Thelma Todd

A Blog For Thelma Todd Thelma Todd was a star of silent movies and later the talkies. She is remembered as much today for her mysterious death as she is for her films. In this blog, we take a look at Thelma Todd, her movies, and various commentaries.

Saturday, January 20, 2018

A Travesty Of Donati's Book

I tried to do a search for "Criticism of Alan Moore" and what I found was mostly that Alan Moore had been criticizing others, ...

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Bats In His Belfry And Mine

The appearance of Batman's nemesis "The Joker" was based on a character named Gwynplaine in the 1928 film THE MAN WHO LAU...

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Thelma Todd Story In CINEMA PURGOTORIO #9

This thing was written by Alan Moore. You can tell that he simply lifted elements from Donati's book in places, although the od...

Hal Roach And The Vitaphone System

Hal Roach oversees work on a sound projector with a synchronized record player. This was the system in use in the early days of sound. W...

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Roland West Photos

Roland West photos posted by Adam Tunney in the Thelma Todd Fans Group on facebook. Roland West mourns Thelma's death. ...

Monday, January 15, 2018

ALL-AMERICAN TOOTHACHE Costumes Reused

Richard W. Bann: The diner uniforms Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly wore in ALL AMERICAN TOOTHACHE (finished days before Thelma died) were u...

Friday, January 12, 2018

Thelma Todd And White King

From The Thelma Todd Fan Group on facebook. Richard W. Bann: This is her final film work, in AN ALL AMERICAN TOOTHACHE. That unifor...

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