In 1952 he allegedly made a deathbed confession to his friend, Chester Morris,
that it was indeed he who murdered Thelma Todd in 1935.
Was involved and living with actress Thelma Todd in Santa Monica at the
time of her still-unsolved death in 1935. Neighbors heard them
quarreling the night before she was found in her garage, overcome by
carbon monoxide poisoning. Though a suspect, he was never
arrested.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One,
1890-1945". Pages 1194-1197. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company,
1987.