"The Thelma Todd Death Riddle" -SCREEN BOOK August 1937

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SCREEN BOOK for August 1937 had this article on the death of Thelma Todd.

This isn't a very good scan, but at least you can see the pictures.

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Jean Harlow Action Figure

Not really an action figure, more of a collectible, this metal Jean Harlow figurine  represents her as she appeared with Laurel and Hardy in DOUBLE WHOOPEE.

Laurel and Hardy figures represent them as they appeared in DOUBLE WHOOPEE.

Laurel and Hardy with Jean Harlow in a publicity photo from DOUBLE WHOOPEE.

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Hal Roach Studios 20th Anniversary Party

This is a Spanish language magazine article about Hal Roach studio's 20th anniversary party, which I found on the Hal Roach studio group on facebook when I went back to look at the translation for it, which I already had on the blog. I don't recall seeing the article before, just the translation.

Posted by Jorge Finkielman in Hal Roach Studios on Dec. 18, 2014

This is more of a chronology of the studios than a review of the 20th anniversary party

Hal Roach Studios' 20th anniversary by Gilberto Souto - (page 1) - CINEARTE, March 15, 1934. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The translation that Jorge Finkielman posted on facebook: 


Hal Roach Studios' 20th anniversary party by Gilberto Souto - CINEARTE, March 15, 1934. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This is a partial translation of the article dealing with the party, omitting the opening dealing with the history of the studio. The grammatical structure of the original text was not really good but I tried to keep it anyway. Apologies for mistakes and necessary changes to make this as comprehensible as possible in English


In the meantime all of you, my dear readers, do you want to know a bit about the party isn't that true? I will drop here a few of my own impressions.

The first to come to talk with me, giving me a cordial and kind salute, was the delightful Florine McKinney. She, in person, is more beautiful and more interesting than in her Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films. She danced all night with W.S. Van Dyke, the Metro director. And he was very apprehensive, looking at us laughing and lively talking, so she herself took me to him and officially introduced us... Now, Mr. Van Dyke!

Jean Harlow was brilliant. What a difference with the Jean that had spoken with me one year ago. She wasn't that mischievous child in pajamas... She had a very elegant outfit and was the attention of all eyes. She was the most fascinating, until Thelma Todd appeared with an even more elegant dress!

By the way of her hairstyle, everything in small pieces I think that she had to spent more than five hours to get ready for the big night!

And her dress, really, was giving the perfect impression of a fishing net... and how many people would not let caught... if it wasn't that there was also Pat de Cico, her husband, a taller guy than a goal-keeper and as strong as George O'Brien.

But, in truth he spent a long minutes in intimacy like Patsy Kelly, Thelma's new comedy partner and... in person the greatest person I met! You should see Patsy Kelly at a short distance. She is stupendous and really funny, specially, due to her way to say and describe misadventures.

Theda Bara and her husband, Charles Brabin, the famous director... Ruth Roland and Ben Bard, always kind and friendly to me. What a happy couple and since Ruth is still lovely despite the many years we saw her in serials. Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davies were seated in the same table with Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels. It could be that Harold remembered his times when Bebe was his partner and both worked in that same studio?

Bebe changed a lot. She is still nice, a beauty -especially due to here very black and fascinating eyes... Ben Lyon looked like a college boy. He was always laughing and seemed to have a nice disposition. Bebe and Mildred, for a while, talked a lot -like any mother of this world- about their own kids and their things!

But - the highlight of the party arrived when Will Rogers and Groucho Marx decided to join a Hawaiian trio and perform old songs. A circle was formed around them!

Will is the most natural creature and without Hollywood stereotypes. Everybody was wearing a tuxedo - Will appeared with his blue coat and a black tie! It seems that he never combs his hair - just like Stan Laurel in his comedies; although off screen he spends a lot of grease to comb himself!

Kent Taylor, whom you'll see soon in Paramount's CRADLE SONG, is in person a nice and elegant guy, he was very happy. He partnered with a group and keep up with fashion. And today he is famous, nice and sentimental. The Last Round-Up, a typical western song, was performed by a trio to which everybody joined in the chorus. Laughter increased and the party turned more animated.

