Kidnappers In Hollywood - PICTURE PLAY, 1932

Kidnappers were in the news after the Lindbergh case. A number of stars received kidnap threats, including Mae West and Thelma Todd.

Mae West receives extortion notes:
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/09/13/1935-mae-west-extortion-case/





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Margaret Lindsay - PICTURE PLAY

Margaret Lindsay's association with Pat DiCicco and the investigation of the death of Thelma Todd is briefly mentioned in this magazine article.



PICTURE PLAY Magazine, 1936

Dorothy Appleby tested for the part of the Chinese girl in THE GOOD EARTH. She didn't get the part, which went to Luise Rainer. 

 

 

The misfortunes of Margaret Lindsay are discussed at the bottom of this page. 

 

 

By the time this article saw print Margaret Lindsay was no longer seeing Pat DiCicco.  

 

 

 

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Margaret Lindsay - PICTURE PLAY

Here is a magazine article about Margaret Lindsay, written not long after she had appeared in BORDERTOWN. Around this time she was associated with Pat DiCicco, who had previously been married to Thelma Todd.


From PICTURE PLAY, October 1935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Never Say Dye" - PICTURE PLAY, 1932

Thelma Todd was using the stage name of  "Alison Loyd" for the movie CORSAIR. There's a reference to that, and to her association with Ronald Colman, in this article from PICTURE PLAY.

 

 

Lola Lane was one of the Lane sisters. She later married Roland West, the producer of the movie CORSAIR. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Zasu Pitts In PICTURE PLAY

A little about Zasu Pitts from the same issue of PICTURE PLAY. This would have come out before the film series with Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts began. She was already identified with comedy even though she had played dramatic parts in the silent era.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zasu Pitts:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686032/




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Blonde And Fancy-free From PICTURE PLAY

Another vintage magazine article about Thelma Todd, this time from PICTURE PLAY.

There's also a story about Zasu Pitts in the same issue. We'll look at that next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thelma Todd said her former weight of a hundred and forty nine pounds was mostly muscle. It doesn't seem to have been her idea that it was fat, which is what the industry said. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PICTURE PLAY 1929 - Hollywood Draws The Line

An article from PICTURE PLAY, originally published in 1929. That was early in the sound era and early in the period when Thelma Todd was working for Hal Roach.  Roach was one of the leading producers of two reel comedies and Charlie Chase as well as Laurel and Hardy were also working for him.

Lloyd Hamilton is not well known today, but at this time was very popular. Charlie Chase was said to emulate his work. Curley ( Three Stooges ) Howard was also said to have drawn inspiration from him.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It has been said that Dorothy Devore preferred working in short subjects and actually made them rather than make feature films. But it has also been said that Charley Chase was unable to carry a feature film. The story that Chase had turned down offers to star in feature films is questionable. At the time that this was written, the situation seemed much the same as it had in the silent era, with many two reel comedies being produced and run in the theaters. But by the end of the thirties, the situation was different, and two reel comedies were in a decline. Hal Roach moved into feature production due to economic necessity. Short subjects would continue to be made for a time at other studios, the Three Stooges' series lasting into the era of television.



Estelle Bradley
http://www.fandango.com/estellebradley/overview/p305645


The World Of Charley Chase:
http://www.charley-chase.com/


Dorothy Devore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Devore


Lloyd Hamilton:
http://www.slapsticon.org/mugshots/hamiltonbio.htm


Lupino Lane:
http://www.slapsticon.org/mugshots/lanebio.htm


Laurel And Hardy:
http://www.laurel-and-hardy.com/


Bobby Vernon:
http://www.goldensilents.com/stars/bobbyvernon.html

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