Sunday, August 31, 2014

Buster Keaton Tours Germany

Reblogged from http://www.stripes.com/news/buster-keaton-brings-laughs-to-germany-1.12730#


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Buster Keaton, famed silent-film comedian, poses with a television camera at the Hesse State Radio studios in Frankfurt in February, 1962.

Norm Zeisloft/Stars and Stripes


From the Stars and Stripes archives

Buster Keaton brings laughs to Germany

Friday, August 29, 2014

Roland West Photos

















Roland West isn't one of my most favorite people, but here he is nonetheless.



 

Captions new and old. He'd been out of the  news since the death of Thelma Todd, and when he died, they just reused an old picture they had on file. 
 

 
 

 Roland West with Thelma Todd's mother and Mae Whitehead.


 
 
 

 
 

Roland West and Rudy Schafer
 

 
 
 

 

 
 Rudy Schafer, Roland West, unknown, and Mae Whitehead.

 
 
Roland West directing Jewel Carmen and Chester Morris in ALIBI.
 

 
 
 

 
 

Chester Morris, Eleanor Griffith, Jewel Carmen, and Roland West in ALIBI, 1929.
 

 
 
 

 
 
 














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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Wedding Of Dorothy Granger And George Lollier





Picture run in the papers on May 21, 1935 announcing the marriage of Dorothy Granger and George Lollier, with the original caption..




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THE POOR RICH Photo

Edna May Olliver at left and Thelma Todd at center, in THE POOR RICH.

























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Thelma Todd On Stage In SPEAK EASILY













Here is a publicity photo of Thelma Todd on stage in a snowy scene in SPEAK EASILY. This scene involves balloons, most of which get popped shortly when Buster Keaton gets everything all fouled up. According to the story, this makes the show a great success. Thelma Todd helped, too.




























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Hal Roach Studios Exhibit At Museum









The Hollywood Museum in the historic Max Factor building has an exhibit for the Hal Roach studios .

Reblogged from https://www.facebook.com/groups/476197579139769/










 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 












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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Mabel Todd Pictures













Mabel Todd again. Oh yeah, and Ted Healy, too. That's him.




 
 
 Next, we have some pictures of her without Ted Healy.
 
 
 She's much prettier, don't you think?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
Mabel Todd and husband Morey Amsterdam circa 1940.
 
 
 
 
Mabel Todd and Patsy Kelly were labeled a team by some of the publicity for THE COWBOY AND THE LADY.  
 
 
 
 
 This caption treats all four comedy relief types as a unit. The two men are Fuzzy Knight and Walter Brennan.
 
 
 

A publicity photo for MYSTERIOUS MISS X ( 1939 ).
 





 











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