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Saturday, May 12, 2018

CONTENTED CALVES

CONTENTED CALVES is a 1934 Blondes and Redheads comedy with Carol Tevis, June Brewster, Grady Sutton, and Hattie McDaniels.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Jeanette MacDonald was a star in the thirties, who is best known for working with Nelson Eddy. We have a few pictures of her with Thelma Todd on this blog.

Thelma Todd, Jeanette MacDonald and Bob Ritchie at a cocktail party given by Paula Stone. Dated 12/7/35 on the backside.

Another photo from the same party.

Here we see Marie Wilson with Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly as well as Jeanette MacDonald at a Hollywood party in 1935.

And here is another one.

Thelma Todd is at left, with Paula Stone, Jeanette MacDonald, and Patsy Kelly. What appears to be the same box of candy appears in this picture, too.

Another picture of Jeanette MacDonald with Paula Stone from the same period.

Reblogged from http://www.basilrathbone.net/gallery/posed2.htm

Dolores Del Rio, Fay Wray, Jeanette MacDonald, Paula Stone, Anita Louise, Fred Stone, James Blakeley, Johnny Mack Brown, Russell Hardie, Glenda Farrell, Basil Rathbone, and three unidentified women

This copy was published in HOLLYWOOD, April 1936.

A cut scene from The Girl of the Golden West (MGM, 1938) with Jeanette MacDonald, Carol Tevis, and Ray Bolger

With Clark Gable in SAN FRANCISCO ( 1938 ). This is the only Jeanette MacDonald movie I've ever seen on local television.

The television cartoon DUDLEY DO-RIGHT featured caricatures of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddie, along with horse.

Special thanks to Margie for supplying many of the pictures used here.

DUDLEY DO-RIGHT:
http://www.toonopedia.com/dudley.htm

Jeanette MacDonald And Nelson Eddy site:
http://maceddy.com/

Paula Stone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Stone

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Carol Tevis' Voice In THE WIZARD OF OZ

Carol Tevis was one of the voice actors who did the Munchkins' singing in THE WIZARD OF OZ, but they sped her voice up. Here is a video where you can hear the voice of the "Lullaby League" played at normal speed.

Reblogged from http://vimeo.com/92004253

Fun with The Wizard of OZ - deleted scenes and audio from Great Clips on Vimeo.

Here are some alternate audio tracks synched up with the film, as well as deleted scenes with stills inserted.

Apparently, the live on-set recording of the "Over The Rainbow" reprise was done under the first director, Richard Thorpe (with Judy wearing a blonde wig, etc.). Victor Fleming later reshot the song, but that recording has been lost along with the footage. So this may be as close as we'll ever get to seeing how it would have fit into the film.
I've slowed down The Lullaby League, so you can hear the actual voices of Lorraine Bridges, Betty Rome, and Carol Tevis. I've also restored the voices of The Lollipop Guild (Harry Doll, Jerry Maren, and Jackie Gerlich), who were dubbed in the released film by Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colveg and Harry Stanton.
I’ve also added an alternate, slower take of “If I Only Had A Brain” and Buddy Ebsen’s original recording of “If I Only Had A Heart.”

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Saturday, September 27, 2014

June Brewster

June Brewster was teamed with Carol Tevis in the "Blondes and Redheads" series at RKO, which was produced by George Stevens and has been likened to his "Boy Friends" series at Roach, but the focus was on the girls, and the characters were not teenagers. June Brewster appeared in minor roles in features as a pretty girl, and can frequently be seen in leg art publicity photos. She appeared in HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY with Wheeler and Woolsey and in MEET THE BARON ( 1933 ) with The Three Stooges and Ted Healy, with whom they were working at that time.

She bred pedigree show dogs in addition to acting (source: "The Film Daily, Apr-Jun 1935").

MELODY CRUISE ( 1933 ) with Charles Ruggles and Phil Harris.

FLYING DEVILS 1933 RKO with Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards.

The same studio also made FLYING DOWN TO RIO in this period, June Brewster was also in that. Here is a publicity photo of her from that movie.

HIPS, HIPS HOORAY ( 1934 ) with Robert Woolsey
Reblogged from http://pre-code.com/tag/june-brewster/

PRIVATE SCANDAL ( 1934 )

Leg art with the Graflex.

June Brewster married Guy McAfee, who ran gambling first in Los Angeles and later in Los Vegas.

Reblogged from http://derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=guy-mcafee - which has June Brewster confused with McAfee's previous wife, who had been a Los Angeles madam*.

Reblogged from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108288/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

( Guy ) McAfee was a former L.A. vice squad captain, turned proprietor of an illicit gambling den, the Clover Club on Sunset Strip, which was equipped with gaming tables that could be flipped over and hidden during raids. This did not, ultimately, stop a successful raid by the police. McAfee, with wife June in tow, duly left for Las Vegas, where he acquired the Pair-O-Dice Nightclub and Casino on Highway 91. He purchased several other lucrative properties during the 1940's: the Frontier Club, the Mandalay Lounge, the Pioneer Club, the SS Rex (which became Benny Binion's Horseshoe), and, most famously the Golden Nugget in 1946. At the time of his death fourteen years later, McAfee was considered one of the most successful operators in the history of America's gambling capital.

June Brewster card

*Another erroneous assumption: the American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 mistakenly identifies June Brewster as one of the Brewster Twins; this is incorrect. Barbara Brewster and Gloria Brewster were the Brewster Twins.

