In 1920 Olive Thomas, the most beautiful young star of the silver screen and the Ziegfeld Follies, died in Paris. She had ingested a large amount of her husband's syphilis pills and it caused kidney failure. The fact that her husband was the unfaithful and volatile brother of Mary Pickford however, caused many to question whether the death was accidental. Regardless of the truth, Thomas' death became one of the first sensational stories in Hollywood history and she is a cult-like figure to this day, one hundred years later. The offered c. 1916 studio photograph is one of only a handful we have ever seen or handled, with this one grading a perfect 10/10!

Size: 6x7.75
Designation: Vintage 1
Condition: 5/5
Quality: 5/5
Overall Grade: 10/10