VAMPING VENUS Pictures

More pictures from VAMPING VENUS.

The form divine juxtaposed with junk in an antique photo intended to invoke antiquity.

Reblogged from https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/538925.html

This one has been on the blog before.

Reblogged from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019520/mediaviewer/rm3649263872

But without this caption:

Thelma Todd, Catherine Hunter, and Robert H. Wagner in Vamping Venus (1928)

I knew who the other people were. Catherine Hunter and Rob Wagner were two of Thelma Todd's friends who wrote about her in the fan magazines. But somehow I missed the Venus connection, although you can see in this picture that she has the same hairdo.

Hirschfeld caricatures of Thelma Todd and Charlie Murray

Reblogged from http://www.alhirschfeldfoundation.org/news/more-hirschfelds-youve-ever-seen

An ad for the movie

Reblogged from http://www.imdb.com/

Poster

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Thelma Todd Fashion Photo

Thelma Todd in a fashion photo from when she was working for First National around the time that sound came in. Someone wrote "Alison Loyd" on the back of the photo ( evidently unsure of the spelling ) and later crossed it out again as Thelma Todd was no longer using that name, which was associated with the movie CORSAIR.

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First National Trade Ad For Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd started out at Paramount, but afterwards worked for First National. First National later became Warner Brothers.

THE WRECKING BOSS was a working title for THE CRASH ( 1928).




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Fan Magazine Photo

EU SEI TUDO, May, 1930, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Special thanks to Jorge Finkielman for providing us with this picture.




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Fan Magazine Photo

EU SEI TUDO, April, 1930, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Special thanks to Jorge Finkielman for providing us with this photo.

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Thelma Todd With Joe E. Brown

This is a publicity picture for SON OF A SAILOR, in which Thelma Todd played a foreign spy and wore a brunette wig.

"Vitaphone" referred originally to a sound on disc process, but the name continued to be used by Warner Brothers after the system was replaced by sound on film. The name First National likewise continued to be used after that studio had merged with Warner Brothers. The old First National logo with the ring around the country may be seen at the bottom of this picture.


First National:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National



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HEART TO HEART Photo

HEART TO HEART publicity photo with caption explaining that the players are playing marbles with cannon balls.

 

 

 

HEART TO HEART:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018987/


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Fan Photo With Original Envelope

From the Hal Roach Studio page on facebook.

This is a photograph sent to fans by First National ( later Warner Brothers ) with the original envelope. The photo has Thelma Todd's autograph printed on it.




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VAMPING VENUS Photo

VAMPING VENUS was a 1928 comedy that was produced by First National. Here is a picture from this movie with Thelma Todd as Venus, with Louise Fazenda.

Thanks go to Jorge Finkielman for sending us this picture.




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SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN Ad

SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN ad in Portuguese from a Brazilian newspaper.


1929 - SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN - Benjamin Christensen - (CORREIO DA MANHA, Friday, June 7, 1929, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)













Special thanks to Jorge Finkielman for providing this ad.








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SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN Ad

SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN ad in Portuguese from a Brazilian newspaper.


1929 - SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN - Benjamin Christensen - (JORNAL DO BRASIL, Friday, June 7, 1929, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)









The ad shows Thelma Todd in the clutches of a gorilla, with Creighton Hale coming to her aid. Note the reference to "Vitaphone" in the ad. Although this film has been referred to as a talkie, it was actually a silent movie with musical soundtrack on vitaphone records played in sync with the film.




















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THE HAUNTED HOUSE ( 1928 ) Item ( Portugese )

THE HAUNTED HOUSE was one of three horror comedies Thelma Todd made with Benjamin Christenson at First National in the late 1920's. Here is a publicity item for this film that appeared in a Brazilian newspaper  - CORREIO DA MANHA, Sunday, June 25, 1929, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil





























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Thelma Todd In The Fan Magazines

Some ads and some pictures from vintage fan magazines.




EXHIBITOR'S HERALD AND MOVING PICTURE WORLD March 31, 1928

 

 

THE FILM DAILY May 20, 1928

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITOR'S HERALD AND MOVING PICTURE WORLD Apr.-June 1929

SCREENLAND, Nov 1928-Apr. 1929

PICTURE PLAY Sept 1927-Feb 1928

PICTURE PLAY, Mar.-July 1929

PICTURE PLAY, July- Dec. 1930

A number of pictures from the movie FOLLOW THROUGH here, including one of Thelma Todd as Cleopatra.

 

 

 

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Thelma Todd Publicity Items

Some clippings from The Laurel and Hardy Archive on facebook. Some of them look familiar, some of them don't. They're all interesting.



                                             Item from PICTURE SHOW, July 8, 1933.

Fresh from Paramount's acting school in the silent era.

Thelma Todd was confused with Lola Todd in this item.

Thelma Todd at First National ( later Warner Brothers ).

 

 

VAMPING VENUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

A prohibition era item for SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN.

 

 

 

Peekaboo.

                                  To be, or not to be, dramatic - that is the question.

                                             Goldilocks and the three little piggies.

 

 

 

 

THE HOT HEIRESS item. 

One of the two-reelers, LOOK OUT BELOW, was a Jack White comedy filmed at Educatrional.

                                          In front of the Brown Derby with Ivan Lebedeff.

 

 

 

 

Marriage announcement

 

 

 

 

 

With Harry Langdon at the Roach studio. 

                                  RED HOT was a working title for HOTTER THAN HOT.



                                                             Thelma with a little dog.

                                               Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts with a giant.

                                           Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly with some cards.

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