It wasn't a few more minutes when Stan Laurel joined a group headed by Will Rogers. He was enthusiastic and was asking to the circle what song did they wanted...

Stan Laurel was laughing hysterically. I have never such a happy comedian: he seemed to be dismissing the legend that said that comedians were serious gentlemen, devoted students of philosophy...

How many film celebrities... Raymond Griffith (remember him? what a great comedian?) danced several times with a wonderful blonde girl. I tried to figure out who was she. Finally, I found it - it was Sally Rand! That Sally was involved in several trials in Chicago due to her famous fan dance. Maybe you know about it... She danced but that meant nothing. The thing was that the puritan societies felt that the big feather fans that she used, hardly (ah!) as a dress, didn´t cover her enough!

But, looking at her so beautiful and elegant, who would not defend Sally Rand against any puritan society of this world?

Mother Harlow was as "platinum blond" as her daughter, that dangerous Jean, and - do you know how she treats to the beloved star? - Just by the name of Baby! O more than BABY! There were speeches! But, since Hollywood speeches are different - all with flair of jokes and good humor! Nobody attempted to say great sentences or to quote Latin or Greek writings! Will Rogers, who many people misunderstand the way he talks to the highest and more respected citizen, being sarcastic with Louis B. Mayer.

Louis B. Mayer is very tied with American politics. He was a friend and promoter of Hoover and his own friends are always politicians... Will talk, then, on the radio and said: "Oh, my dear listeners, what a great party we have here! Just movie people - the best simple people! Imagine that there is not among us a senator nor a representative. My friend, Louis B. Mayer, throws big parties. Just a few days ago, he made homage to Marie Dressler - but there were two senators, a governor... and another political figure... Here, no - just people and simple people like all of you! A splendid party! I came here to frankly talk many who are here, just to eat the desert of this feast... I may not have the guts to admit it! I came, also, because I was a Hal Roach employee... Yes, I made some films for him and I could still be here working if he would have not, one day, seen one of my films...

Polly Moran. Believe me, she never stopped for a second - and she was sad in the place when nobody talked to her. Polly was the first to push for conversation. She talked since she sat on the table. She laughed a lot and liked to tell her more or less peppered anecdotes! When they brought the big piece of the anniversary cake, she made a racket and screaming to the other side of the immense hall - she protested to Hal Roach because instead of cake they should have brought a "pie"!

Her husband does not laugh and talk much. Both were in front of my place. Among them, Ruth Roland, Ben Bard, Stan Laurel and other friends were seated. Mr. Malone is a nice guy. He possess as Polly's son, who should be by now forty and makes no secret of that. He seems to be the one who enjoys the most her jokes and feminine good humor. I was even thinking that he should have been a Polly Moran "fan" and in order to not spend money buying movie tickets to see her, he solved the issue in the best way - he married her!

Polly is one of the most popular figures among Hollywood professional photographers - since nobody else than her is in all of the nightly places of the movie city. Photographers, one by one, came to our table asking her to pose. Polly gets ready for the pose and - when one of them is about to shoot - she screams: "And be certain that my brilliants are appearing... I want my friends to see that I am making money now with my films...! And so, this is the way Polly Moran is, wild, talkative and inimitable in her pranks.

And the dances continued... with the sound of several orchestras that followed one to another, cocktails reached to the top of the heads... the laughter was prolonged... and the happiness reached its top... and the night was slowly ending... to give its place to a new day!

And the Hal Roach party left unforgettable memories, memories for all of those who were there...

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Hal Roach Studios' 20th Anniversary Party

Jorge Finkielman posted this translation of a Spanish language article on facebook. It isn't too clear in places, and I had delayed publishing it because of that. But seeing that it is still here and I still hadn't done anything with it, I'll go ahead and put it through. Some more work might still be done on it at a later date.


Hal Roach Studios' 20th anniversary party by Gilberto Souto - CINEARTE, March 15, 1934. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


This is a partial translation of the article dealing with the party, omitting the opening dealing with the history of the studio. The grammatical structure of the original text was not really good but I tried to keep it anyway. Apologies for mistakes and necessary changes to make this as comprehensible as possible in English


In the meantime all of you, my dear readers, do you want to know a bit about the party isn't that true? I will drop here a few of my own impressions.

