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Thelma Todd Movie Poster Art & Stills Book

Author : Abby Books
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781544258577
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Thelma Todd Movie Poster Art & Stills Book written by Abby Books and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thelma Todd was the perfect combination: a beautiful and funny actress, a great onscreen comedienne. Today's audiences may best remember her for her memorable supporting roles in films of Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers. But Todd's film career was so much larger. In the 1930s, she starred in a successful short subject series with Zasu Pitts and later with Patsy Kelly for Hal Roach Studios. During the Depression, she was more popular than say Goldie Hawn or Farrah Fawcett. In all, she appeared in 115 films, with her first being --at 21 years of age-- as Lorraine Lane in Fascinating Youth (1926). a silent romantic comedy. (She even worked opposite the legendary Gary Cooper in the silent western, Nevada (1927).) Given her beauty and talent, Todd's name would have been a household word, if she lived long enough to continue making films and even appearing on television shows. Unfortunately, in 1935, at the age of 29, she was found slumped over the wheel of her Lincoln convertible. Her death was ruled a suicide because of carbon monoxide poisoning, Then and now those who knew her believe she was murdered. Her sudden death was a tragic, sad end to a bright, promising career. As a tribute to her great talent and legacy, the Thelma Todd Movie Poster Art & Stills Book presents a mixture of 75 vintage color and black and white illustrations from 45 of 115 of her films. They include one sheet posters, poster art (such as lobby cards), still photos and screen images from a sample of her film appearances, from Nevada (1927) to The Bohemian Girl (1936) with Laurel and Hardy. The Thelma Todd Movie Poster Art & Stills Book is not a complete collection, nor does it contain any biographical information about Todd or any information about her films. Instead, it's a pictorial tribute to a beautiful, funny actress who was a class act all her own. (The following is a list of movie poster art and stills contained in this book: Ads: Vamping Venus (1928) and Speak Easily (1932), Insert: The Devil's Brother (1933). Lobby Cards: Nevada (1927), The Gay Defender (1927), The Haunted House (1928), The Noose (1928), Seven Footprints to Satan (1929), The Bachelor Girl (1929), Aloha (1931), Corsair (1931), Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932), Air Hostess (1933), Cheating Blondes (1933), Counselor-at-Law (1933), The Devil's Brother (1933), Babes in the Goods (1934) and One Horse Farmers (1934), One Sheet Posters: Vamping Venus (1928), Corsair (1931), Cheating Blondes (1933), Hips Hips Hooray (1934), I'll Be Suing You (1934), One Horse Farmers (1934), Opened by Mistake (1934) and Hal Roach 20th Anniversary (1934). Stills: Nevada (1927), The Gay Defender (1927), The Noose (1928), Vamping Venus (1928), Seven Footprints to Satan (1929), The Snappy Sneezer (1929), Sky Boy (1929), Brats (1930), Her Man (1930), The Shrimp (1930), The Hot Heiress (1931), Chickens Come Home (1931), Monkey Business (1931), On the Loose (1931), The Maltese Falcon (1931), Call Her Savage (1932), Horse Feathers (1932), Speak Easily (1932), The Nickel Nurser (1932), This is the Night (1932), Strictly Unreliable (1932), Son of a Sailor (1933), The Devil's Brother (1933), Bottoms Up (1934), Maid in Hollywood (1934), Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934), Babes in the Goods (1934), The Poor Rich (1934), Palooka (1934), Two for Tonight (1935) and The Bohemian Girl (1936). Screen Images: Another Fine Mess (1930), Chickens Come Home (1931), Call Her Savage (1932) and The Bohemian Girl (1936).)

