DEATHIVERSARY: THELMA TODD (December 16, 1935)

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚊 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟸𝟶 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟼 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟻, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚋𝚒𝚣 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝟾𝟻 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝟸𝟿. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚞𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜𝚎 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚍'𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛-𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚌𝚢. 𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝? 𝙾𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢? 𝚆𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚝 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍? 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐... 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙻𝙼𝙰 𝚃𝙾𝙳𝙳 - 𝙸𝙲𝙴 𝙲𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙼 𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙽𝙳𝙴 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟷𝟼). 𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙽𝙾𝚆!

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DEATHIVERSARY: LUPE VELEZ (December 14, 1944)

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝙻𝚞𝚙𝚎 𝚅é𝚕𝚎𝚣, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝙼𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗-𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚅é𝚕𝚎𝚣 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟺, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜’𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝙻𝚄𝙿𝙴 𝚅É𝙻𝙴𝚉 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟷𝟹).

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PLAN THELMA'S FUNERAL

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𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝙴𝙶𝙸𝙽𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙴𝙽𝙳.

THELMA TODD: THE ICE CREAM BLONDE

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No Garbo. No Dietrich.

“𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚘! 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝙳𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑! 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜!” -Henry Langlois

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DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: LOUISE BROOKS (OUT NOW!)

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If I Gave You Diamonds and Pearls

DEATHIVERSARY: LOUISE BROOKS (August 8, 1985)

𝙳𝙴𝙰𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙰𝚁𝚈: 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟶𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛, 𝙻𝚘𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟻 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍. 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜' 𝚗𝚘𝚠-𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚋𝚘𝚋 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚞𝚝. 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚒-𝚗𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛, 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕, 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙷𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜' 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜? 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝. 𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙽𝙾𝚆: 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍: 𝙻𝚘𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟸𝟼).

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THE BUNNY MAN (Issue 25)

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Behind the Sign...

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DEATHIVERSARY: MABEL NORMAND (February 23, 1930)

𝙵𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟶𝚜. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟸 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟽 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙰𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍'𝚜 𝚌𝚘-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝙰𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙰 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟸, 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚁𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛'𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝. 𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝙸𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟺, 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂. 𝙳𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍'𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚕. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸𝟹, 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟶.