Somnambulism

HOUSE OF TERROR and SING, SISTER SING dealt with the subject of sleepwalking.


Eve Southern ( left of Thelma Todd in the picture below ) was the sleepwalker in HOUSE OF TERROR, AKA HOUSE OF HORROR.

 
                                               In SING, SISTER SING Thelma Todd was the sleepwalker.

Reblogged from http://thrillingdaysofyesteryear.blogspot.com/2010/09/kelly-second.html

THE HAUNTED HOUSE:
http://vitaphone.blogspot.com/2006/11/screams-and-laughter-but-what-came.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=ajXwxJuYd5gC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=Thelma+Todd+sleepwalking&source=bl&ots=yBdywQQ8q0&sig=CygK5SK431PLGjIq2h0KlrnRog0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8Yy1U5TQL8OKyASb3YG4Aw&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Thelma%20Todd%20sleepwalking&f=false


SING, SISTER SING:
http://www.lordheath.com/index.php?p=1_1342_Sing-Sister-Sing

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First National Trade Ad For Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd started out at Paramount, but afterwards worked for First National. First National later became Warner Brothers.

THE WRECKING BOSS was a working title for THE CRASH ( 1928).




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THE HAUNTED HOUSE Ad

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The Miami News - Dec 20, 1928

Special thanks to Jorge Finkielman for providing us with this picture.



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THE HAUNTED HOUSE Photo

Another publicity photo for THE HAUNTED HOUSE.

Special thanks to Jorge Finkielman for providing us with this photo.



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THE HAUNTED HOUSE

THE HAUNTED HOUSE was also known as THE HOUSE OF HORROR. Today, it is considered a lost film, and only the Vitaphone sound discs for it remain.

The Haunted House (1928 film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        

The Haunted House
Directed by	Benjamin Christensen
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland Wid Gunning
Written by	Richard Bee Lajos Bíró Cornell Woolrich (intertitles)
Based on	The Haunted House by Owen Davis
Starring	Larry Kent Thelma Todd
Music by	Max Bergunker Gerard Carbonara Karl Hajos
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	Frank Ware
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release dates	November 4, 1928 (1928-11-04)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

The Haunted House is a 1928 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Benjamin Christensen. Christensen also wrote the script under the name Richard Bee. The film stars Larry Kent and Thelma Todd and is based on Owen Davis's 1924 Broadway play of the same name. The Haunted House is now presumed lost,^[1] but the entire Vitaphone soundtrack featuring music and sound effects survives and can be heard at archive.org as part of the Vitaphone Varieties lineup.

Cast

• Larry Kent as Billy
• Thelma Todd as The Nurse
• Edmund Breese as Uncle Herbert
• Sidney Bracey as Tully
• Barbara Bedford as Nancy
• Flora Finch as Mrs.Rackham
• Chester Conklin as Mr. Rackham
• William V. Mong as Caretaker
• Montagu Love as Mad Doctor
• Eve Southern as Sleepwalking Girl
• John Gough as Chauffeur

References

1. Jump up ^ Soister, John T. (2012). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland. p. 252. ISBN 0-786-48790-9. 

External links

• The Haunted House at the Internet Movie Database
• The Haunted House at AllMovie
• Vitaphone Varieties Collection at the archive.org

                                       
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This movie was part of the horror cycle of the late silent era and was made around the same time as SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN and THE HOUSE OF HORROR, all of which were produced by First National and directed by Benjamin Christensen, and all of which could be seen as similar to THE CAT AND THE CANARY - a smash hit at the time.

Chester Conklin was popular in the silent era and would appear in later recreations such as HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE and THE PERILS OF PAULINE ( 1947 ). He worked with Thelma Todd in FASCINATING YOUTH ( 1926 ), RUBBER HEELS ( 1927 ), THE HAUNTED HOUSE ( 1928 ), and THE HOUSE OF HORROR ( 1929 ).

 Thelma Todd with Larry Kent.

What you go to the show for.

Chester Conklin thinks so, too.

4th Of July Publicity Photo.

THE CRASH was another Thelma Todd movie.

Notice the face that the windows make on the center of the house in the background.

Barbara Bedford:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Bedford_(actress)

Chester Conklin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Conklin

http://www.goldensilents.com/comedy/chesterconklin.html

Benjamin Christensen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Christensen

THE HAUNTED HOUSE:
http://vitaphone.blogspot.com/2006/11/screams-and-laughter-but-what-came.html

http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9903EEDD1031E33ABC4B51DFB4678383639EDE

http://books.google.com/books?id=ajXwxJuYd5gC&pg=PA254&lpg=PA254&dq=THE+HAUNTED+HOUSE+benjamin+christensen&source=bl&ots=yBeyzQMguY&sig=RvGvgs45Gl1Zb3JUiTHOnCP7Z0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9qpSVIb8DoOnyQSZuYHIDg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=THE%20HAUNTED%20HOUSE%20benjamin%20christensen&f=false

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THE HAUNTED HOUSE Poster

THE HAUNTED HOUSE was one of three horror comedies Thelma Todd made with director Benjamin Christensen for First National.

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THE HAUNTED HOUSE ( 1928 ) Item ( Portugese )

THE HAUNTED HOUSE was one of three horror comedies Thelma Todd made with Benjamin Christenson at First National in the late 1920's. Here is a publicity item for this film that appeared in a Brazilian newspaper  - CORREIO DA MANHA, Sunday, June 25, 1929, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil





























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Thelma Todd Movie Ads

Ads from the fan magazines for Thelma Todd movies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The girl here doesn't look that much like Thelma Todd. It looks as much like the illustrations in Thorne Smith books as anything, but then it's around the same time.

 

 

 

 

 Sally Rand was in the news, so they stuck fan dancing in this movie. Ginger Rogers was about to make a movie with Fred Astaire and become a big star, but at this time was an also-ran.

 

 

 

 

"It" was what they said Clara Bow had, but that was at the same studio.

 

 

 

 Thelma Todd was prominently featured in the publicity, but had only a small part in the movie.

 

 

Thelma Todd appeared in SCREEN SNAPSHOTS along with many others.





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