Thelma Todd in the Movies

Author : Greg Lenburg
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781515089315
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Thelma Todd in the Movies written by Greg Lenburg and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thelma Todd was the perfect combination: a beautiful and funny actress, a great onscreen comedienne. Today's audiences may best remember her for her memorable supporting roles in films of Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers. But Todd's film career was so much fuller, larger. In the 1930s, she starred in a successful short subject series with Zasu Pitts and later with Patsy Kelly for Hal Roach Studios. During the Depression, she was more popular than say Goldie Hawn or Farrah Fawcett. In all, she appeared in 115 films, with her first being --at 21 years of age-- as Lorraine Lane in "Fascinating Youth" (1926). a silent romantic comedy. (She even worked opposite the legendary Gary Cooper in the silent western, "Nevada" (1927).) Given her beauty and talent, Todd's name would have been a household word, if she lived long enough to continue making films and even appearing on television shows. Unfortunately, in 1935, at the age of 29, she was found slumped over the wheel of her Lincoln convertible. Her death was ruled a suicide because of carbon monoxide poisoning, Then and now those who knew her believe she was murdered. Her sudden death was a tragic, sad end to a bright, promising career. As a tribute to her great talent and legacy, "Thelma Todd in the Movies: A Pictorial Tribute" presents a gallery of more than 60 vintage color and black and white illustrations with captions. They include a mixture of one sheet posters, poster art, still photos and screen images from a sample of her film appearances, from "Nevada" (1927) to "The Bohemian Girl" (1936) with Laurel and Hardy. "Thelma Todd in the Movies: A Pictorial Tribute" is not a complete representation of her film work. It does not contain any biographical information about her nor any information about her films. Instead, it's a mini tribute to a beautiful, funny actress who was a class act all her own. 76 Black and white/color illlustrations

The Life and Death of Thelma Todd

Author : William Donati
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786488174
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Death of Thelma Todd written by William Donati and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American film favorite Thelma Todd was much more than the beautiful blonde of the 1930s who played opposite Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers. Todd's tragic death transformed her into an icon of Hollywood mystery: The photograph of the 29-year-old actress slumped in her luxurious Lincoln Phaeton shocked fans in 1935. How did she die? Was it murder, suicide, or an accident? This definitive biography covers a fascinating era in Hollywood history. In the course of his exhaustive research, the author interviewed Todd's cousins Bill and Edna Todd, as well as such friends and coworkers as Ida Lupino, Lina Basquette, Anita Garvin, Dorothy Granger, William Bakewell and Greg Blackton. Also examined is Hollywood's first major sex scandal of 1913, involving Jewel Carmen, the future spouse of director Roland West--the man Thelma Todd loved.

Carole Lombard

Author : Michelle Morgan
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750969393
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Carole Lombard written by Michelle Morgan and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carole Lombard was the very opposite of the typical 1930s starlet. A no-nonsense woman, she worked hard, took no prisoners and had a great passion for life. As a result, she became Hollywood's highest-paid star. From the outside, Carole's life was one of great glamour and fun, yet privately she endured much heartache. As a child, her mother moved Carole and her brothers across the country away from their beloved father. Carole then began a film career, only to have it cut short after a devastating car accident. Picking herself back up, she was rocked by the accidental shooting of her lover; a failed marriage to actor William Powell; and the sorrow of infertility during her marriage to Hollywood's King, Clark Gable. Lombard marched forward, promising to be positive. Sadly her life was cut short in a plane crash so catastrophic that pieces of the aircraft are still buried in the mountain today. In Carole Lombard, bestselling author Michelle Morgan accesses previously unseen documents to tell the story of a woman whose remarkable life and controversial death continues to enthral.

Ice Cream Blonde

Author : Michelle Morgan
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613730411
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Ice Cream Blonde written by Michelle Morgan and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed look at the charmed life and tragic death of one of Hollywood's earliest stars A vibrant and beloved Golden Age film comedienne who worked alongside the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Clara Bow, and dozens of others, Thelma Todd was one of the rare actors to successfully cross over from silent films to "talkies." This authoritative new biography traces Todd's life and career, from a vivacious little girl to a young woman who became a reluctant beauty queen to her rapid rise as a Hollywood comedy star to her mysterious death at the age of 29. Increasingly disenchanted with the studio star system, Todd opened the successful Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café, attracting adoring fans, tourists, and Hollywood celebrities. Life appeared blessed for the beautiful and outspoken Hollywood rebel. So the country was shocked when Todd was found dead by her housekeeper in a garage near the café. An inquest concluded that her death was accidental, caused by inhaling the car's exhaust fumes. In a thorough new investigation that draws on FBI documents, interviews, photographs, reports, and extortion notes—much of these not previously available to the public—author Michelle Morgan offers fresh evidence and conclusions about the circumstances surrounding Todd's death, proving what many people have long suspected, that Thelma had been murdered. The cast of suspects includes Thelma's Hollywood-director lover; her gangster ex-husband; assorted thugs who were pressuring her to install gaming tables in the room above her popular café; and a new, never-before-named mobster. Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of Todd's death, The Ice Cream Blonde is sure to interest any fan of Thelma Todd, Hollywood's Golden Age, or gripping real-life murder mysteries.

