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Title
Director Roland West testifying at grand jury investigation into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
[December, 1935 - January, 1936]
1935-12/1936-01
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: West, Roland; Priester, Harvey; Schafer, R.H.W.; Whitehead, Mae
Text from archival nitrate sleeve: West, Roland; Priester, Harvey; Schafer, R.H.W.; Whitehead, Mae
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Roland West on stand, 12542
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002552mp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
Grand juries
Crime
Legal
West, Roland, 1885-1952
Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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