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From Marie Wilson, who played "My Friend Irma"!
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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.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Happy New Year
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From Our Gang!
A happy 1926 from the Our Gang kids! (Motion Picture News, January 1926)
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A happy 1926 from the Our Gang kids! (Motion Picture News, January 1926)
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Friday, December 24, 2021
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Monday, December 20, 2021
Hal Roach Christmas Ads
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.Christmas ads from the Hal Roach studio, from the Hal Roach studio page on facebook.
In the stockings are Laurel and Hardy, Pitts and Todd, Chase, Our Gang, and Ben Blue, the studios' stars in this period.
Art by George Herriman, a friend of Roach's who drew "Krazy Kat".
George Herriman:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herriman
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Sunday, December 19, 2021
Thelma Todd, Doris Dawson, and Jack Mulhall Christmas
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Thelma Todd, Doris Dawson, and Jack Mulhall getting into the Christmas spirit.
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Thursday, December 16, 2021
Thelma Todd , Dennis King And Hal Roach
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Reblogged from https://beauchumps.wordpress.com/2019/12/16/thelma-todd-29-july-1906-16-december-1935/?fbclid=IwAR3AqjiCH84ddlOTGXk7564NNlu-6YOYmWTyn
Thelma Todd , Dennis King and Producer Hal Roach on the Fra Diavolo set. This would probably be in February 1933.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Monday, December 6, 2021
BUSTER KEATON THELMA TODD VINTAGE MATCHBOOK BOX 1930S
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Spanish matchbox offering wonderful portrait of Buster Keaton on 1 side & Thelma Todd on the other.
the name 'Vicente Real' appears on 1 side.
No matches.
measures a little bigger than 1.75" x .5" x 1.75."
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Friday, December 3, 2021
An Ad For The CINEARTE Album Edition
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From Jorge Finkelman on facebook:
An ad for the CINEARTE album edition, which was published on the earliest days of 1930. This magazine is fully available online
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This has an old publicity photo from the silent era, it shows Thelma Todd with beans because of the association of beans with Boston, and they were saying she was from Boston. Actually she was from Lawrence, another city in Massachusetts.
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Thelma Todd Photo
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A 1930 Original / Vintage 8x10 photograph of THELMA TODD. The original Hal Roach - MGM description can be found on the reverse of the photo. The tag on the reverse dates this photo 2/6/30. Stamp signed in the negative just above the bottom border (NOT a hand signed autograph).
This photo is part of a collection originally amassed by George Smoots. Mr. Smoots wa an oil company credit manager, who had a love for the movies and collected photos of Hollywood stars from the 1920s until his passing in 1951. Mr. Smoots knew most of the studio photographers and through these connections was able to amass a sizable collection. This collection remained undisturbed from his death in 1951 until the early 1980s. The majority of the collection was donated to the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in 1992. At that time the donation was the largest one-time donation of photographs ever made by a private party to the Library. An article describing this donation can be found in the June, 1992 Academy Report (Volume 1, No. 2). This photo is part of the remaining photographs that were not donated to AMPAS and represent the best of the best of the Smoots collection.
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Thursday, December 2, 2021
Thelma Todd vint dutch de Reszke Cigarette Trading Card
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Thelma Todd vint dutch de Reszke Cigarette Trading Card
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving
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Thelma and Doris Dawson in a publicity still during the filming of 'Naughty Baby,' 1928.
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Michael W. JohnsontoThelma Todd Fan Group
Thelma and Doris Dawson in a publicity still during the filming of 'Naughty Baby,' 1928.
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Height Comparison
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Clara Bow, Loretta Young, and Norma Shearer. Loretta Young's height is given as 5'3.5", same as Clara Bow.
About the same height was given for a number of screen stars. The coroner gave 5'3" as Thelma Todd's height, which is close to the same height. Although I don't think that Clara Bow and Loretta Young were taller than Thelma Todd. It looks like someone gave the wrong figures.
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Clara Bow, Loretta Young, and Norma Shearer. Loretta Young's height is given as 5'3.5", same as Clara Bow.
About the same height was given for a number of screen stars. The coroner gave 5'3" as Thelma Todd's height, which is close to the same height. Although I don't think that Clara Bow and Loretta Young were taller than Thelma Todd. It looks like someone gave the wrong figures.
The Ideal Screen Figure:
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Thelma Todd's Height
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A young Loretta Young with Thelma Todd in a publicity photo for SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN.
Loretta Young's height has also been given as 5'6". She was not taller than Thelma Todd.
Loretta Young:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949835/
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Thursday, November 18, 2021
Thelma Todd's Height
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Thelma Todd's height is usually given as 5'4", while Zasu Pitts and Anita Garvin are said to have been 5'6". In photos Thelma Todd doesn't appear to be much shorter than either of them
ASLEEP IN THE FEET
Anita Garvin, Zasu Pitts, and Thelma Todd.
They could have been trying for that effect, but comparisons with people in other photos also give the impression that Thelma Todd was around the size that was claimed at the time.
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Thelma Todd's height is usually given as 5'4", while Zasu Pitts and Anita Garvin are said to have been 5'6". In photos Thelma Todd doesn't appear to be much shorter than either of them
ASLEEP IN THE FEET
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Anita Garvin, Zasu Pitts, and Thelma Todd.
SHOW BUSINESS
Anita Garvin, Zasu Pitts, and Thelma Todd.
They could have been trying for that effect, but comparisons with people in other photos also give the impression that Thelma Todd was around the size that was claimed at the time.
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