Ad For Comedies

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San Bernardino (1931).

Laurel and Hardy are on the left, Thelma Todd is on the right with Groucho.

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Laurel And Hardy On TCM In December

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Laurel and Hardy are on TCM's December schedule and Thelma Todd will be in some of the Laurel and Hardy films on the schedule. 

https://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-12-07

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Thelma Todd Photo

With her mother.

The photo said it was the 30s. She is showing off her embroidery. Could be 1930.

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Thelma Todd On A Toboggan

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Silent era.

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CORSAIR Ad

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Thelma Todd was billed as "Alison Loyd" in this movie, but is billed as Thelma Todd in this ad.

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Hal Roach Ad

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Hal Roach Studio Ad

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From Hollywood Reporter,  April 10, 1934

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Another Book On Hal Roach

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I have learned of another book on Hal Roach. No knowing anything else about it, I am reposting information on it from Amazon. 

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This is the first and only authorized biography of a major figure in 20th century movie history.Hal Roach was the creator of the Little Rascals (aka the “Our Gang Comedies”). He put Laurel together with Hardy and made them the comedic success of their time (first in silent movies, then in talkies). Roach’s forte was comedy, but he also made ground-breaking dramatic films such as Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, starring Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney, Jr. He was great friends with Jean Harlow, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, William Randolph Hearst, and many others, all of whom appear in this volume, warts and all. The book is based on conversations with and recordings taped by Roach’s next-door neighbor Harjinder Singh, in the last few years of Roach’s long life. Any blanks in Roach’s career are now filled in, and he is brought vividly and intimately to life.

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A CAST OF KILLERS

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Sidney Kirkpatrick's book A CAST OF KILLERS is accepted by some of the same people who dislike Andy Edmonds' book* HOT TODDY, although it is the same type of book which is written like a work of fiction, with lots of dialogue**. It has the same story as Kenneth Anger's book HOLLYWOOD BABYLON, which therefore could not be considered new when it appeared again afterwards in a different book.

Taylorology #65:
http://www.taylorology.com/issues/Taylor65.txt


*Including the guy that wrote the last letter.

**And like the Andy Edmonds' book it doesn't have any footnotes.

William Desmond Taylor:

https://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2018/03/william-desmond-taylor.html

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Fan Mail

None too neat or well done, but hey, we'll toss it out there anyway. After all, somebody tossed it our way to begin with.

And maybe I oughta toss it out. But these things can have their uses. You can always stuff the stuff in the cracks to keep the wind out. Or use it to blow your nose on if you haven't got a hankie. Or stick it on your blog on a slow news day.

But hey, shouldn't someone have written their name on that thing?

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THE HOUSE OF HORROR Tag Lines

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More  publicity for THE HOUSE OF HORROR.

Reblogged from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297175/?ref_=ttexrv_exrv_tt

You'll Shiver With Laughter! You'll Shake With Suspense!

SEE The House of Horror - A VITAPHONE TALKING PICTURE (original print ad - mostly caps)

Vitaphone takes you right inside this spook-packed house. You'll see things that will scare the laughs out of you.

Spooks! Hear Them Speak!

This Spook-packed House Will Scare The Laffs Out of You! (Print Ad- Milwaukee Journal, ((Milwaukee, Wisc)) 19 May 1929)

HEAR Louise Fazenda's Famous Scream. (Print Ad- Gazette and Bulletin, (( Williamsport, Penna.)) 9 May 1929)

Here's your chance to go right inside a real, haunted house, Spooks and ghosts from cellar to roof. More thrilling mystery and breath-taking suspense than you've seen in one picture before! (Print Ad- Daily Banner, ((Greencastle, Ind.)) 8 June 1929)

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HOUSE OF HORROR

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House of Horror

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Thelma with James Ford during filming of 'House of Horror,' 1929.

During production First National publicity claimed that Thelma Todd and James Ford were engaged, but they were not.

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Thelma Todd, Barbara Bedford. and Chester Conklin in The Haunted House

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Thelma with Barbara Bedford and Chester Conklin in The Haunted House

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Thelma Todd With English Fans

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Posted by Michael W. Johnson in the Thelma Todd Fan Group on facebook.

Thelma with English fans in 1934, during the making of 'You Made Me Love You.'

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Thelma Todd With Sally Eilers

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Posted in the Thelma Todd Fan Group on facebook.

Michael W. Johnson:
Thelma with Sally Eilers on the U.S.S. Europa returning from England after filming of 'You Made Me Love You.' Sally Eilers was filming a British film entitled 'I Spy.' The photo was taken July 2, 1933.

Darren C. LaPier;
The North German Lloyd's SS Europa wouldn't became the USS Europa til after WWII when it was captured by the allies and briefly used as a transport by the US navy. Was turned over to France to replace the Normandie (which the Navy accidentally destroyed) and was refitted as the Liberte.

Sally Eilers:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251755/
https://silenthollywood.com/sallyeilers.html

SS Europa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Europa_(1928)

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Behind The Scenes Photos From 'You Made Me Love You.'

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 Posted by Michael W. Johnson in the Thelma Todd Fan Group on facebook.


Thelma, Stanley Lupino and director Monty Banks filming 'You Made Me Love You.' 

Another behind the scenes photo from 'You Made Me Love You.'

One more behind the scenes photo.

You Made Me Love You,' 1934. In studio. Notice the microphone boom.

'You Made Me Love You,' 1934. Behind the scenes.

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Thelma Todd Napkins

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Napkins Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe, posted by Scott Margolin in the Thelma Todd Fan Group on facebook.

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