The first to come to talk with me, giving me a cordial and kind salute, was the delightful Florine McKinney. She, in person, is more beautiful and more interesting than in her Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films. She danced all night with W.S. Van Dyke, the Metro director. And he was very apprehensive, looking at us laughing and lively talking, so she herself took me to him and officially introduced us... Now, Mr. Van Dyke!

Jean Harlow was brilliant. What a difference with the Jean that had spoken with me one year ago. She wasn't that mischievous child in pajamas... She had a very elegant outfit and was the attention of all eyes. She was the most fascinating, until Thelma Todd appeared with an even more elegant dress!

By the way of her hairstyle, everything in small pieces I think that she had to spent more than five hours to get ready for the big night!

And her dress, really, was giving the perfect impression of a fishing net... and how many people would not let caught... if it wasn't that there was also Pat de Cico, her husband, a taller guy than a goal-keeper and as strong as George O'Brien.

But, in truth he spent a long minutes in intimacy like Patsy Kelly, Thelma's new comedy partner and... in person the greatest person I met! You should see Patsy Kelly at a short distance. She is stupendous and really funny, specially, due to her way to say and describe misadventures.

Theda Bara and her husband, Charles Brabin, the famous director... Ruth Roland and Ben Bard, always kind and friendly to me. What a happy couple and since Ruth is still lovely despite the many years we saw her in serials. Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davies were seated in the same table with Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels. It could be that Harold remembered his times when Bebe was his partner and both worked in that same studio?

Bebe changed a lot. She is still nice, a beauty -especially due to here very black and fascinating eyes... Ben Lyon looked like a college boy. He was always laughing and seemed to have a nice disposition. Bebe and Mildred, for a while, talked a lot -like any mother of this world- about their own kids and their things!

But - the highlight of the party arrived when Will Rogers and Groucho Marx decided to join a Hawaiian trio and perform old songs. A circle was formed around them!

Will is the most natural creature and without Hollywood stereotypes. Everybody was wearing a tuxedo - Will appeared with his blue coat and a black tie! It seems that he never combs his hair - just like Stan Laurel in his comedies; although off screen he spends a lot of grease to comb himself!

Kent Taylor, whom you'll see soon in Paramount's CRADLE SONG, is in person a nice and elegant guy, he was very happy. He partnered with a group and keep up with fashion. And today he is famous, nice and sentimental. The Last Round-Up, a typical western song, was performed by a trio to which everybody joined in the chorus. Laughter increased and the party turned more animated.

It wasn't a few more minutes when Stan Laurel joined a group headed by Will Rogers. He was enthusiastic and was asking to the circle what song did they wanted...

Stan Laurel was laughing hysterically. I have never such a happy comedian: he seemed to be dismissing the legend that said that comedians were serious gentlemen, devoted students of philosophy...

How many film celebrities... Raymond Griffith (remember him? what a great comedian?) danced several times with a wonderful blonde girl. I tried to figure out who was she. Finally, I found it - it was Sally Rand! That Sally was involved in several trials in Chicago due to her famous fan dance. Maybe you know about it... She danced but that meant nothing. The thing was that the puritan societies felt that the big feather fans that she used, hardly (ah!) as a dress, didn´t cover her enough!

But, looking at her so beautiful and elegant, who would not defend Sally Rand against any puritan society of this world?

Mother Harlow was as "platinum blond" as her daughter, that dangerous Jean, and - do you know how she treats to the beloved star? - Just by the name of Baby! O more than BABY! There were speeches! But, since Hollywood speeches are different - all with flair of jokes and good humor! Nobody attempted to say great sentences or to quote Latin or Greek writings! Will Rogers, who many people misunderstand the way he talks to the highest and more respected citizen, being sarcastic with Louis B. Mayer.

