Patsy Kelly Movie Ad

Patsy Kelly wasn't the star of this one, but she was in it. So was Edgar Kennedy. And actually the star was John Wayne. But it's one of the only Patsy Kelly movies I can remember seeing on local television. Because it was a John Wayne movie, and they used to run those.

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Movie Star Recipies

Some familiar faces and their favorite foods from WHAT ACTORS EAT - WHEN THEY EAT,  ( 1939 ) by actors Kenneth Harlan and Rex Lease.  The book contains over 200 pages of recipes, and accompanying each is a photo and a signature facsimile.

Reblogged from http://billcappello.blogspot.com/

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"How To Break A Date" - SCREENLAND December 1928

Here's an item from SCREENLAND which has the picture of Dorothy Coburn clobbering Max Davidson along with pictures of Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Marion Byron, and Anita Garvin.

 

 

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HURDY GURDY Poster

HURDY GURY was one of the first sound films produced at the Hal Roach studio, and it was one of the first ones Thelma Todd made there. Here is a poster for this talkie.

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ALL TEED UP Photo

ALL TEED UP was a two-reel comedy Thelma Todd made with Charley Chase, but there were also foreign language versions with different leading ladies.  Here is a publicity photo that Randy Skretvedt put on facebook.

Randy Skretvedt:
 Charley Chase still, a promo not only for "All Teed Up" but also for the French and Spanish editions, "Le joueur de golf" and "El jugador de golf." This was shot in 1930, and it's surprising how many of the folks shown here would be gone in just a few years. Thelma Todd (died 1935), Jack Hill (1963), Linda Loredo (1931), Georgette Rhodes (1977), Charley Chase (1940), Edgar Kennedy (1948).





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RKO Short Subjects Ad

Here is another ad for RKO short subjects. At left is Charlie Chaplin, between McCullough and Clark, Edgar Kennedy, Mickey Rooney*, and a number of cartoon characters. Van Buren was best known as a producer of cartoons, but also pro

Van Buren was best known as a producer of cartoons, but also produced the 12-chapter serial THE LAST FRONTIER, mentioned on the right. Van Buren also reissued the silent Charlie Chaplin films.


*Mickey Rooney played "Mickey McGuire" in a series of short subjects, which led to him adopting the name of "Mickey". His birth name was Joe Yule Jr..

Edgar Kennedy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Kennedy

Clark and McCullough:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_and_McCullough

Mickey Rooney:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Rooney


Van Buren Studios:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Beuren_Studios



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The Edgar Kennedy Show

An effort is underway to bring back the original Edgar Kennedy series from RKO in a new format.

 

 

 

Reblogged from http://matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com/

 

The Edgar Kennedy Show is planned as a fresh concept for introducing contemporary audiences to the wonderful world of classic star-driven comedy short subjects produced during the 1930s, 40s and 50s.

The idea is to create a continuing series of half-hour shows programmed for non-commercial broadcast and streaming video that consist of selected short subjects presented in their entirety along with mini-bios to inform audiences  of the specific star or comedy team's place in film history.

Among primary candidates for this "edu-tainment" treatment are comedy legends like Charley Chase, Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang, Harry Langdon, Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, ZaSu Pitts, Leon Errol, Andy Clyde, Clark & McCullough, Joe McDoakes and many more.  

 

 

 

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 Edgar Kennedy was a familiar face in classic comedy films. He was in Hal Roach's first attempt to launch a female Laurel and Hardy series, the Anita Garvin and Marion Byron films.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And of course he worked with Laurel and Hardy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He also worked with Our Gang,

 

 

 

 

 

the Marx Brothers,

 

 

 

 

and Wheeler and Woolsey.

His own series was popular in it's day, but has become somewhat obscure with the passage of time, although a few of the films were run on the PBS series MATINEE AT THE BIJOU.

 

Florence Rice was a frequent costar.

The Edgar Kennedy series was not actually one of my favorites, but I still think there could be an audience for them today.

The Edgar Kennedy Show
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11185808.htm

http://psychotronicpaul.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-edgar-kennedy-restoration-project.html

http://matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com/2013/06/edgar-kennedy-bill-cassara.html



Just Plain Edgar Kennedy:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448012/

http://caferoxy.blogspot.com/2013/08/meet-edgar-kennedys-un-average-families.html

http://imaginativeworlds.com/forum/showthread.php?20571-RARE!-quot-Laurel-amp-Hardy-quot-Old-Time-Radio

http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/edgar-kennedy-in-cartoons/



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