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

June Brewster:
http://www.threestooges.net/cast/actor/1687

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/s/Darrell-K-Wesley/GENE2-0111.html

June Brewster divorces Guy McAfee:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19410520&id=C1QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cdgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5215,4961198

Guy McAfee:
http://www.onlinenevada.org/articles/guy-mcafee

http://read.uberflip.com/i/81330/52

http://derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=guy-mcafee

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lasvegas/peopleevents/p_mcafee.html

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Carol Tevis Photos

Carol Tevis in different movies.

FLYING DOWN TO RIO ( 1933 )

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.

GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST ( 1938 )

A cut scene from The Girl of the Golden West (MGM, 1938) with Jeanette MacDonald, Carol Tevis, and Ray Bolger.

Monday, April 14, 2014

THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE Flyer

THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE starred Loretta Young and Ray Milland, but Dorothy Appleby and Carol Tevis were also in the cast as girls in a bookstore. This was actually Carol Tevis' last screen appearance.

Here is a flyer for this movie.

Neither Dorothy Appleby or Carol Tevis are shown or mentioned here, the emphasis is on the stars.

Loretta Young    ...     June Cameron
    Ray Milland    ...     Dr. Timothy Sterling
    Reginald Gardiner    ...     John R. Pierce
    Gail Patrick    ...     Marilyn Thomas
    Edmund Gwenn    ...     Dr. Lionel Sterling
    Frank Sully    ...     Louie Slapcovitch
    Gordon Jones    ...     O'Brien
    Georges Metaxa    ...     Jean Rovere
    Charles Halton    ...     Dr. Streeter
    Joseph Eggenton    ...     Dr. Nielson
    Paul McAllister    ...     Dean Lawton
    Chester Clute    ...     Johnson
    Hal K. Dawson    ...     Charlie
    Edward Van Sloan    ...     Burkhardt
    Helen Ainsworth    ...     Amazon in Book Store (uncredited)
    Erville Alderson    ...     Harrison - Printer (uncredited)
    Dorothy Appleby    ...     Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
    Irving Bacon    ...     Sam Appleby - Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
    Don Beddoe    ...     Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
    Henry Blair    ...     Boy (uncredited)
    Harry C. Bradley    ...     Dapper Salesman (uncredited)
    Spencer Charters    ...     Henry Quinn - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
    Catherine Courtney    ...     Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
    Dix Davis    ...     Boy (uncredited)
    Helen Davis    ...     Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
    Edgar Dearing    ...     Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
    Vernon Dent    ...     Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
    Claire Du Brey    ...     Party Guest (uncredited)
    Edward Earle    ...     Party Guest (uncredited)
    Edward Gargan    ...     George - Doorman (uncredited)
    Sumner Getchell    ...     Wedding Celebrant (uncredited)
    Wesley Giraud    ...     Western Boy (uncredited)
    Jane Goude    ...     Mrs. Nielson (uncredited)
    Olin Howland    ...     Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
    Jane Keckley    ...     Mrs. Quinn (uncredited)
    William Lally    ...     Deck Steward (uncredited)
    Charles Lane    ...     Reporter (uncredited)
    Bobby Larson    ...     Boy (uncredited)
    Eddie Laughton    ...     Photographer (uncredited)
    Ann Lee    ...     Maid (uncredited)
    Ian Maclaren    ...     Professor (uncredited)
    Myra Marsh    ...     Lydia Johnson (uncredited)
    Frances Morris    ...     University Registration Desk Clerk (uncredited)
    William Newell    ...     Soda Jerk (uncredited)
    Frank Orth    ...     New York Editor (uncredited)
    Renie Riano    ...     Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
    Virginia Sale    ...     School Teacher (uncredited)
    Dorothy Ann Seese    ...     Child (uncredited)
    Gertrude Sutton    ...     Mabel (uncredited) (voice)
    Emma Tansey    ...     Old Woman Sitting Outside of Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
    Carol Tevis    ...     Whiney Woman in Bookstore (uncredited)
    Charlotte Treadway    ...     Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
    Larry Wheat    ...     Party Guest (uncredited)
    John Wray    ...     Joe - Farmer (uncredited)
Directed by
Alexander Hall

Writing credits
George Seaton         (screenplay) &
Ken Englund         (screenplay)
Aleen Leslie         (story)
Produced by
William Perlberg    ....     producer

Cinematography by
Sidney Hickox         (director of photography) (as Sid Hickox)

Film Editing by
Viola Lawrence

Art Direction by
Lionel Banks

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Mull    ....     assistant director

Sound Department
Lodge Cunningham    ....     sound (uncredited)

Music Department
Morris Stoloff    ....     musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
Friedrich Hollaender    ....     composer: stock music (uncredited)
Howard Jackson    ....     composer: stock music (uncredited)
Raphael Penso    ....     composer: stock music (uncredited)

Crew verified as complete

Production Companies
    Columbia Pictures Corporation

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Carol Tevis And SING, BABY, SING

When Carol Tevis got a part in the movie SING, BABY, SING, some of the publicity suggested that this would be the first appearance of the voice of "Minnie Mouse" in a live-action film.

Reblogged from http://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2012/09/1936-cartoon-year-in-review.html

June 10, 1936Carol Tevis, who speaks the lines for Minnie Mouse in the Walt Disney cartoon, will be seen in "Sing, Baby, Sing," musical now in production at 20th Century-Fox, with Adolphe Menjou, Ted Healy, Alice Faye and Patsy Kelly in the featured cast.

Actually Carol Tevis had appeared in movies since 1931, and the "Blondes And Redheads" series began in 1933. And ultimately her scenes in SING, BABY, SING were cut, so that she wasn't in it anyway.

SING, BABY, SING:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028255/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Carol Tevis:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19370307&id=g8YuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VNQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5693,1032921

http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255985/m1/2/

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

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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Monday, March 31, 2014

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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Friday, February 8, 2013

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