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PALOOKA was a comedy based on the comic strip JOE PALOOKA, which was released on January 26, 1934.

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PALOOKA starred Stuart Erwin, Jimmy Durante, and Lupe Velez

Lupe Velez and Jimmy Durante appeared together on Broadway as well as in several other films. 

Thelma Todd appears as "Trixie", but that name may have only been used in the credits.

Another shot in the same costume.

Another shot with a cigarette. Smoking is supposed to indicate that she is a bad girl. 

Robert Armstrong as Palooka senior. The booze also indicates that Thelma Todd's character is supposed to be a bad girl. But this is a comedy, so it is not supposed to be taken seriously.

This is supposed to be funny, too. .

"Joe Palooka" is played by Stuart Erwin, and Mary Carlisle played his girlfriend. Neither appears in any scenes with Thelma Todd in this film, her character being involved with Joe Palooka's father in the story

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PALOOKA Photo

Robert Armstrong, Thelma Todd, and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams in a publicity photo for PALOOKA ( 1934 ).

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PLAYERS AT PLAY ( 1929 )

PLAYERS AT PLAY was a 1929 film which showed different movie stars at play. Thelma Todd appears at the end riding a horse.

Cast ( reblogged from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496053/ ):
	Robert Armstrong	...	Himself (as Bob Armstrong)
	Noah Beery	...	Himself
	Frank Coghlan Jr.	...	Himself (as Junior Coghlan)
	Jackie Coogan	...	Himself
	Robert Coogan	...	Himself
	Louise Fazenda	...	Herself
	Neil Hamilton	...	Himself
	Phyllis Haver	...	Herself
	Marie Prevost	...	Herself
	Thelma Todd	...	Herself

PLAYERS AT PLAY was part of the long - running Grantland Rice Sportlight series, which took it's name from sportswriter Grantland Rice. This particular film is said to have had it's subtitles written by Grantland Rice.


The copy on youtube is accompanied by a song by Louis Armstrong, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, as well as another song by another singer.





Grantland Rice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantland_Rice

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Grantland_Rice


PLAYERS AT PLAY:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496053/


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PALOOKA Flyer

PALOOKA was supposed to be based on the comic strip JOE PALOOKA, but was only vaguely similar. Joe Palooka was played by Stuart Erwin, but Jimmie Durante and Lupe Velez received top billing. Thelma Todd played the "other woman" in the story who Joe Palooka's father gets involved with.

 
 
 
 
 

Stuart Erwin and Marjorie Rambeau at top right, Lupe Velez and William Cagney at center right, Robert Armstrong and Thelma Todd at bottom right.




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