Hot Toddy

Author : Andy Edmonds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Hot Toddy written by Andy Edmonds and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When she was found battered and bloodied in her Lincoln Phaeton convertible, authorities declared it suicide. Others called it murder. Thelma Todd, one of America's mpst popular comedians, was dead. And no one knew why. She was the blonde with style. The bombshell with the wisecrack. Thelma Todd wanted to be a schoolteacher :instead she became a star. She wanted to run a restaurant; instead she ran into the mob. In 1935 more than five hundred letters were sent to her weekly by fans. But the ones who attracted her most were dangerous men. More than fifty years after the notorious Thelma Todd murder case was closed, unsolved, Andy Edmonds fingers the killer."--Excerpt taken from the title page verso

Testimony of a Death

Author : Patrick Jenning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578730806
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Testimony of a Death written by Patrick Jenning and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a chilly Monday morning in 1935, a young maid opened the garage door of a Southern California seaside villa onto a grim scene. Her employer, a popular motion picture comedienne, lay dead in the front seat of her expensive automobile. Within hours, the news of Thelma Todd's death was making headlines throughout the nation. Was it murder, suicide, or accident? Cast against the background of Hollywood and Los Angeles, the film industry and the growing metropolis, her death baffled both the public and the investigating authorities. After numerous attempts to solve the mystery over the last eighty years, a powerful myth remains, obscuring the facts of the case as well as the character of Thelma herself. For the first time, however, the mystery of Thelma Todd's death will unfold as it originally did in 1935. Not only does Testimony of a Death narrate the events of that December but it also explores the forces and personalities central to the tragedy. The book examines the various contexts of Todd's death, including the motion picture business in its Golden Age and the city of Los Angeles hovering on the verge of its greatness. It looks beyond the legends and distortions to the darker reality that lies beneath the myths.

Hollywood Horrors

Author : Andrea Van Landingham
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493060082
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Horrors written by Andrea Van Landingham and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name “Hollywood” conjures up fantastical images of bright lights, glamorous dreams, and impossible riches. From its humble beginnings as a ranch sprawling northwest of Los Angeles in the late 1800s, Hollywood has spanned lifetimes as a factory of dreams, a dazzling place where all things are possible. This collection of stories takes you on a journey into the golden age, illuminating the space between the airy fantasy and the gritty reality of life in Hollywood. In a transient city where nothing lasts, thousands of stories have taken place in their time here. From the offscreen debauchery of the silent era, to countless dramatic and mysterious deaths, to the sinister past lives of world-famous LA landmarks, vestiges of Hollywood’s checkered past can still be found all over the city. With generations of Tinseltown’s luminaries living and working under the sunny guise of paradisal prosperity, their real stories reveal the sordid underbelly lurking directly beneath the surface. A dangerous collusion between the studios, the press, the mob, and the LAPD forms an impenetrable behind-the-scenes network of corruption, power and control, where the truth is always up for sale. A network in which the most glamorous and well-known figures are merely players in this elaborate charade. It’s magical and gritty, it’s ugly and dirty, it’s the land of dreams...it’s Hollywood.

American Film

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 938 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Film written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Movie Poster Art

Author : Rod Cuthbertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957860131
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Movie Poster Art written by Rod Cuthbertson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hirschfeld's Hollywood: The Film Art of Al Hirschfeld

Author : David Leopold
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417723652
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Hirschfeld's Hollywood: The Film Art of Al Hirschfeld written by David Leopold and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun and affordable book, which accompanies an exhibition at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, showcases Hirschfeld's artwork for movie posters, billboards, murals and theater displays. 115 illustrations.

