Thelma Todd: October 2017

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Happy Halloween

From Ann Savage!

This time she's dressed as a savage.

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Happy Halloween

From Ann Savage!

That one looks familiar.

Reminds me of a guy named Shickelgruber. The one that used to hang out in beer joints till he got in trouble. And politics.

That's a naval gun in the last photo, but she's using it as a broom.

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Monday, October 30, 2017

THE COWBOY AND THE LADY Photos

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Termed a team

The four referred to are Mabel Todd, Patsy Kelly, Fuzzy Knight, and Walter Brennan. Incidentally, Fuzzy Knight was in TOP FLAT ( 1935 ) with Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly.

Mabel Todd is with Fuzzy Knight and Gary Cooper is with Merle Oberon.

Now Mabel Todd is with Fuzzy Knight and Gary Cooper is not with Merle Oberon. Not too surprising. He mostly didn't like her in the story anyway.

Patsy Kelly, Gary Cooper, Mabel Todd, Fuzzy Knight, Walter Brennan and Merle Oberon. The idea is that this is a funny picture because Patsy Kelly is with Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan is with Merle Oberon. Merle Oberon doesn't seem to like Walter Brennan and Gary Cooper still doesn't seem to like her in this picture.

Sunday, October 29, 2017

THE COWBOY AND THE LADY

THE COWBOY AND THE LADY featured another Todd and Kelly team.

YouTube reviews

Narniagirl 4ever:
How times change and public opinion changes about honesty in relationships. I know it must have seemed 'funny' at the time, to audiences back then, as Merle deceived Gary about her background, but I cringed watching it. I'm thankful that now there is at least the opportunity, if one chooses, to work on transparency in a romantic relationship and having the characteristic of congruence illuminate the relationship. All that being said, you could tell Fuzzy Knight, Walter Brennan, Patsy Kelly and Mabel Todd were having a great time in this movie.

Bob Saturday:
Cooper needed a punch to the mouth as he spewed garbage about lookin down noses as the character looked down his nose at the rich farts lookin down their nose at him.
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To me, this movie was kind of strange. At one point Gary Cooper was acting strange and a group of men stood around watching him because he was strange, but willingly joined in the strangeness when asked. Only when a mother figure ( Cooper's mother in the story ) comes along is there an objection to the stupidity which brings about a cessation of the stupidity. Earlier in the film there was also a scene where Mabel Todd stood around staring at Merle Oberon because she was acting strange.

I don't suppose that Mabel Todd and Patsy Kelly were really working as a team so much as that there were two funny women as well as two funny men ( Fuzzy Knight and Walter Brennan ) in the movie and all four comedy relief types were termed a team by publicity. The four funny people did not act in as bizarre a fashion as the main two characters in the story, although that could have been partly because less footage was devoted to them in the production. They simply did not have time to act as asinine as the stars in this story.

Mabel Todd pictures:

http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2014/08/mabel-todd-pictures.html

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Friday, October 27, 2017

OLLY OF THE MOVIES - FAMOUS FUNNIES #66

SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN Photo

A young Loretta Young with Thelma Todd in a publicity photo for SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Thelma Todd Cookie Card

Thelma Todd
1935 De Beukelaer Cookies B Series
Belgium

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

SPEAK EASILY Photo

Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante with friends in a publicity photo for SPEAK EASILY ( 1932 ).

Monday, October 23, 2017

Fun With Studio Equipment

Laurel and Hardy pose with a movie camera.

Zasu Pitts next to a pair of spotlights.

Buster Keaton with a pair of lights.

Bela Lugosi by a spotlight during the making of DRACULA.

Bessie Love with a hand-cranked movie camera such as was used in the silent era.

Joan Blondell with studio lights.

Laurel And Hardy With Studio Equipment

Laurel and Hardy and friends on the Set of 'MEN O WAR 1929. Note the floodlights used to balance lighting.

Buster Keaton And Studio Equiptment

Buster Keaton and friends stand in front of studio lighting equipment in a publicity photo for SPEAK EASILY.

Virginia Bruce With Studio Equipment

LET FREEDOM RING ( 1939 ) Virginia Bruce observes the making of a scene with Nelson Eddy and Victor MacLaglen.

Virginia Bruce With Studio Equipment

Kent Taylor and Virginia Bruce on a camera crane during the production of WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG ( 1937 ).

Bettie Page With Studio Equipment

Bettie Page being filmed by Irving Klaw for one of his feature films.

Bettie Page With Studio Equipment

Bettie Page poses for a photographer with a view camera.

Joan Blondell With Studio Equipment

Joan Blondell poses for photographer Elmer Fryer. Most of the old publicity photos were taken with a view camera of this type. View cameras are no longer fashionable for this type of photography.

Mary Pickford With Studio Equipment

Original press caption, December 30, 1932:

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. -- Mary Pickford was painfully but not seriously injured when a 150 pound lamp fell and knocked her unconscious while she was t work on a United Artists set. Though nursing several bruises on her left arm and an aching head, in real trouper fashion she resumed her work before the motion picture cameras. Miss Pickford is shown seated in front of the big light that fell and hit her.

Thelma Todd With Studio Equipment

Thelma Todd with a movie camera.

Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly with director Gus Meins. The gadget behind them is a wind machine to help give the illusion of speed in the scene being filmed.