From the Hal Roach Studio group on facebook.
Exhibitors Herald World - November 16, 1929
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A Blog For Thelma Todd Thelma Todd was a star of silent movies and later the talkies. She is remembered as much today for her mysterious death as she is for her films. In this blog, we take a look at Thelma Todd, her movies, and various commentaries.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
1929 Thelma Todd Publicity From 1929
From the Hal Roach Studio group on facebook.
Exhibitors Herald World - November 16, 1929
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Sunday, May 29, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Thelma Todd And Raquel Torres Photos In A Fan Magazine
Pictures from a foreign fan magazine of Thelma Todd as Venus from the 1927 First National production VAMPING VENUS and of Raquel Torres from one of her movies.
Jorge Finkielman: When they say that Thelma Todd is an MGM star, that is because they ( MGM ) actually distributed the First National productions in Latin America.
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Monday, May 23, 2016
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Thelma Todd Photos
More Thelma Todd pictures.
An early photo from the 1920's.
With Johnny Weissmuller in Santa Monica.
With Johnny Weissmuller and a Santa Monica lifeguard.
A gag picture of Thelma Todd taken on the set of BRATS, which was scaled to make Laurel and Hardy look like little children.
Special thanks to Jorge Finkielman for providing us with these photos.
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Saturday, May 21, 2016
THIS IS THE NIGHT Photo
THIS IS THE NIGHT was a 1932 Paramount production starring Roland Young, Lili Damita, Cary Grant, and Thelma Todd. Here is a publicity photo for this movie with Irving Bacon, Thelma Todd, and Roland Young.
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Dorothy Appleby With The Three Stooges
CUCKOO CAVALIERS was a 1940 Columbia short subject which had the Three Stooges attempting to run a beauty parlor with disastrous results. In this photo, from the left, are: Dorothy Appleby, Bob O'Connor, Larry Fine, Estilita Zarco, Curly Howard, Carmen Bailey, Moe Howard, and Blanche Vischer.
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Autographed Thelma Todd Photo
An autographed photo of Thelma Todd from early in her career.
An enlarged view of the autograph.
Here her name is signed with a separate letter "T" for both the first and last names. Later on her signature would often have one letter T for both the first and last names, which were arranged with the remaining letters of one over the other in order to make it work.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Thelma Todd In SPEAK EASILY
SPEAK EASILY was a 1932 MGM production. Here is a George Hurrell photo of Thelma Todd in costume for this movie.
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VAMPING VENUS Photo
VAMPING VENUS was a 1928 First National production in which Thelma Todd played Venus.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
SPEAK EASILY
Thelma Todd, Jimmy Durante, Buster Keaton, and Hedda Hopper in a publicity photo for SPEAK EASILY. There is no such scene in the actual movie.
Publicity claimed that Hedda Hopper in this movie dressed like Elsie Janis. I wouldn't know.
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SPEAK EASILY
Thelma Todd and Buster Keaton in what looks like a frame enlargement from SPEAK EASILY. Buster thinks they're saying goodbye, but they're both still there when he wakes up the next morning.
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Monday, May 2, 2016
SPEAK EASILY Photo
Thelma Todd with Buster Keaton in a publicity photo from SPEAK EASILY. During this period MGM charged that Buster Keaton was immoral, which seems to have been one of the things that led to his dismissal from that studio. But the same studio was also responsible for Keaton's films becoming less innocent than they had been in the silent era.
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Ruth Selwyn Photo
Ruth Selwyn was the feminine lead in SPEAK EASILY. Here is a picture of her from THE NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE.
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SPEAK EASILY Ad
British film mag Dec. 1932. SPEAK EASILY didn't actually have Jimmy Durante and Buster Keaton both in love with Thelma Todd, but they could have had it that way in the movie. It might even have been better. But Thelma Todd was always playing an "other woman" in the movies, so they did that here, too, and Ruth Selwyn played Buster Keaton's true love.
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SPEAK EASILY Photo
Another publicity picture from SPEAK EASILY with Thelma Todd and Buster Keaton. On the left is Sydney Toler, best known for playing Charlie Chan in a series of movies.
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SPEAK EASILY Photo
SPEAK EASILY was a 1932 MGM production starring Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante. Here is a publicity photo of Thelma Todd and Buster Keaton from this movie.
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Sunday, May 1, 2016
PUZZLES OF 1825 Playbill
And here is the playbill for the play for which they painted a puzzle on the back of Dorothy Appleby.
Reblogged from http://www.playbill.com/production/puzzles-of-1925-fulton-theatre-vault-0000004598
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Dorothy Appleby Photo
Another picture of Dorothy Appleby, which is from 1927 according to Richard Finegan.
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