Louis B. Mayer is very tied with American politics. He was a friend and promoter of Hoover and his own friends are always politicians... Will talk, then, on the radio and said: "Oh, my dear listeners, what a great party we have here! Just movie people - the best simple people! Imagine that there is not among us a senator nor a representative. My friend, Louis B. Mayer, throws big parties. Just a few days ago, he made homage to Marie Dressler - but there were two senators, a governor... and another political figure... Here, no - just people and simple people like all of you! A splendid party! I came here to frankly talk many who are here, just to eat the desert of this feast... I may not have the guts to admit it! I came, also, because I was a Hal Roach employee... Yes, I made some films for him and I could still be here working if he would have not, one day, seen one of my films...

Polly Moran. Believe me, she never stopped for a second - and she was sad in the place when nobody talked to her. Polly was the first to push for conversation. She talked since she sat on the table. She laughed a lot and liked to tell her more or less peppered anecdotes! When they brought the big piece of the anniversary cake, she made a racket and screaming to the other side of the immense hall - she protested to Hal Roach because instead of cake they should have brought a "pie"!

Her husband does not laugh and talk much. Both were in front of my place. Among them, Ruth Roland, Ben Bard, Stan Laurel and other friends were seated. Mr. Malone is a nice guy. He possess as Polly's son, who should be by now forty and makes no secret of that. He seems to be the one who enjoys the most her jokes and feminine good humor. I was even thinking that he should have been a Polly Moran "fan" and in order to not spend money buying movie tickets to see her, he solved the issue in the best way - he married her!

Polly is one of the most popular figures among Hollywood professional photographers - since nobody else than her is in all of the nightly places of the movie city. Photographers, one by one, came to our table asking her to pose. Polly gets ready for the pose and - when one of them is about to shoot - she screams: "And be certain that my brilliants are appearing... I want my friends to see that I am making money now with my films...! And so, this is the way Polly Moran is, wild, talkative and inimitable in her pranks.

And the dances continued... with the sound of several orchestras that followed one to another, cocktails reached to the top of the heads... the laughter was prolonged... and the happiness reached its top... and the night was slowly ending... to give its place to a new day!

And the Hal Roach party left unforgettable memories, memories for all of those who were there...

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Jean Harlow And Daisy Mae

A little bit about LI'L ABNER, the classic comic strip by Al Capp.

In the beginning, Daisy Mae looked like Jean Harlow.

And Mammy Yokum looked like Popeye.

The characters in LI'L ABNER were influenced by the popular culture of the period in which they were made. The look of the comics changed somewhat over the years, at least partly because Al Capp hired assistants to help him with the strip. The influence of  Jean Harlow on the character of Daisy Mae ceased when Jean Harlow herself passed from the scene in 1938.





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RIFFRAFF Photo

I put a copy of this picture on the blog a while back and forgot about it, I have several Jean Harlow pictures that I had neglected to publish. This copy says "Getty Images" on it because of the site it came from, although I'm not sure it that's where I got it from.


Jean Harlow Joseph Calleia, Dorothy Appleby and other players are being directed by J. Walter Ruben in a scene of their latest production, RIFFRAFF, for MGM.

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Hal Roach 20th Anniversary Radio Broadcast

Dec. 12, 1933. VARIETY article on the celebration.

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"Love And The Leading Ladies" - SILVER SCREEN, April 1936

A tale of woe.

Morgan Galloway was an actor with whom Dorothy Appleby had costarred in YOUNG SINNERS on Broadway, hence the character assassination pertaining to acting.  

 

 

 

 

 

This article was written by Ed Sullivan, an old-time reporter who later hosted a prime time variety show on television. There is a reference to ROBERTA early on.  Lyda Roberti starred in the original Broadway production of the JEROME KERN and OTTO HARBACH musical comedy ROBERTA at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City. 

As for the individuals mentioned in this account, we have mentioned some of them before. I believe that Johnny Weissmuller was told to divorce his first wife by MGM because they thought marriage might affect his popularity, after which he married Lupe Velez while still in their employ. Esther Muir would work with the Marx Brothers in the 1937 movie A DAY AT THE RACES: she is thought of as being a replacement for Thelma Todd with the team. Morgan Galloway was an actor with whom Dorothy Appleby had costarred in YOUNG SINNERS on Broadway, hence the character assassination pertaining to acting. 

