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Auction History Result 7b1497 THELMA TODD/DORIS DAWSON/JACK MULHALL 8x10 still 1928 playing instruments by Christmas tree! Date Sold 8/27/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] 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. AND Doris Dawson was an actress from the 1920s to the 1930s. Some of her movies include: Gold from Weepah, The Beauty Spot, Heart Trouble, and His Captive Woman. She passed away in 1986 at the age of 77. AND Jack Mulhall (born John Joseph Francis Mulhall) was an actor from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was a leading man early in his career, and he successfully transitioned to character actor, and he appeared in a staggering number of movies (over 430), including many important ones from many decades! Some of his movies include: Around the World in Eighty Days, The Man with the Golden Arm, Libeled Lady, Topper, The Informer, It's a Gift, and Buck Privates. He passed away in 1979 at the age of 91. Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a number of wonderful candid stills created in the late 1920s, using pretty actresses to advertise specific holidays (and they are each in a separate auction)! Such stills are far more rare than regular ones from movies, and these all came from one wonderful find (and there are no more). Condition: good to very good. There is paper loss in the top and bottom of the left blank border. Learn More about condition grades 
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