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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CONTENTED CALVES - Blondes And The Redheads

CONTENTED CALVES was a "Blondes and Redheads" comedy with Carol Tevis and June Brewster. I don't think I've seen that one, but I've got a little related to it.

Here is a review.

 

 

 

 

 

Some frame enlargements.

 

 

 

Carol Tevis looking at the want ads. 

 

 

 

 

 Grady Sutton

 

 

 

 

 June Brewster

 

 

 

 

The hosiery ad tells us that June Brewster wears their hosiery and all the men like her, but that Carol Tevis doesn't wear them and the men don't like her.

 

 If those guys don't like Carol Tevis, I'm afraid there's no hope for them.

 

 

 

The Blondes And The Redheads:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/02/blondes-and-redheads.html







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Carol Tevis In The Fan Magazines

A few items for Carol Tevis , who appeared in the "Blondes and the Redheads" series and other comedy films of the thirties, as well as providing voices for Minnie Mouse and the Munchkins in THE WIZARD OF OZ.


Carol Tevis at top left.

 

 

 

 

 

A "Blondes and Redheads" item in the lower left hand column.

 

 

 

Review of CONTENTED CALVES on lower right.

 

 

 

 

An article about movie stars on the radio, including Carol Tevis.

 

 

 

Carol Tevis mentioned as being on CBS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carol Tevis mentioned in this article, along with many other movie stars.

 

 

 

 

Carol Tevis is mentioned in the upper part of the column on the right side of this page.

 

Will Rogers, a top star of the thirties who had worked for Roach in the silent era, is mentioned in the lower part of the column on the right.

 

 

 

Irvin S. Cobb, who worked with Will Rogers and made some short subjects for Hal Roach, is mentioned at the start of this page.

 

The Blondes and the Redheads series:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/02/blondes-and-redheads.html

Carol Tevis:
http://www.lordheath.com/index.php?p=1_1225_Carol-Tevis

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856674/






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Blondes And The Redheads

After George Stevens left the Roach studio, he went to RKO and started a new series of two-reel comedies called "The Blondes And The Redheads". This series may be obscure today, but it is linked to some of the most famous classic movies of all time.

 

 

 

 

The Blondes and the Redheads had some similarities to "The Boy Friends" series Stevens had at the Roach studio, but the emphasis was on the girls in the series rather than the boys. To begin with, the blonde was baby-voiced Carol Tevis and the redhead was June Brewster. Eventually June Brewster was replaced by Dorothy Granger. She had been part of the Boy Friends series, as had Grady Sutton, another regular in the series. Others who took part in both series include David Sharpe and Charlie Hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The series began in 1933 and ended in 1935, after George Stevens had graduated to features.

The other people involved in the series were involved in features as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both June Brewster and Carol Tevis appeared in FLYING DOWN TO RIO, a film which featured many of the glamour girls in an airborne sequence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carol Tevis was the little blonde who was blindfolded because she was scared to take part in the air show. Here she can be seen at center without a blindfold.

 

 

 

 

 If these dames weren't dizzy to start with, they soon will be.

 

Air shows were popular in real life during this period, although this movie tended to exaggerate the number of people who acually would have been involved in such a spectacle.

 

 

 

This was the first movie to team Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They went on to great success in a series of movies afterwards, and George Stevens worked with them again in this period.

 

 

Ginger Rogers is wearing a somewhat fancier version of a what the aviatrixes used to wear at the time.

 

 

 

 

FLYING DOWN TO RIO was produced by Meriem C. Cooper, who had a history of involvement with aviation and also produced KING KONG in this period.

 

 

 

 

 

The story in KING KONG also involved aviation.

 

 

 Which could have been Cooper's idea.

 

 

 

One of Carol Tevis' last roles was as the voice of one of the Munchkins in THE WIZARD OF OZ.

 

 

Which is one of the most famous movies of all time.

 

 

 

 

 

And George Stevens went on to make many other famous classic films, including ANNIE OAKLEY, GUNGA DINN, PENNY SERENADE, SHANE, THE DIARY OF ANN FRANK, and THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD.

 

 

 

FLYING DOWN TO RIO: Mary Kornman

 

 

 

FLYING DOWN TO RIO: Sky Dance

 

 

 

 

FLYING DOWN TO RIO At Gingerology ( Ginger Rogers Site ):

http://jwhueyblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/ginger-rogers-film-review-19-flying.html

 

 

Dorothy Granger:

http://www.lordheath.com/index.php?p=1_122_Dorothy-Granger

 

 

KING KONG

http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com/2010/11/best-picture-of-1932-33-drama-king-kong.html

 

 

 Mary Kornman:

http://marykornman.com/

http://www.lordheath.com/index.php?p=1_644_Mary-Kornman

 

 

George Stevens:

http://www.allmovie.com/artist/george-stevens-p118815

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828419/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stevens

 

 

 

Sam White:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925423/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2