Thelma Todd?

This is a picture that is being offered for sale on ebay as a picture of Thelma Todd.

But it is not a picture of Thelma Todd, although it is a picture from a Thelma Todd picture, CHEATING BLONDES. 

Actually that was Mae Busch with a black eye in that picture. Evidently it was another instance of the black eye gag. And here is another picture from the picture, which shows Mae Busch (left ) with Thelma Todd. 

Reblogged  from https://free-classic-movies.com/movies-03a/03a-1933-05-01-Cheating-Blondes/index.php

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CHEATING BLONDES Photo

CHEATING BLONDES was one of Thelma Todd's dramatic films. Here is a publicity photo from this movie.

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CHEATING BLONDES

CHEATING BLONDES was one of Thelma Todd's dramatic films.

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CHEATING BLONDES Poster

CHEATING BLONDES had Thelma Todd in a dual role as two sisters, one of whom pretended to be the other. Hence the title.

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Butterfly Girl Scene In CHEATING BLONDES

Thelma Todd sang a song dressed as the "Butterfly Girl" in CHEATING BLONDES.

Along with a few fellow Butterfly Girls in the chorus.







Butterfly costumes have been worn by other girls in show business.


A showgirl in an extravagant butterfly costume from Folies Bergère, Paris, 1909

 

 

 

 

Vintage Butterfly Showgirl art.

 

 

 

A more recent variation by Dita Von Tease.

 

 

 

 

 

And from the world of cartoons, Butterfly Betty Boop.

Vaguely related to all this was the gown with a butterfly on it that Sally Eilers wore in the seduction scene in STATE FAIR ( 1933 ).

CHEATING BLONDES:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/10/cheating-blondes.html

Sally Eilers:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2014/01/sally-eilers.html

STATE FAIR:
http://cinema-fanatic.com/2012/08/20/oscar-vault-monday-state-fair-1933-dir-henry-king/


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THE HOUSE OF CHANCE ( CHEATING BLONDES )

THE HOUSE OF CHANCE was an alternate title for CHEATING BLONDES, which was also known as GIRLS IN TROUBLE.

A "house of chance" would be a gambling establishment. The "girls in trouble" were the titular blondes of the other title.






CHEATING BLONDES:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/10/cheating-blondes.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023883/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_78






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CHEATING BLONDES

CHEATING BLONDES had Thelma Todd in a dual role. You might call it a "double feature".

 

 

 

I haven't seen this movie, but I had some pictures for it, and decided to put out a blog with them.

 

The version of this movie that is available is missing footage and it sounds as if there aren't any scenes left that show two "Thelmas" together, although it sounds as if there had been such scenes in it originally. It also seems that there isn't anything left to explain one that one sister is taking the place of the other in the story, in order to hide out after a murder. 

 

But eventually all turns out right, and everyone lives happily ever after.

 

 

 

 Black And White Photo Lobbycard, Same Scene As Above.

This poster looks like some of the fashion art of the era. It is not actually a realistic representation of Thelma Todd.

 

 

 

 

 

This lobby card shows a scene that is missing from the version that is available today.

 

 

 This would seem to be a scene with both "Blondes" in it.

 

 

 

 

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                                                                 Publicity photo of Thelma Todd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review reblogged from:
http://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14809&sid=1eebe2a44a89b0afc089868a454e588a&start=30

Re: Thelma Todd

Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:38 am

Caught up with CHEATING BLONDES last night while we had dinner after getting back from Los Angeles, average independent product of the time, nothing particularly hideous about it (unless you haven't seen enough of this kind of product to have a real good opinion about it). Cheap yes, but some of the first words you see are "A Larry Darmour Production", which is all the warning on that score you need. Plot silly, but fun, and a lot of Hal Roach and Comedy connections involved with it, Lewis Foster co-wrote it, and it is worth watching just for the cast: Thelma of course, looking fabulous and making the silly dialogue work, Ralk Harolde, Inez Courtney, Dorothy Gulliver (who looks a bit like Olive Borden here), Earl Mc Carthy (Hairbreadth Harry himself, in his last film before his tragic death at 26), Mae Busch (someone said she looks awful in the film, well, she's playing a battered wife, I think she's supposed to look a bit mussed up, but looks pretty good otherwise, and it's interesting to see her playing the abused spouse for once, where's that fryin' pan she put to Oliver Hardy's head a time or two!), Brooks Benedict, Harry Bernard, Bobby Burns, Billy West, Dorothy Vernon, Eddie Fetherston, Edna Murphy, a solid group of pros make the nonsense worth seeing. Not as fun as KLONDIKE, there's a great cast and a truly whack-job plot (and my favorite selling line for a film: Thelma Todd-----in the Arctic-----in a nightie.), but certainly nothing to pull ones hair and gnash ones teeth about. Definitely worth the 4.99 from Alpha to put it on the shelf.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHEATING BLONDES Review:

http://dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2013/03/cheating-blondescheers-of-crowd.html?spref=tw

 

 

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