"Olympus Moves To Hollywood" - PHOTOPLAY 1928

Another magazine article that compares glamour girls to a statue of Venus. Thelma Todd is mentioned.

 

 

 

 

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Margaret Lindsay - PICTURE PLAY

Margaret Lindsay's association with Pat DiCicco and the investigation of the death of Thelma Todd is briefly mentioned in this magazine article.



PICTURE PLAY Magazine, 1936

Dorothy Appleby tested for the part of the Chinese girl in THE GOOD EARTH. She didn't get the part, which went to Luise Rainer. 

 

 

The misfortunes of Margaret Lindsay are discussed at the bottom of this page. 

 

 

By the time this article saw print Margaret Lindsay was no longer seeing Pat DiCicco.  

 

 

 

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Another Name The Actress Contest

Another name the actress contest, this time one for Joan Crawford, who at that time was known as Lucille Le Sueur.

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Happy Halloween

From Joan Crawford.

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Happy 4th Of July!

From:

                                                                 Marion Schilling

 

Joan Crawford

 

 

 

Madge Evans

 

 

 

Marian Marsh

 

 

 

Ava Gardner

 

 

 

 

Betty Hutton

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Alison Loyd In HEBDO

This issue of the Belgian magazine HEBDO is dated June 10, 1932. It has Joan Crawford on the cover,

 

 

and has a picture of "Alison Loyd" inside -

 

this was a stage name Thelma Todd had used in the movie CORSAIR.

 

CORSAIR had been made in 1931 and Thelma Todd didn't use the name again after that, but as we see here, that name could still turn up on later on. 

Alison Loyd:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2012/11/alison-loyd.html


CORSAIR:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021764/

http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2012/11/corsair.html





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Max Factor

Max Factor was a real makeup man in Hollywood who became famous and came out with his own line of makeup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thelma Todd at top left

 

 

Jean Harlow at bottom right.

 

 

 

 

 

Bessie Love with Max Factor.

 

 

 

 

 

Thelma Todd with Max Factor

 

 

 

 

 

Loretta Young with Max Factor

 

 

 

 

 

Testimonials from the stars

 

 

 

 

 

Max Factor with Joan Crawford

 

 

Reccomended by Billie Dove

 

Lupe Velez with Max Factor

 

Front and back covers

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More From MOTION PICTURE

More items from MOTION PICTURE.



This ad for Lux soap predates the ad that shows Thelma Todd's picture.

 

but Thelma Todd is listed as one of the blondes who use Lux soap.

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of Thelma Todd on the bottom of the page.

 Howard Dean Carsey, who took the picture of Thelma Todd, was a prominent Hollywood photographer.

 

 

 

Fans ask abour their favorites. Second item, adressed to "Jo", refers to Thelma Todd as well as Sue Carol.

 

 

 

 

 

 One of a series of photos of Thelma Todd with Alice White from around the time they made NAUGHTY BABY.

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of Thelma Todd feeding a deer at the bottom of the page.

 

"Thank Thelma" item for Thelma Todd cocktail from September 1935.

Roland Young and Thelma Todd had appeared together in the movie THIS IS THE NIGHT. They were also said to be associated offscreen.






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Joan Crawford And The Pirates

"The Dragon Lady" of  Milt Caniff's "Terry And The Pirates" is actually based on Joan Crawford.

When "Terry And The Pirates" began, Milt Caniff's art looked much the same as it had in "Dumb Dora". The new girl character ( Normandy Drake ) was similar to Dumb Dora in appearence.

TERRY AND THE PIRATES strip for 5-18-35.

But as he continued working on the strip the style changed somewhat and began to take on the look it is remembered for today.

"The Dragon Lady" was introduced as an oriental villianess who was the head of a gang of Chinese pirates.

Reblogged from http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=629

There were other stooges, but this could well be a reference to the familiar Three. It's the right period.

During the second World War, the Dragon Lady helped fight the Japanese in China and became an ally of the United States.

The Dragon Lady continued to be a part of the strip after the war. Eventually the strip passed into other hands after Milt Caniff started another strip, "Steve Canyon".


One of the inspirations of the Dragon Lady was a real-life Chinese woman pirate named Lo Hon-Cho.

But Milt Caniff said that he modeled his comic strip character on Joan Crawford, seen here in a picture with him and a picture he drew of the Dragon Lady.

Here are a couple of drawings Caniff gave to Joan Crawford.

Joan Crawford site:
http://www.legendaryjoancrawford.com/index.html

Joan Crawford and Terry And The Pirates:
http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/c.htm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001076/bio


Terry And The Pirates:
http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2008/02/heroic-evolution.html


Terry And The Pirates Go To War:
http://kellyriggsmysteries.com/2012/08/milton-caniff-and-terry-go-to-war/





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SILVER SCREEN December 1930

Another period fan magazine with pictures of Thelma Todd and other movie stars.

Joan Crawford had worked with Harry Langdon in the silent era. After sound came in, she was a star.

 

 

 

Clara Bow's popularity had slipped, but she was still making movies in the thirties. The line about her "capers" refers to bad publicity related to scandals of the time.

 

 

 

Blondes were big in the thirties, but here we have Thelma Todd as a brunette. Actresses frequently changed their hair colors for different roles.

 

 

 

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THE AUTOGRAPH HOUND

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

The Autograph Hound
Donald Duck series
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack King
Voices by	Clarence Nash Billy Bletcher
Animation by	Johnny Cannon John Elliotte Larry Clemmons Ed Dunn Ed Love Ward Kimball Paul Allen Rex Cox Seamus Culhane Nick De Tolly (assistant)
Studio	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	September 1, 1939
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7:55
Language	English

The Autograph Hound is a 1939 American Donald Duck cartoon which features Donald Duck as an autograph hunter in Hollywood. Many celebrities from the 1930s are featured. This is the first cartoon where Donald Duck is featured in his blue sailor hat.

