Director Roland West testifying at grand jury investigation into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

Item Overview

Title
Director Roland West testifying at grand jury investigation into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935
Date Created
[December, 1935 - January, 1936]
Date
1935-12/1936-01
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
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.
Caption
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

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names
West, Roland, 1885-1952
Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
People
Grand juries
Legal

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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