Thelma Todd: Classic Hollywood Pose
This one of those classic old time Hollywood portraits with the actress smoking, in this case Thelma Todd, a young star who was on her way to fame in the young era of talking movies when she was found dead in her vehicle of carbon monoxide poisoning. At the time, and still today, many think she was actually murdered, due to some connections she may have had with "underworld" types in her Hollywood nightclub.
You find most of the pictures you will see of the black & white screen queens will be like this one, posing in a seductive or sultry way with the cigarette, rarely dragging, exhaling, or inhaling.
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