Plot

Donald Duck tries to enter a Hollywood studio so he can search for celebrities willing to sign their autograph. A police officer guarding the gate prevents him from entering the building. Donald manages to sneak inside by climbing on the limousine with Greta Garbo so that it seems he's riding along with her. The police officer discovers he's been fooled and chases Donald, who enters a room with the name "Mickey Rooney" on it. Inside, Mickey Rooney is dressing up in front of the mirror, when Donald asks him for his autograph. Rooney writes his name in Donald's book and makes it disappear and reappear with a magic trick. Donald, who is not amused, tries to impress Rooney by doing a similar trick with an egg. The egg is however obviously hidden under Donald's hat and Rooney who is aware of this, crushes it, laughing loudly. Donald gets extremely angry and starts waving his fists, while Rooney manages to put a violin in Donald's hands. When Donald discovers he has been tricked for the third time he throws the violin at Rooney. Rooney ducks and the instrument lands in the face of the police officer.
Alarmed, Donald runs away and hides under a bell-jar carried by actor Henry Armetta. When the police officer discovers Donald's hiding place the duck runs to another film set full with ice. There he meets Sonja Henie and asks her for an autograph. Henie signs her name by skating it in the ice, so that Donald has to carry it with him. While walking in a desert setting Donald discovers the ice has melted. He notices a tent with the silhouettes of three belly dancing Arabic women, who turn out to be the Ritz Brothers. Excited, he asks them for their autographs, but behaving like screwballs they jump on Donald and sign their group name on his buttocks. An enraged Donald throws a paint can at their heads, but it hits the face of the police officer instead.
Again Donald has to flee and he runs to a castle with the sign The Road To Mandalay, which turns out to be just a model. After bumping his head into it and realizing his mistake he runs into another direction. On a pair of stairs he bumps into Shirley Temple. She, too, recognizes him and asks for an autograph. They both sit down to sign each other their autographs and Donald, excited he has his first real autograph, jumps in the air with joy. Then the police officer grabs him. Shirley tells the police officer to leave him alone and he drops Donald on the floor in surprise. "Donald Duck? Did you say "Donald Duck?". Other Hollywood actors hear his comment and enthusiastically rush to Donald to ask him to sign his autograph for them. (In chronological order: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, The Andrew Sisters, Charlie McCarthy, Stepin Fetchit, Roland Young, the Lone Ranger riding his horse Silver, Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, Hugh Herbert, Irvin S. Cobb, Edward Arnold, Katharine Hepburn, Eddie Cantor, Slim Summerville, Lionel Barrymore, Bette Davis, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Mischa Auer, Joan Crawford and Charles Boyer). When the police officer asks Donald to sign his autograph book and offers him his pen, Donald squirts ink in the policeman's face. While the ink drips from the officer's face and writes Donald's name on his chest, Donald laughs hysterically.

Cultural references

• Quite a few of the caricatures featured at the end of the cartoon also appeared in an earlier Disney short: Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
• Donald Duck imitated Sonja Henie in an earlier cartoon, The Hockey Champ (1939).
• Bette Davis is featured in her role as Jezebel (1938), Lionel Barrymore appears as Dr. Gillespie from the Dr. Kildare film series and Charles Boyer is dressed as Napoleon Bonaparte in reference to his film Conquest (1937).
• The Road to Mandalay was the working title of the first "Road to..." series, Road to Singapore, with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.

More information

• IMDB entry
• Explanation and visual comparison between the caricatures featured in the cartoon and the real celebrities

External links

• The Autograph Hound at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• The Autograph Hound at the Internet Movie Database

   

The Garbomobile.

Donald Duck fools the guard into thinking he's with Garbo. Actually, he's on the outside of the car.

Donald tries to play a joke with an egg, but Mickey Man spoils it. "That joke laid an egg- or was it you?"

Mickey Rooney at left and Henry Armetta at right.

The Ritz Brothers at left, Sonja Heinie at right.

Donald asks for an autograph.

The autograph is on ice.

Shirley Temple on the good ship Lollipop.

Donald fell down and hit his head and saw stars. No, just one.

The Marx Brothers, who are more highly reguarded today than the Ritz Btothers

 

Charlie McCarthy was supposed to be a sort of a lady's man, or aspired to be one.

 

Slim Summerville was one of Zasu Pitt's frequent costars. Irvin S. Cobb was a famous writer who once worked for Hal Roach.

They had a lot of jokes about Martha Raye having a big mouth. Somehow, that wasn't what I thought of whenever I looked at her. She was very well develped in other areas as well.

 

"I've noticed!"




Stepin Fetchit, whose act would be considered objectionable by many today.

Clark Gable and Greta Garbo. She didn't get to play Scarlet O'Hara, either.

"Oh-oh! My OTHER boyfriend is here!!!"

The Lone Ranger began as a radio show, but a movie serial had already been made, in 1938. Clayton Moore played him on the television version. I was on television with Clayton Moore when he made a personal appearance in Indianapolis.

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Original pencil drawing of Martha Raye and Joe E. Brown characters.

 

Original pencil drawing of Shirley Temple character.

I frequently come across references to "modern audiences" not knowing who the old movie stars are in these cartoons. When I originally saw this one, I didn't know who the Ritz Brothers were, myself. And I wouldn't doubt that some people wouldn't be familiar with these stars of the past. But sometimes it's strange what they want to tell you people do or don't know about, such as the phony story about nobody knowing what phonograph records are.

 

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