SPEAK EASILY Photos

SPEAK EASILY is a 1932 comedy with Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd.

                                                                     Thelma Todd.

                                                  Buster Keaton and Thelma Todd.

                                                     Buster Keaton and Thelma Todd.

                                                                   Thelma Todd.

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Kidnappers In Hollywood - PICTURE PLAY, 1932

Kidnappers were in the news after the Lindbergh case. A number of stars received kidnap threats, including Mae West and Thelma Todd.

Mae West receives extortion notes:
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/09/13/1935-mae-west-extortion-case/





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Buster Keaton Ads

Newspaper ads for SPEAK EASILY and WHAT, NO BEER? Some of the ads for SPEAK EASILY emphasized Thelma Todd, but in the film she played the "other woman" and wasn't as important to Keaton's character as Pansy Peets ( Ruth Selwyn ).

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Happy New Year

From Buster Keaton!

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Merry Christmas

From

Myrna Loy

Muriel Evans

Buster Keaton

Iris Adrian

Marie Wilson

Bette Davis

Bela Lugosi

Boris Karloff

Bob Hope

Bob Hope and Lucille Ball

Rosemary and Priscilla Lane

Arlene Dahl

Debbie Reynolds

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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.

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Buster Keaton Photos

OH DOCTOR! Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton as Keystone Kops. Not made at Keystone.

Buster Keaton and Anita Page.

Buster Keaton and friends in SPEAK EASILY

Buster Keaton with Dorothy Appleby and Elsie Ames in THE TAMING OF THE SNOOD ( 1940 ). They were two of the actresses he made the most movies with in the sound era.

Jess Barker, Ginny Simms, Red Skelton, Edna Skelton, and Buster Keaton during the cake cutting ceremony on St. Patrick's Day at the Hollywood Canteen.

Buster Keaton with Audrey Totter. 1949.

Rhonda Fleming meets the subject of The Buster Keaton Story (1957).

Buster Keaton and Ann Blyth in a publicity photo for THE BUSTER KEATON STORY.

Buster Keaton and Bobbi Shaw in THE PAJAMA PARTY ( 1964 ). Bobbi Shaw was one of the actresses who worked with Buster Keaton most often during the sound era.

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SPEAK EASILY Photos

Thelma Todd, Jimmy Durante, Buster Keaton, and Hedda Hopper in a publicity photo for SPEAK EASILY ( 1932 ). This photo differs from the scene in the actual movie, which was frequently the case, as these stills were shot separately.

Thelma Todd and Buster Keaton in a publicity photo for SPEAK EASILY ( 1932 ).

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SPEAK EASILY

Buster Keaton, Thelma Todd, and Jimmy Durante play cards in a publicity photo for SPEAK EASILY ( 1932 ).

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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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Glass Slides

These magic lantern slides were used to advertise coming attractions.



Slide for advertising Mutt & Jeff cartoons.

HAUNTED SPOOKS ( 1920 )

THE THREE AGES ( 1923 )

METROPOLIS ( 1927 )

IMAGINE MY EMBARASSMENT ( 1929 )

SCHOOL BEGINS ( 1928 )

THE GAY DEFENDER ( 1927 ) with Thelma Todd.

THE CRASH ( 1928 ) with Thelma Todd.

SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN ( 1929 ) with Thelma Todd.

THE BAT WHISPERS ( 1930 )

GOLDDIGGERS OF BROADWAY ( 1929 )

BIG CITY BLUES ( 1932 )

THE INVISIBLE MAN ( 1933 )

                                                      A NIGHT AT THE OPERA ( 1935 )

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