TODD THELMA: (1906-1935) Lot n° 483

TODD THELMA: (1906-1935) American actress, famous for her roles in various comedy films alongside The Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton and others. A rare vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Todd in a smiling head and shoulders pose wearing a pearl necklace. Photograph by Stax and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed in white fountain pen ink to the base of the image and dated 1929 in her hand, the same year in which she appeared in her first full length talkie, Her Private Life. The ink is a touch light in places although remains reasonably legible. Autographs of Todd are rare in any form as a result of her untimely death at the young age of 29. About EX