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Director Roland West and R. H. W. Schafer at grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

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Title: Director Roland West and R. H. W. Schafer at grand jury hearings 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.
Taken as verdict is read into inquiry of the death of film actress Thelma Todd. Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Schafer was the manager of a roadside cafe owned by West and Todd. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Roland West & Schafer as verdict is given, 12542
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
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002552pq
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Grand juries
Crime
Legal
Schafer, R. H. W
West, Roland, 1885-1952
Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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