THE DOG DAYS OF MARIE PREVOST!

Go behind the sign to January 27, 1937, when the body of actress Marie Prevost is found in her apartment in Hollywood. What makes Marie’s death the stuff of legend, is what happened to her after she died. This is the shocking true story of an actress whose real legacy has been lost to urban legend.

DEATHIVERSARY: FLORENCE LAWRENCE (Dec. 28, 1938)

Florence Lawrence, Hollywood’s “First Movie Star” was buried in an unmarked grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for 53 years… Read about Lawrence’s life and early death in the fanzine DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: FLORENCE LAWRENCE - THE FIRST MOVIE STAR (Issue #22). CLICK HERE!

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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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OUT NOW: THELMA TODD - ICE CREAM BLONDE

This issue has been six months in the making. At the start of the pandemic, Los Angeles - much like the rest of the world - was in lockdown. A month and a half into it, I ventured outside for the first time to retrace Thelma’s steps on that fateful December night. I am so proud of this issue! I have packed it full of pictures, collages, and little known facts that I stumbled upon over the past few months. CLICK HERE for your copy of DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: THELMA TODD - ICE CREAM BLONDE (Issue #16). (Ships Dec. 1st)

DEATHIVERSARY: ALMA BENNETT (September 16, 1958)

𝙰𝙻𝙼𝙰 𝙱𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙴𝚃𝚃 (𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟿, 𝟷𝟿𝟶𝟺 – 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟼, 𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟾 ) 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚟𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝-𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚒-𝚏𝚒 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍" (𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟻). 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝟻𝟼-𝚒𝚜𝚑 (𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝟼𝟺-𝚒𝚜𝚑) 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟿 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟷. 𝚂𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕, 𝙰𝚕𝚖𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍! 𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢? 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 (𝟷𝟼𝟶𝟻 𝚂. 𝙲𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊) 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝙻.𝙰. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.