Lord Lansdowne and Duke York Jr. tell the grand jury of their plans with recently deceased Thelma Todd, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Lord Lansdowne and Duke York Jr. tell the grand jury of their plans with recently deceased Thelma Todd, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 28, 1935

Date

1935-12-28

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Todd Party Joke Told," Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec 1935: 3.
Duke York and Lord Lansdowne testify that they were supposed to accompany Thelma Todd to a party on the same day as her death, which Todd's business partner Poland West staunchly denied.
Duke York and Lord Lansdowne stand facing each other outside of a door, both wearing monocles.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: LtR - Duke York Jr. - Lord Patrick Lansdowne - 12-27-35
Text from newspaper caption: Two men who said they were to have accompanied Thelma Todd, film actress, to a cocktail party December 15, the day she died mysteriously, yesterday appeared as witnesses before the county grand jury. Left to right they are Duke York, Jr., and Lord Lansdowne
Text from negative sleeve: 4290 - LtR Duke York Jr. (actor) Lord Patrick Lansdowne (wrestler) 12-27-35 Thelma Todd Death Case

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Lansdowne, Patrick (Pat Finnegan), (Wrestler)
York, Duke, (Jr.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Wrestlers--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Monocles