See If You Can Count The Stars ( Vitaphone )

A publicity item for that challenges you to name the stars of Vitaphone shorts shown here.
Among the stars pictured are Abe Lyman, Shemp Howard, Fatty Arbuckle, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Etting, and Patricia Ellis.

From "The Vitaphone Project" on facebook, and originally from a May 1934 magazine.

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HIPS HIPS HOORAY Sheet Music

Wheeler and Woolsey are shown on the cover along with Ruth Etting, who made many musical short subjects, but appeared in few features.

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Ad For HIPS, HIPS HOORAY

Here we have an ad for the movie HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY with Wheeler and Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Thelma Todd, and Ruth Etting, who was also mentioned in the ad for RKO short subjects.

Ruth Etting is shown in the small picture at lower right, but neither Thelma Todd or Dorothy Lee appear in this ad, although they are listed among the cast.

Merian C. Cooper is again mentioned as executive producer.







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Ad For RKO Short Subjects

Here we have an ad for RKO short subjects, which would seem to include short subjects made by Charlie Chaplin in the silent era as well as Van Beuren cartoons and the Pathe news.

Clark and McCullough are depicted at left next to Charlie Chaplin. Edgar Kennedy is at right, the girl near him is Florence Lake, who played his wife in the movies. The Blondes and The Redheads are presumably among the girls in the background. Ruth Etting would be in there somewhere as well, possibly she's the one waving her arms.

Note that Merian C. Cooper is named as Executive producer. He is probably most famous for making KING KONG, but as we have seen he was also involved in the making of FLYING DOWN TO RIO, which featured Carole Tevis and June Brewster in the musical numbers.







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