ROARING ROADS

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Former Our Gang kids Mickey Daniels, David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger, and Mary Kornman in a different series at a different studio. In between, they'd had a series at the Hal Roach studio called "The Boy Friends". And Thelma Todd was in one film in that series, LOVE FEVER.

 Although there is a June Marlowe in this film ( she is even called June Marlowe ) she isn't the one that played "Miss Crabtree" in Our Gang comedies.








ROARING ROADS:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136492/

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HURDY GURDY Poster

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Thelma Todd is depicted as a brunette on this poster for HURDY GURDY ( 1929 ), which was one of first sound films made at the Hal Roach studio.

She is actually blonde in this film.




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CORSAIR Picture On Box

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From The Thelma Todd Fan Group on facebook.

Richard Swinburk I have this photo on a Cadbury chocolate commemorative tin box they would issue at Christmas It belonged to a good friend of mine who gave it to me because it was of Thelma Todd and Chester Morris I have a photograph from it but here she is billed as Alison Lloyd by the director Roland West She only used it once and went back to Thelma Todd 


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SPEAKING OF RELATIONS Photo?

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 Thelma Todd in a 1934 publicity photo, with caption.

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Although Hal Roach produced SPEAKING OF RELATIONS that year, it is an Irvin S. Cobb film. Thelma Todd does not appear in it.

Although Thelma Todd didn't appear in the Irvin S. Cobb series, she can be seen in some publicity pictures with him during this period. 

Irvin S. Cobb:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/08/irvin-s-cobb.html

SPEAKING OF RELATIONS:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025818/



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Hal Roach Receives An Oscar

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Hal Roach Receives an Honorary Award: 1984 Oscars

Jackie Cooper and George "Spanky" McFarland present an Honorary Award to Hal Roach, in recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form, at the 56th Academy Awards. Hosted by Johnny Carson.



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Watch HURDY GURDY

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 HURDY GURDY ( 1929 ) was one of first sound movies made at the  Hal Roach studio.



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HURDY GURDY Photo

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Eddie Dunn, Thelma Todd, and Edgar Kennedy in HURDY GURDY ( 1929 ), one of first sound movies made at the  Hal Roach studio.

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1931 La FIESTA de LOS ANGELES PROGRAM

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 La Fiesta de Las Flores  ( The festival Of The Flowers ) is a Latin American holiday celebrated in Los Angeles, where the celebration included a parade and a rodeo. A number of movie stars were involved with the event and it's promotion. A program for this festival features pictures of Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts as well as Laurel and Hardy along with many other stars

Ebay seller's description:

This is an original "La Fiesta de Los Angeles Program & Wampas Motion Picture Night Program" from 1931. Movie stars taking part in this included Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Will Rogers, Karen Morley,Joan Blondell, Douglas Fairbanks, Harold Lloyd, Billie Dove, Ruth Chatterton,Conrad Nagel,Frances Dee, Joan Marsh, Dolores Del Rio,Sidney Fox, Barbara Weeks,Frances Dade, Anita Louise, Constance Cummings,Marian Marsh, Judith Wood,Rochelle Hudson,Marion Shilling, and many others. 

The back cover has an amazing ad for "Hollywood Blvd" that features Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, The Our Gang Kids, Harold Lloyd, Thelma Todd, Zasu Pitts, Wheeler and Woolsey, Janet Gaynor, Cliff Edwards, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin, Dorothy Lee, Gary Cooper, Laura La Plante, Ronald Colman, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Will Rogers, William Powell, Lily Damita,Tom Mix, Mitzi Green, George Arliss, Kay Francis, Marian Marsh, Norma Shearer, Charley Chase, Clara Bow, Joan Blondell, Al Jolson, Adolphe Menjou, Richard Dix,Gloria Swanson, Dolores Del Rio, Lawrence Tibbett,Chester Conklin, Erich Von Stroheim, Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Colleen Moore, Joan Crawford, John Gilbert, Constance Bennett, Jack Oakie, Marie Dressler, Lupe Velez, Douglas Fairbanks, and others ! Also many great ads!

The program measures 9" X 12" and has 56 pages.

Laurel and Hardy are in car #8.

Laurel and Hardy are on the lower left and Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts are above and to the right of them.  In between are the Our Gang kids. Buster Keaton is to their right and Harold Lloyd is slightly lower. Wheeler and Woolsey are at lower left along with Dorothy Lee.

 La Fiesta de Las Flores ( The festival Of The Flowers ):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Flowers


1931 La FIESTA de LOS ANGELES:
https://ladailymirror.com/2013/08/05/mary-mallory-hollywood-heights-the-first-motion-picture-electrical-parade/

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=VPN19310820.2.18&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1


Wampus Baby Stars:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls051677049/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAMPAS_Baby_Stars

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National Nurse’s Week

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It’s National Nurse’s Week. Here are Elsie Ames and Dorothy Appleby as nurses with Buster Keaton in GENERAL NUISANCE.

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Door Handle From Thelma's Apartment

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‎Michael Carbajal‎ to Thelma Todd Fan Group on facebook

Found the door handle from Thelma's apartment while rummaging through storage. It was given to me before they renovated and replaced everything at the cafe. Would have been the same door she couldn't open on the night she got locked out. Can anyone tell if it's the original handle from the 1930s?

I'm wondering if it's the original handle, but maybe the door was replaced later and they put it back on. The handle doesn't include a lock, so that would be separate, as it was in this picture.

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