Bathing Beauties catch mermaid on California Beach, 1933.
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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.
Showing posts with label Bathing Beauties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bathing Beauties. Show all posts
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Bicycles In The Movies
Bicycles and the people who ride them.
Reblogged from http://ridesabike.com/
Molly Picon, Jay Velle and Vitaphone showgirls ride bikes.
1929 Chester Conklin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Chester Morris, Gertrude Olmstead, Sally Eilers, SHOW OF SHOWS
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey
The Three Stooges
W. C. Fields and Bathing Beauties
Fay Wray
Shirley Temple
Martha Raye
Rita Hayworth
Anne Gwynne
Joan Davis and Constance Moore
Gil Perkins, Lou Costello, Judith Brian, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DOCTOR JEKYL AND MR HYDE
Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Jules Munshin, TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
Rosalind Russell
Kathryn Grayson
THE TOY TIGER
Ann Miller
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Thursday, January 8, 2015
Hal Roach Bathing Beauties
Another photo from A SCENA MUDA.
HAL ROACH COMEDY GIRLS - (A SCENA MUDA, September 27, 1932, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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Monday, June 9, 2014
Buster Keaton With Bathing Beauties
Buster Keaton didn't work for Mack Sennett in the silent era, although people often think that he did.
But here he is in a photo from the silent era with some bathing beauties.
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Thelma Todd As A Bathing Beauty
Thelma Todd wasn't one of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties, although sometimes you see where someone says that she was.
She was a bathing beauty, all right - at least in publicity pictures - but not at Sennett's studio.
Thelma Todd ( center ) with Sally Blane and Doris Hill in an early publicity photo at Paramount.
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Carole Landis Vs. Carole Lombard
Once upon a time, there were two little girls who both grew up to be bathing beauties.
One worked for Mack Sennett.
This magazine article makes a comparison. From SCREEN GUIDE, April 1941
One worked for Mack Sennett.
Carole Lombard as she looked when she worked for Sennett.
And one worked for Hal Roach
Carole Landis around the time she started working for Hal Roach.
In each case, they made considerable progress in their careers, and each made an effort to contribute to the war effort during the second World War. But both would continue to be associated with comedies in the eyes of the public.
This magazine article makes a comparison. From SCREEN GUIDE, April 1941
There were some similarities between Carole Landis and Carole Lombard. But was there some sort of rivalry between the two, as some stories would have it? Did they ever even meet?
Answer From Carole Landis' Niece*, Reblogged from http://carolelombard.org/landis-versus-lombard :
No, they never met. Carole Landis was a huge Lombard fan and had her picture plastered all over her bedroom wall when she was a child. That’s why she chose the stage name Carole. Some sources say she actually chose Carol out of a phone book and then added the “e” to be like Lombard. There is a quote Carole gave when a reporter told her they looked alike – “If I look like Miss Lombard – and I don’t – please spare her the humiliation.”
CAROLE LOMBARD GALLERY
RUN, GIRL, RUN
Carole Lombard with Dapne Pollard, center, in THE CAMPUS VAMP. Madalynne Fields is at left, and Sally Eilers is at right.
Carole sporting the Pathe Rooster, which was the symbol of Mack Sennett's distributor, Pathe.
Poster showing Mack Sennett's stars. Several of them went to Roach, including Harry Langdon and Ben Turpin. Mary Ann Jackson was in Our Gang comedies.
The coming of sound brought an influx of many stage people into Hollywood to work in the talkies. Here we see Carole Lombard with Marx Brothers Groucho and Harpo, with Jackie Cooper in between. It was in this period that the Marx Brothers worked with Thelma Todd. Jackie Cooper appeared in "Our Gang" comedies for Roach before he went to Paramount.
SINNERS IN THE SUN, 1932. Looks like Carole Lombard's still a bathing beauty in this one, even without Mack Sennett's involvement. Chester Morris, right, had made CORSAIR with Thelma Todd the year before.
