Pathe Announcement For 1928-1929

Pathe was at one time an important film distributor in the United States. Later their importance decreased, although they continued to distribute the Pathe news in this country for years.

Stars of Pathe films.

 

Within a few years, Marie Prevost would be dead of starvation as a result of being told she was "too fat" to work in the movies.

 

 

 

Lina Basquette was one of Thelma Todd's friends.

 

 

This was her most famous movie.

 

 

 

William Boyd before he played "Hopalong Cassidy".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pathe had distributed THE PERILS OF PAULINE in the silent days.

 

But with the coming of sound serials went into something of a decline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Boyd before he played "Hopalong Cassidy".

Paul Terry's cartoons were at one time distributed by Pathe.

 

The coming of sound would see the popularity of cartoons increase following the great success of Walt Disney.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pathe had distributed the films of Hal Roach. After that, they distributed the films of Mack Sennett.

 

Plenty of bathing beauties are evident, with Harry Langdon and Billy Bevan visible at upper right.

 

 

Thelma Todd appeared in one of the "Grantland Rice Sportlights" .

Phyllis Haver started out as one of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties.

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PLAYERS AT PLAY ( 1929 )

PLAYERS AT PLAY was a 1929 film which showed different movie stars at play. Thelma Todd appears at the end riding a horse.

Cast ( reblogged from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496053/ ):
	Robert Armstrong	...	Himself (as Bob Armstrong)
	Noah Beery	...	Himself
	Frank Coghlan Jr.	...	Himself (as Junior Coghlan)
	Jackie Coogan	...	Himself
	Robert Coogan	...	Himself
	Louise Fazenda	...	Herself
	Neil Hamilton	...	Himself
	Phyllis Haver	...	Herself
	Marie Prevost	...	Herself
	Thelma Todd	...	Herself

PLAYERS AT PLAY was part of the long - running Grantland Rice Sportlight series, which took it's name from sportswriter Grantland Rice. This particular film is said to have had it's subtitles written by Grantland Rice.


The copy on youtube is accompanied by a song by Louis Armstrong, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, as well as another song by another singer.





Grantland Rice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantland_Rice

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Grantland_Rice


PLAYERS AT PLAY:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496053/


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