 

 

Ed Sullivan:
http://www.edsullivan.com/about-ed-sullivan/




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Jean Harlow In DOUBLE WHOOPEE

Jean Harlow appeared in some Hal Roach comedies early in her career.


                                                             DOUBLE WHOOPEE

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Jean Harlow With Laurel And Hardy

From The Laurel And Hardy Archive on facebook.


DOUBLE WHOOPEE
With JEAN HARLOW

DOUBLE WHOOPEE was one of Jean Harlow's earliest film roles. An unknown at the time, she would skyrocket to fame after making HELL'S ANGELS, a role Thelma Todd had previously been considered for. And Thelma Todd more less took Jean Harlow's place at the Roach studio.





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20th Anniversary Hal Roach Studio Celebration

The Hal Roach studio had a 20th anniversary celebration. Here is an article about the party and a translation by Jorge Finkielman from the original Portuguese.

Hal Roach Studios' 20th anniversary party by Gilberto Souto - CINEARTE, March 15, 1934. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


This is a partial translation of the article dealing with the party, omitting the opening dealing with the history of the studio. The grammatical structure of the original text was not really good but I tried to keep it anyway. Apologies for mistakes and necessary changes to make this as comprehensible as possible in English


In the meantime all of you, my dear readers, do you want to know a bit about the party isn't that true? I will drop here a few of my own impressions.

The first to come to talk with me, giving me a cordial and kind salute, was the delightful Florine McKinney. She, in person, is more beautiful and more interesting than in her Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films. She danced all night with W.S. Van Dyke, the Metro director. And he was very apprehensive, looking at us laughing and lively talking, so she herself took me to him and officially introduced us... Now, Mr. Van Dyke!

Jean Harlow was brilliant. What a difference with the Jean that had spoken with me one year ago. She wasn't that mischievous child in pajamas... She had a very elegant outfit and was the attention of all eyes. She was the most fascinating, until Thelma Todd appeared with an even more elegant dress!

By the way of her hairstyle, everything in small pieces I think that she had to spent more than five hours to get ready for the big night!

And her dress, really, was giving the perfect impression of a fishing net... and how many people would not let caught... if it wasn't that there was also Pat de Cico, her husband, a taller guy than a goal-keeper and as strong as George O'Brien.

But, in truth he spent a long minutes in intimacy like Patsy Kelly, Thelma's new comedy partner and... in person the greatest person I met! You should see Patsy Kelly at a short distance. She is stupendous and really funny, specially, due to her way to say and describe misadventures.

Theda Bara and her husband, Charles Brabin, the famous director... Ruth Roland and Ben Bard, always kind and friendly to me. What a happy couple and since Ruth is still lovely despite the many years we saw her in serials. Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davies were seated in the same table with Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels. It could be that Harold remembered his times when Bebe was his partner and both worked in that same studio?

Bebe changed a lot. She is still nice, a beauty -especially due to here very black and fascinating eyes... Ben Lyon looked like a college boy. He was always laughing and seemed to have a nice disposition. Bebe and Mildred, for a while, talked a lot -like any mother of this world- about their own kids and their things!

But - the highlight of the party arrived when Will Rogers and Groucho Marx decided to join a Hawaiian trio and perform old songs. A circle was formed around them!

Will is the most natural creature and without Hollywood stereotypes. Everybody was wearing a tuxedo - Will appeared with his blue coat and a black tie! It seems that he never combs his hair - just like Stan Laurel in his comedies; although off screen he spends a lot of grease to comb himself!

Kent Taylor, whom you'll see soon in Paramount's CRADLE SONG, is in person a nice and elegant guy, he was very happy. He partnered with a group and keep up with fashion. And today he is famous, nice and sentimental. The Last Round-Up, a typical western song, was performed by a trio to which everybody joined in the chorus. Laughter increased and the party turned more animated.

It wasn't a few more minutes when Stan Laurel joined a group headed by Will Rogers. He was enthusiastic and was asking to the circle what song did they wanted...

Stan Laurel was laughing hysterically. I have never such a happy comedian: he seemed to be dismissing the legend that said that comedians were serious gentlemen, devoted students of philosophy...

