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Update: This is Charley Chase and Thelma Todd in a photo by Agnes O'Malley. Please congratulate Mary Mallory, Mike Hawks, Cold in Phoenix and Brent Walker for identifying them!
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Dec. 20, 1935: Thelma Todd's body is cremated after a funeral attended by hundreds at Wee Kirk o' the Heather at Forest Lawn in Glendale. An estimated 10,000 admirers passed her casket in a single-file procession that lasted more than five hours, The Times said.
On the jump, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. wishes everyone … what’s this? “Season’s Greetings?” Yes, it’s true. “Season’s Greetings” isn’t a new expression.
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Gal on the right is Jeanette MacDonald.
Posted by: Gerald McCann | December 09, 2010 at 08:06 AM
Charley Chase and Thelma.
Posted by: Mary Mallory | December 09, 2010 at 09:23 AM
This looks like good old Charley Chase with Thelma.
Posted by: Mike Hawks | December 09, 2010 at 09:45 AM
The photo atop today's post appears to be Charley Chase and Thelma Todd in period dress playing a round of croquet, perhaps at the Hal Roach Studio.
Posted by: Cold in PHX | December 09, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Playing croquet...Edward Everett Horton
Posted by: william | December 09, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Loretta Young.
Posted by: Sarah | December 09, 2010 at 02:06 PM
"Clews"? Do they mean "clues"?
Posted by: Diane Ely | December 09, 2010 at 04:30 PM
Charley Chase is playing croquet with Thelma Todd.
Posted by: Brent Walker | December 09, 2010 at 04:54 PM
"Clew" is an old-fashioned spelling of "clue." I saw "clew" a lot in contemporary documents of the Jack the Ripper case. Yes, I admit it, I went through a big Jack the Ripper phase when I was younger.
I don't know who is playing croquet with Thelma, but he looks like the character of Mr. Weed from "Family Guy."
Posted by: Stacia | December 09, 2010 at 07:08 PM