Thelma Todd: March 2016

Thursday, March 31, 2016

SCREEN BOOK Aug. 1937

SCREEN BOOK Aug. 1937 ran a picture as a final tribute to the recently deceased Jean Harlow, and ran an article called "The Thelma Todd Death Riddle" as well.

Another "Ping" reference, from before the term was associated with Carole Landis. Carole Landis was termed "The Ping Girl" by Roach publicity, a term she was said to reject at the time. Occasionally you come across such explanations as it being derived from "purring". Actually it appears to be then common slang for "making contact" ( the use of the term for sonar during World War II is related to this ) and in romantic terms was meant to be interperted as "Love at first sight".

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

CORSAIR Photos

CORSAIR was the movie Thelma Todd made as "Alison Loyd". The movie was produced by Roland West and costarred Chester Morris.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Alternate Spellings Of "Allison Loyd"

Thelma Todd used the stage name of "Alison Loyd" in the 1931 movie CORSAIR. Although publicity claimed that this name was "numerologically significant", it was not always spelled the same way, and therefore the number of letters in it would have varied.

The name "Allison Loyd" ( Allison with two l's this time ) is printed on the bottom of this picture on the right. side.

Alternate Spellings of "Alison Loyd"

Monday, March 28, 2016

NEVADA Lobby Card

NEVADA was a 1927 Paramount production starring William Powell, Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd ( shown below ). This lobby card was made with a black and white photo to which some colors were added.