How many film celebrities... Raymond Griffith (remember him? what a great comedian?) danced several times with a wonderful blonde girl. I tried to figure out who was she. Finally, I found it - it was Sally Rand! That Sally was involved in several trials in Chicago due to her famous fan dance. Maybe you know about it... She danced but that meant nothing. The thing was that the puritan societies felt that the big feather fans that she used, hardly (ah!) as a dress, didn´t cover her enough!

But, looking at her so beautiful and elegant, who would not defend Sally Rand against any puritan society of this world?

Mother Harlow was as "platinum blond" as her daughter, that dangerous Jean, and - do you know how she treats to the beloved star? - Just by the name of Baby! O more than BABY! There were speeches! But, since Hollywood speeches are different - all with flair of jokes and good humor! Nobody attempted to say great sentences or to quote Latin or Greek writings! Will Rogers, who many people misunderstand the way he talks to the highest and more respected citizen, being sarcastic with Louis B. Mayer.

Louis B. Mayer is very tied with American politics. He was a friend and promoter of Hoover and his own friends are always politicians... Will talk, then, on the radio and said: "Oh, my dear listeners, what a great party we have here! Just movie people - the best simple people! Imagine that there is not among us a senator nor a representative. My friend, Louis B. Mayer, throws big parties. Just a few days ago, he made homage to Marie Dressler - but there were two senators, a governor... and another political figure... Here, no - just people and simple people like all of you! A splendid party! I came here to frankly talk many who are here, just to eat the desert of this feast... I may not have the guts to admit it! I came, also, because I was a Hal Roach employee... Yes, I made some films for him and I could still be here working if he would have not, one day, seen one of my films...

Polly Moran. Believe me, she never stopped for a second - and she was sad in the place when nobody talked to her. Polly was the first to push for conversation. She talked since she sat on the table. She laughed a lot and liked to tell her more or less peppered anecdotes! When they brought the big piece of the anniversary cake, she made a racket and screaming to the other side of the immense hall - she protested to Hal Roach because instead of cake they should have brought a "pie"!

Her husband does not laugh and talk much. Both were in front of my place. Among them, Ruth Roland, Ben Bard, Stan Laurel and other friends were seated. Mr. Malone is a nice guy. He possess as Polly's son, who should be by now forty and makes no secret of that. He seems to be the one who enjoys the most her jokes and feminine good humor. I was even thinking that he should have been a Polly Moran "fan" and in order to not spend money buying movie tickets to see her, he solved the issue in the best way - he married her!

Polly is one of the most popular figures among Hollywood professional photographers - since nobody else than her is in all of the nightly places of the movie city. Photographers, one by one, came to our table asking her to pose. Polly gets ready for the pose and - when one of them is about to shoot - she screams: "And be certain that my brilliants are appearing... I want my friends to see that I am making money now with my films...! And so, this is the way Polly Moran is, wild, talkative and inimitable in her pranks.

And the dances continued... with the sound of several orchestras that followed one to another, cocktails reached to the top of the heads... the laughter was prolonged... and the happiness reached its top... and the night was slowly ending... to give its place to a new day!

And the Hal Roach party left unforgettable memories, memories for all of those who were there...

 

 

The article as it originally appeared.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SEEIN' STARS And SCREEN ODDITIES

SEEIN' STARS by Feg Murray and SCREEN ODDITIES by George Scarbo were two similar newspaper cartoons about movie stars.


Reblogged from http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/
































In THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938, there was a scene in which Martha Raye stood admiring her reflection in a mirror and said, "What a shape!" It wasn't just her legs that were shapely, although that seems to have been what the publicity was focusing on in this period. Usually they just said she had a big mouth and that she was funny.




















THE BULLFIGHTERS was the last movie Laurel and Hardy made in this country. Most of the pies they threw seem to have been thrown in one of their earlier ones, THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY. Although Gary Cooper's first leading role was opposite Thelma Todd in NEVADA, he didn't work with Laurel and Hardy at the beginning of his career, although Lupe Velez, Jean Harlow, and Paulette Goddard did.




THE BULLFIGHTERS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bullfighters




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Laurel And Hardy Photos

                                         LIBERTY with Jean Harlow

UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE ( 1929 ) with Mae Busch.

