Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
Innehåll: Fascinating youth -- A town of make-believe -- Roland and Jewel -- Pasquale -- Shimmering blue -- Into the darkness -- We the jurors -- The long goodbye -- The aftermath -- Epilogue
Summary: "Exhaustive research included author interviews of Todd's cousins Bill and Edna Todd, and such friends and coworkers as Ida Lupino, Lina Basquette, Anita Garvin, Dorothy Granger, William Bakewell and Greg Blackton. Also examined is Hollywood's first major sex scandal of 1912, involving Jewel Carmen, the future spouse of director Roland West--the man Thelma Todd loved"--Provided by publisher.