma Todd was so beloved to her family, co-workers, and fans. In the final riveting chapters, Morgan exposes the dangerous world Todd lived in and the shadowy figures she let into her life. Finally, 80 years after her death, we understand why Todd's last days were more unsettling and disturbing than any role Hollywood could have written for her." -- Michael G. Ankerich, author of Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips, "Morgan presents a biography sure to appeal to fans of Hollywood's Golden Era rich in significant details about Todd's life and aimed at ending speculation about the death of this versatile actress." -- Booklist, "A truly exceptional and impressively researched biography that reads as smoothly as any riveting suspense novel." -- The Midwest Book Review, " The Ice Cream Blonde gives an engaging and balanced look at the fascinating life and notorious death of Thelma Todd. Michelle Morgan proves once again that she is expert researcher who can tackle a controversial subject justly, and through her, Thelma Todd becomes much more than just a scandalous Hollywood footnote." --Christina Rice, author Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel, "Morgan presents a biography sure to appeal to fans of Hollywood's Golden Era rich in significant details about Todd's life and aimed at ending speculation about the death of this versatile actress." -- Booklist, "A truly exceptional and impressively researched biography that reads as smoothly as any riveting suspense novel." -- The Midwest Book Review, " The Ice Cream Blonde is a riveting mystery about the death of Thelma Todd. It's also an eerie exploration of the Todd dichotomy--breezy comedienne on the one hand; serious businesswoman with underworld connections on the other. Highly recommended." --Robert Matzen, author of Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3, "a good read, especially for anyone interested in the heyday of Hollywood with all its dirty little secrets." -- New York Journal of Books, "Michelle Morgan weaves another insightful examination of a much maligned figure, highlighting the darkness but never ignoring the light surrounding Thelma Todd." --Journeys in Classic Film, " The Ice Cream Blonde is a riveting mystery about the death of Thelma Todd. It's also an eerie exploration of the Todd dichotomy--breezy comedienne on the one hand; serious businesswoman with underworld connections on the other. Highly recommended." --Robert Matzen, author of Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 "an engrossing and accessible biography." -- Retroist " The Ice Cream Blonde is revealing, insightful, compelling, interesting, and entertaining." --Examiner.com, " The Ice Cream Blonde is a riveting mystery about the death of Thelma Todd. It's also an eerie exploration of the Todd dichotomy--breezy comedienne on the one hand; serious businesswoman with underworld connections on the other. Highly recommended." -- Robert Matzen, author of Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 "an engrossing and accessible biography." -- Retroist " The Ice Cream Blonde is revealing, insightful, compelling, interesting, and entertaining." --Examiner.com, "I loved [author Michelle] Morgan's writing style; she makes Thelma Todd an accessible human being." --On Wednesdays We Wear Capes, "[For] anyone already acquainted with Todd and the controversy surrounding her death, the book offers a concise and thoughtful glimpse into an actress' untimely demise." -- Pre-code.com, " The Ice Cream Blonde gives an engaging and balanced look at the fascinating life and notorious death of Thelma Todd. Michelle Morgan proves once again that she is expert researcher who can tackle a controversial subject justly, and through her, Thelma Todd becomes much more than just a scandalous Hollywood footnote." -- Christina Rice, author Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel, "In Ice Cream Blonde , biographer Michelle Morgan shows us why Thelma Todd was so beloved to her family, co-workers, and fans. In the final riveting chapters, Morgan exposes the dangerous world Todd lived in and the shadowy figures she let into her life. Finally, 80 years after her death, we understand why Todd's last days were more unsettling and disturbing than any role Hollywood could have written for her." --Michael G. Ankerich, author of Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips, " The Ice Cream Blonde is a riveting mystery about the death of Thelma Todd. It's also an eerie exploration of the Todd dichotomy--breezy comedienne on the one hand; serious businesswoman with underworld connections on the other. Highly recommended." -- Robert Matzen, author of Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3, " The Ice Cream Blonde gives an engaging and balanced look at the fascinating life and notorious death of Thelma Todd. Michelle Morgan proves once again that she is expert researcher who can tackle a controversial subject justly, and through her, Thelma Todd becomes much more than just a scandalous Hollywood footnote." --Christina Rice, author Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel, "This is a well-researched and invigorating celebration of a talent that does not deserve to be forgotten." --EDGE, "well written and with much research, giving us an insight into the true Thelma Todd, from her beginnings in Massachusetts to her demise in California." -- Any Good Book, "Author Morgan does meticulous work, not only about all the strangeness surrounding Todd's death, but the actresses' slow, steady and mostly unsatisfying climb." --New York Social Diary, "This is a well-researched and invigorating celebration of a talent that does not deserve to be forgotten." --EDGE
Dewey Decimal
791.4302/8092 B
Synopsis
A beloved film comedienne who worked alongside the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and dozens of others, Thelma Todd was a rare Golden Age star who successfully crossed over from silent films to talkies. This authoritative new biography traces Todd's life from a vivacious little girl who tried to assuage her parents' grief over her brother's death, to an aspiring teacher turned reluctant beauty queen, to an outspoken movie starlet and restaurateur. Increasingly disenchanted with Hollywood, in 1934 Todd opened Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café, a hot spot that attracted fans, tourists, and celebrities. Despite success in film and business, privately the beautiful actress was having a difficult year-receiving disturbing threats from a stranger known as the Ace and having her home ransacked-when she was found dead in a garage near her café. An inquest concluded that her death, at age just twenty-nine, was accidental, but in a thorough new investigation that draws on interviews, photographs, documents, and extortion notes-much of these not previously available to the public-Michelle Morgan offers a compelling new theory, suggesting the sequence of events on the night of her death and arguing what many people have long suspected: that Thelma was murdered. But by whom? The suspects include Thelma's movie-director lover, her would-be-gangster ex-husband, and the thugs who were pressuring her to install gaming tables in her popular café-including a new, never-before-named mobster. This fresh examination on the eightieth anniversary of the star's death is sure to interest any fan of Thelma Todd, of Hollywood's Golden Age, or of gripping real-life murder mysteries., A beloved film comedienne who worked alongside the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and dozens of others, Thelma Todd was a rare Golden Age star who successfully crossed over from silent films to talkies. This authoritative new biography traces Todd's life from a vivacious little girl who tried to assuage her parents' grief over her brother's death, to an aspiring teacher turned reluctant beauty queen, to an outspoken movie starlet and restaurateur. Increasingly disenchanted with Hollywood, in 1934 Todd opened Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Caf , a hot spot that attracted fans, tourists, and celebrities. Despite success in film and business, privately the beautiful actress was having a difficult year-receiving disturbing threats from a stranger known as the Ace and having her home ransacked-when she was found dead in a garage near her caf . An inquest concluded that her death, at age just twenty-nine, was accidental, but in a thorough new investigation that draws on interviews, photographs, documents, and extortion notes-much of these not previously available to the public-Michelle Morgan offers a compelling new theory, suggesting the sequence of events on the night of her death and arguing what many people have long suspected: that Thelma was murdered. But by whom? The suspects include Thelma's movie-director lover, her would-be-gangster ex-husband, and the thugs who were pressuring her to install gaming tables in her popular caf -including a new, never-before-named mobster. This fresh examination on the eightieth anniversary of the star's death is sure to interest any fan of Thelma Todd, of Hollywood's Golden Age, or of gripping real-life murder mysteries.
LC Classification Number
PN2287.T575M68 2015
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