                                CHICKENS COME HOME with Mae Busch and Thelma Todd

With Walter Long in ANY OLD PORT.

Laurel and Hardy with Mrs. Hal Roach and Thelma Todd

 

 

 

 

OUR RELATIONS ( 1936 ) with Betty Healy, Lona Andre, and Iris Adrian.

 

 

 

 

 

PICK A STAR

 With Lyda Roberti, Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly, San Laurel, and Oliver Hardy.




Laurel and Hardy look at a comic book in front of pictures that include Joe Rock, Oliver Hardy, Hal Roach, and Harry Langdon.

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Technicolor Ads Listing Thelma Todd As Being In HELL'S ANGELS

These 1930 ads for Technicolor productions all listed Thelma Todd as being in HELL'S ANGELS, although Jean Harlow was not always mentioned. And where she is mentioned at all they misspelled her name.

I may not have all these ads in the right order, as I do not have the exact dates they were published.



Dennis King is pictured on this ad. FILM DAILY Jan- May 1930

Dennis King would later appear in THE DEVIL'S BROTHER along with Laurel and Hardy and Thelma Todd.



MOTION PICTURE Jan - March 1930

Note that the add calls Jean Harlow "Jean Marlow".



FILM DAILY Jan- May 1930

The ads would continue to repeat the misspelling of Jean Harlow's last name for some time, as well as continuing to list Thelma Todd as being among the cast of HELL'S ANGELS.



Bebe Daniels, who married Ben Lyon that year, is shown on the back of MOTION PICTURE NEWS April-July 1930

Jean Harlow is not listed as being among the cast of HELL'S ANGELS in this ad.



An ad for FOLLOW THROUGH mentions that Thelma Todd is in it. FILM DAILY Jun-Dec. 1930

Jean Harlow is not listed as being in the cast of HELL'S ANGELS here.



Wheeler and Woolsey are among the stars depicted in this ad. FILM DAILY Jun- Dec 1930

 Jean Harlow is not listed among the cast of HELL'S ANGELS here.



Zasu Pitts and Joe E. Brown are mentioned as being in the cast of THE LOTTERY BRIDE. PICTURE PLAY July - Dec. 1930

Jean Harlow not mentioned as being among the cast of HELL'S ANGELS here.



Watch color scenes in HELL'S ANGELS.







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Thelma Todd Mentioned In Hell's Angels Cast

Thelma Todd is mentioned as being among the cast of HELL'S ANGELS in a number of fan magazines at different stages of the production.


In the upper part of the center of the page is an early announcement of HELL'S ANGELS which mentions both Greta Nyssen and Thelma Todd.

MOTION PICTURE CLASSIC, July -December 1928 according to Lantern Media.

Is this Lon Chaney Duck scientifically accurate? I think not. Nor indeed do I think it was used in any duck tale of any kind, being a picture for publicity only.




In the middle of this page is an announcement that HELL'S ANGELS is being completed, with both Greta Nyssen and Thelma Todd mentioned as being among the cast.
MOTION PICTURE NEWS from Lantern Media, with the imprecise date of July - September 1928.

This announcement must have been premature as Jean Harlow was used in the sound version.




At the lower right-hand side of the page is an announcement that HELL'S ANGELS has been completed, with Thelma Todd stated to be among the cast.
MOTION PICTURE NEWS May 10, 1930.

Thelma Todd was not among the cast of the finished movie.



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HELL'S ANGELS Flyer

Spanish language flyer for the movie HELL'S ANGELS.

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"Jean Harlow - Hell's Angel" - PHOTOPLAY

A magazine article about Jean Harlow that is related to the movie HELL'S ANGELS.

 

 

 

 

Marie Dressler and Polly Moran were the top female comedy team of their day.



Fictional physchotherapeutic session between Freud and Harlow.

Marie Dressler and Polly Moran:
http://oldmovieteams.wordpress.com/about/marie-dressler-polly-moran/

Sally Eilers:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2014/01/sally-eilers.html

Jean Harlow:
http://www.jeanharlow.com/

Buster Keaton:
http://www.buster-keaton.com/


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