Thelma Todd Photo

A Hal Roach studio publicity photo said to date from 1935. Note the spotlight on the right.

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Sound Truck At The Roach Studio

From the Laurel and Hardy Archive on facebook.


STAN LAUREL, sound engineer ELMER RAGUSE and OLIVER HARDY on board of the new sound truck
1929
(from the Craig Raguse collection)

With the gang.

Standing-SC Baden, Warren Doane, Stan, Babe, James Harrison. Kneeling on truck-James Greene, Elmer Raguse, Jack Whitaker, Dip Nece

The truck, btw, was bult on an REO Speedwagon chassis.


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HAL ROACH'S FUNNIES

HAL ROACH'S FUNNIES was an in-house publication at the Hal Roach studio. Thelma Todd and Gallant are on the cover of this issue.

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Hal Roach Feature Films

Newspaper article announces Roach's move into features.

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Hal Roach Studio Ad And More

MOTION PICTURE HERALD, July 30, 1932

NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE Oct. 1932

Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts are mentioned on the right side of his page, just above the last item.



MOTION PICTURE HERALD Sept. 15, 1934

Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts are mentioned at the end of this page along with Laurel and Hardy as making everyone laugh.

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Thelma Todd With The Bear, And Harry Langdon, Too

There was a bear they used to photograph all the girls with, here is a picture of Thelma Todd with him.

This scene was later depicted in a SCREEN ODDITIES cartoon, with the caption "Thelma Todd has even the bears eating out of her hand.

Thelma Todd and Harry Langdon with the bear, in SKY BOY ( 1929 ).

The Harry Langdon puzzle may also be related to this film, as it shows him in the polar regions.

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Harry Langdon At The Roach Studio

Harry Langdon's career went into a decline after the coming of sound. In 1929 he made a series of two-reel comedies for Hal Roach, but it didn't last and he soon moved on to other studios, later returning to Roach as a gagman.


Reblogged from http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com/2013/08/harry-langdon-heart-trouble-in_2.html

Scenes from the short promotional film Hal Roach made to announce that Harry Langdon would be working for his studio. Thelma Todd also appeared in this film.

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Hal Roach Publicity Photo

Thelma Todd in another publicity picture for the Hal Roach studio.

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Thelma Todd Photo

Thelma Todd and friends pose with an airliner in an early publicity photo for the Hal Roach studio.

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Thelma Todd Publicity Photo

Early Hal Roach publicity photo of Thelma Todd.

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Thelma Todd Photo

A Thelma Todd publicity photo from the Hal Roach studio in the early days of sound. The idea here is that she's in an oyster shell with a bunch of pearls, which here seem to be called jewels. "Joya" is jewel in Spanish, and the name "Joya" was on Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe was because of Jewel Carmen, who financed it. Likewise Roland West's yacht "Joyita" was named for her: Joyita means "little jewel".

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

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Thelma Todd And Charley Chase Photo

Thelma Todd and Charley Chase in a publicity picture from the Hal Roach studio that dates to the early days to the talkies.

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1929 Thelma Todd Publicity From 1929

From the Hal Roach Studio group on facebook.


Exhibitors Herald World - November 16, 1929

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Girls Posing On A Box At The Roach Studio.

Thelma Todd poses on a box in a publicity photo for Hal Roach.

Martha Sleeper sitting on what might be the same box Thelma Todd posed on at the Hal Roach studio.

Paulette Goddard on a box at the Hal Roach studio in 1932.

A picture of Thelma Todd on a box used for a magazine article.

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HOTTER THAN HOT

Harry Langdon with Thelma Todd in HOTTER THAN HOT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A review for SHANGHAI LADY mentions that HOTTER THAN HOT was part of the program.

Reblogged from http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com/2013/08/harry-langdon-heart-trouble-in_2.html







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Dorothy Coburn With Laurel And Hardy

Dorothy Coburn in a publicity photo with Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel.

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


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Thelma Todd Clipping

From the Hal Roach Studio page on facebook.


This 1929 item mentions that Thelma Todd is working for Hal Roach.

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HOTTER THAN HOT Item

From the Hal Roach Studio page on facebook.


Thelma is along for the ride in Harry Langdon's first Hal Roach film, HOTTER THAN HOT. From EXHIBITORS HERALD WORLD July, 1929

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Thelma Todd And Charley Chase

From the Hal Roach Studio on facebook.

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Joyce Compton Letter And Photo 4 8 81

Joyce Compton sent this letter to a fan, along with a photo of her from the Hal Roach production TURNABOUT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Original glossy photo without borders of JOYCE COMPTON from the 1940 film, “TURNABOUT.”

On the back of the photo is an affixed typed snipe.  It reads “Joyce Compton, featured in the hilarious Hal Roach production, “Turnabout,” with her two prize Brussels Griffins.  Roach produced and directed the sparkling Thorne Smith novel with a stellar cast featuring Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, William Gargan, Verree Teasdale and Mary Astor.  A United Artists release.”

Joyce Compton was an American actress who acted in more than 200 films during her 35 year career.  She was born Olivia Joyce Compton in Lexington, Kentucky and not "Eleanor Hunt" as is frequently erroneously stated.  She had appeared in the 1931 film “Good Sport” with Eleanor Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed Compton throughout her career.

JOYCE COMPTON first made a name for herself when she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926, alongside: Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray.

Also selling is a 8 1/2” X 11” Vintage Original two-sided AUTOGRAPH Letter signed by JOYCE COMPTON with her own hand in black ink.  In this lengthy letter she speaks of some photos Peter Hanson had sent her, and of some of her personal memories, likes, and private moments in life.  She speaks of breeding pure-bred dogs and cats as well as doing oil painting and the specifics of  some of her paintings.  She speaks of being a red head, as well as being blonde during her career, but that she is now "a little old lady".   A portion of the original envelope she addressed is enclosed with a postmark date of April 8, 1981, which dates the timeframe of this letter to PETER HANSON to 1981.   Peter Hanson was a well-known movie star memorabilia collector and was known to be friends with many of the Hollywood stars.  I purchased this photo, along with this letter and envelope clipping from the PETER HANSON estate.   This is a must have fro the JOYCE COMPTON collector, as the letter very much personalizes the life of JOYCE COMPTON and most detailed.

Also included is an 4 1/4” X 4 1/4” envelope clipping from the envelope the letter was sent in. It has a April 8, 1981 postmark.

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