Merry Christmas

From

Myrna Loy

Muriel Evans

Buster Keaton

Iris Adrian

Marie Wilson

Bette Davis

Bela Lugosi

Boris Karloff

Bob Hope

Bob Hope and Lucille Ball

Rosemary and Priscilla Lane

Arlene Dahl

Debbie Reynolds

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Happy New Year

From

Myrna Loy with the New Year Baby c.1927!

                                                       

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Early '30's Movie Premiere Photos

Some pictures of Hollywood movie premieres of the early thirties, from the El Brendel blog. It appears that some of these photos were from the same premieres. A poster for Ann Harding's DEVOTION ( 1931 ) can be seen in the background of several pictures, and a poster for Maurice Chevalier's THE SMILING LIEUTENANT can be seen in some of the others. Some of the same flower arrangements can also be seen in more than one picture.

Reblogged from http://www.elbrendel.com/2009/10/early-30s-movie-premiers-part-2.html

                                                        

                                                  Harry Bannister and Ann Harding

 

The poster in the background is for Ann Harding's DEVOTION ( 1931 ).

 

 

 

Earl Fox

 

 

That could be the same poster in the background, but it isn't clear.

 

 

 

  Ivan Lebedeff and Thelma Todd

 

 

That looks like the same poster as in the previous picture.

 

 

 

Carmel Myers

 

 

 

 

Virginia Vali and Charles Farrell

 

 

 

 

Genevieve Tobin and George K. Arthur

 

 

 

 

Ernest Lubitsch and Ona Munson

 

 

Lubitsch was the director of THE SMILING LIEUTENANT, and the edge of a poster for that movie is visible in the background.

 

 

 

Helen Mann

 

 

 This photo appears to have been taken at the same place as the last one.

 

Irene Rich

 

 

 

Janet Gaynor

 

 

 

Marian Nixon

 

 

 

Mary Brian

 

 

 

 

Paul Kohner and Lupita Tovar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Myrna Loy

 

 

 

 

Polly Moran

 

Teamed with Marie Dressler in the most famous female comedy team of it's day 

 

 

 

 

Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer, Stuart Erwin

 

Poster in the background for THE SMILING LIEUTENANT 

 

 

 

Rochelle Hudson

 

 

 

Roy D'Arcy

 

 

 

James Dunn and Molly O'Day

 

 

 

 

 

Wallace Beery and friends

 

 

 

Wynn Gibson

DEVOTION:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devotion_(1931_film)

THE SMILING LIEUTENANT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiling_Lieutenant




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Toy Ads

A group of ads for toys with some of the glamour girls.




                                                              Margaret Levingston

May McAvoy

Myrna Loy

Ruth Hiatt and Mary Ann Jackson

And here we have Thelma Todd with a toy.

Not part of the same campaign, but I'll put it in with the others anyway.








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Harpo Speaks

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Harpo, who never spoke as part of his act, nonetheless had something to say on the subject of Thelma Todd. And what did he tell us? He told us a great truth he learned about women.

"All blondes are Thelma Todds: all brunettes are Lila Lees."

Let's take a look at a few Thelma Todds and Lila Lees from the 1930's.


THE BLONDES  ( THELMA TODDS ):

Thelma Todd herself.

Mae West. I guess her head points east and her feet do point west.

Jean Harlow, who can't sit down because her dress is too tight.

Joan Blondell, who can because she is unencumbered by clothing.

Ginger Rogers, hoping that Truman will show up.

Toby Wing was probably more famous from publicity photos than from the movies themselves.

Betty Grable in the thirties.

Helen Twelvetrees was popular in the talkies.

Carole Lombard in an early photo.

Virginia Bruce in another early photo.

Iris Adrian appeared in many comedies. She worked with Laurel and Hardy as well as Buster Keaton.

Alice White celebrates Easter.

Anita Page takes a stand.

THE BRUNETTES ( LILA LEES ):

Lila Lee herself.

Gloria Swanson in the talkie era.

Bebe Daniels started out with Harold Lloyd and went on to be a bigger star on her own.

Mae Busche, a star in the silent era, but less successful in talkies She worked with Laurel and Hardy then.

Lupe Velez, the "Mexican Spitfire". She worked with Laurel and Hardy.

Myrna Loy's up to some monkey business.

Maureen O'Sullivan played "Jane" in Tarzan movies.

Lona Andre in INTERNATIONAL HOUSE. She also worked with Buster Keaton.

Joan Peers, who was in PARLOR, BEDROOM, AND BATH with Buster Keaton.

Dorothy Sebastion worked with Buster Keaton and her career paralleled his in that both suffered a career downturn in the thirties.

Dorothy Appleby seems to have worked with Buster Keaton more than any other actress in the sound era.

Dorothy Granger worked with Laurel and Hardy, she seems to have worked with practically everybody.

Dorothy Lee worked with Wheeler and Woolsey.

This is the end!

Joan Blondell:
http://www.classicmoviefavorites.com/blondell




Bebe Daniels:
http://www.silentsaregolden.com/articles/bebedanielsarticle.html




Betty Grable:
http://grableonline.tripod.com/index.html



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



Dorothy Lee:
http://www.oocities.org/hollywood/derby/4720/


Lila Lee:
http://www.goldensilents.com/stars/lilalee.html


Carol Lombard:
http://caroleandco.wordpress.com/


Myrna Loy:
http://www.farrow-osullivan.com/


Maureen O'Sullivan:
http://www.farrow-osullivan.com/


Anita Page:
http://www.anitapage.com/


Mae West:
http://allaboutmae.com/

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