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Auction History Result 2w910 THELMA TODD deluxe 8x10.25 still '20s great close up smiling with fancy breakfast in bed! Date Sold 12/1/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Deluxe 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Thelma Todd (nicknamed "The Ice Cream Blonde" and "Hot Toddy") was a beautiful actress, often in comedies, from 1926 to 1935. She was a Miss America contestant who started making movies in the mid-1920s, and when sound movies started and it was discovered that she had a pleasant voice, she started appearing in dozens of movies, mostly romantic comedies; she appeared in two Marx Bros. movies, and opened a Hollywood restaurant. Some of her movies include: Monkey Business, Counsellor at Law, Horse Feathers, Love Business, and Chickens Come Home. After having appeared in over 100 movies, she died in her garage from carbon monoxide poisoning on December 16th, 1935. Though her death was ruled a suicide by police, rumors have persisted that her ex-husband had a hand in her death. Noted expert Richard Bann tells us that Hal Roach explained this to him in person saying that "Roland West evidently meant only to punish Thelma, and locked the garage so she couldn't leave, and that the carbon monoxide killed her". Of course it makes a more commercial story to sensationalize her death as murder instigated by the mob. Important Added Info: Note that there are white areas in the black borders that look like they COULD be a defect of some sort, but they are NOT. They exist on stills from silent films that have this sort of black border around the edges. It appears that stills of this sort were made by actually blowing up a frame of film, and perhaps those white areas are some sort of defect within the film itself. In any event, they are contained within the printing and are not any sort of physical defect! Also note that this still measures 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm]. Also note that this is a deluxe still printed on double weight paper stock. Note that this still is printed on Agfa paper, but we believe it to surely be an original still. Sometimes, studios would run out of stills and have extras printed on different stock. Condition: very good to fine. The still is in very nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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