BOLERO, 1934. George Raft had ties with the New York underworld, but he became famous as a dancer, even if he didn't usually dance in the movies. In this one he danced with Carole Lombard.
THE GAY BLADE, 1934. This was the year after the Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd series ended. Zasu Pitts was much in demand at other studios at the time.
Carole Lombard used to be one of the negligee girls, but later publicity slapped the new label of two-fisted he-man girl on her. It wasn't really all that unique ( all the girls in comedies were alleged to be kind of rough ), but you were supposed to think it was. She wound up married to Clark Gable in any case.
Carole Lombard raises the flag at bond rally in Indianapolis as the Governor adresses the crowd.
Carole Lombard selling war bonds. This would be her last public appearence before she was killed in a plane crash.
CAROLE LANDIS GALLERY
ONE MILLION B.C.
Carole Landis was a "negligee girl" too.
TOPPER RETURNS - Carole Landis at right center, Joan Blonell left, Roland Young, center, Billie Burke at right.
MOON OVER MIAMI teamed Carole Landis with Betty Grable and Charlotte Greenwood in a film that foreshadowed HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE with Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and Lauren Bacall. Studio bosses considered the blondes to all be interchangeable.
Carole Landis sighs for the troops on the radio show COMMAND PERFORMANCE. They also filmed the event for posterity.
FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP was based on the real-life WWII trour of Carole Landis, Mitzi Mayfair, Kay Francis, and Martha Raye to entertain the troops.
The Four Jills In Their Jeep
The Four Jills entertaining the troops overseas.
Chow time for Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair.
On a later tour, Carole Landis signs autographs in the Pacific.
CAROLE LANDIS LIBRARY
FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP is Carole Landis' story of her famous WWII tour.
CAROLE LANDIS: A MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL was written by Eric Gans, who belongs to my yahoo group "The Carolers".
I have not read any books about Carole Lombard and so cannot reccomend any of them. She came from the state of Indiana, which is where I live, too, but I don't have any kind of association with her family.
*This niece is presumably Tammy, who I remember from the official site as well as the yahoo club I started for Carole Landis myself, called "The Carolers" after the original fan club for Carole Landis.
Carole Landis And Carole Lombard At Carole Lombard Site:
Carole Landis Official Site:
Carole Landis Project ( Eric Gans Site ):
The Carolers ( My Club On Yahoo ):
Last Photos Taken Of Carole Lombard ( Bond Rally In Indianapolis ):
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Thelma Todd?
I frequently see pictures of other blondes misidentified as Thelma Todd. Here are a few.
From a blog.
EVE'S SECRET, 1925
This photo turned up on ebay as having Thelma Todd on the left. But Thelma Todd's first movie was supposed to have been FASCINATING YOUTH in 1926.
Notice the notation on the back about the girl on the left being Thelma Todd. This was added some time after the original caption.
Joan Peers ( with Buster Keaton )
Still from PARLOR, BEDROOM, AND BATH. A blog used this as a Thelma Todd picture.
Thelma Todd was in a movie called AIR HOSTESS, but this is a cartoon. The series name "Color Rhapsody" is a giveaway.
Joan Blondell
Misidentified as "Thelma Todd" in a well-known book. The author's a sort of a friend of mine, so I won't rat on him, except here.
Marlene Dietrich
This picture was labeled "Thelma Todd" on one site.
Mary Carlisle
in a scene from PALOOKA, a movie which also had Thelma Todd in it. The picture was being sold on ebay as "Thelma Todd".
Son Of A Sailor
Sold on ebay as a Thelma Todd photo. She's not in this picture, but she was in the movie.
Pat DiCicco And Friend.
Pat DiCicco And Friend's Backside
They started out with a reference to DiCicco having been married to Thelma Todd. After that things got confused
And this is the Real Thelma Todd.
My fan club for Thelma Todd:
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/thelmatoddclub/
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