Photography and Cinema

Author : David Campany
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861893512
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book Photography and Cinema written by David Campany and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This account of photography and cinema shows how the two media are not separate but in fact have influenced each other since their inception. David Campany explores photographers on screen, photographic and filmic stillness, photographs in film, the influence of photography on cinema, and the photographer as a filmmaker"--OCLC

Forgotten Heroes of Comedy

Author : Robert Ross
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783529199
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Heroes of Comedy written by Robert Ross and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this long overdue and affectionate salute, celebrated comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest, funniest and most fascinating names in comedy from both sides of the Atlantic. Monty Python’s Terry Jones wrote the foreword. With the passionate input of such comics as Tim Brooke-Taylor, Hattie Hayridge, Roy Hudd, Michael Palin, Ross Noble, Chris Addison and Bernard Cribbins, Ross honours these legends of humor who, for a variety of reasons, didn't quite reach the heady heights of stardom or, once they had, couldn't cope with the pressures. Whether it is a favorite from the distant smoke- and ale-stained world of the Music Hall like the great George Robey, or the downbeat poetry of Hovis Presley, who dropped disenchanted bombs on the late 1990s, Forgotten Heroes of Comedy will finally elevate them to the Hall of Fame where they belong. Forgotten, no longer. UK Joe Baker UK Eric Barker UK Alfie Bass UK Michael Bates India (to English parents) David Battley UK Michael Bentine UK Harold Berens UK Wilie Best USA Alec Bregonzi UK Michael Ward UK Douglas Byng UK Marti Caine UK Esma Cannon Australia (but moved to UK) Patrick Cargill UK Jimmy Clitheroe UK Danny Ross UK Billy Dainty UK Janet Davies UK Florence Desmond UK Jerry Desmonde UK Eddie Leslie UK Maidie Dickson UK Charlie Drake UK Jimmy Edwards UK Gus Elen UK Ray Ellington UK Dick Emery UK Pierre Etaix France Barry Evans UK Mario Fabrizi UK Doug Fisher UK Ronald Frankau UK Leslie Fuller UK Dustin Gee UK Peter Glaze UK Tommy Godfrey UK Harry Locke UK Ken Goodwin UK Bernard Gorcey Russia (died USA) Bert Gordon USA Monsewer' Eddie Gray UK Raymond Griffith USA Deryck Guyler UK Brian Hall UK Lloyd Hamilton USA Arthur Haynes UK Richard Hearne UK Dickie Henderson UK Gerard Hoffnung Germany (died UK) Shemp Howard USA Nat Jackley UK Rex Jameson UK Spike Jones USA John Junkin UK Dave King UK Roy Kinnear UK Dennis Kirkland UK Patsy Knox USA Debbie Linden UK Hugh Lloyd UK Malcolm McFee UK Moore Marriott UK Graham Moffatt UK Ray Martine UK Zeppo Marx USA Glenn Melvyn UK Eric Merriman UK Christopher Mitchell UK Albert Modley UK Robert Moreton UK Gladys Morgan UK Lily Morris UK Richard Murdoch UK Tom E. Murray USA David Nixon UK Larry Noble UK Ole Olsen USA Chic Johnson USA Ken Platt UK Sandy Powell UK Vince Powell UK Hovis Presley UK Cardew Robinson UK Joe E. Ross USA Patsy Rowlands UK Derek Roy UK Derek Royle UK Leslie Sarony UK Larry Semon USA Ronald Shiner UK Johnnie Silver USA Dennis Spicer UK Larry Stephens UK Jake Thackray UK Thelma Todd USA Jack Train UK Karl Valentin Germany Liesl Karlstadt Germany Norman Vaughan UK Tom Walls UK Ralph Lynn UK Elsie and Doris Waters UK Rita Webb UK John Wells UK George and Kenneth Western UK Gordon Wharmby UK Bert Wheeler USA Robert Woolsey USA Albert Whelan Australia (died UK) Robb Wilton UK Mike and Bernie Winters UK Georgie Wood UK Dolly Harmer UK Harry Worth UK Mario Zampi Italy (died UK)

Hurrell

Author : George Hurrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956648754
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Hurrell written by George Hurrell and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Hurrell portrait is to the ordinary publicity still about what a Rolls-Royce is to a roller-skate.' (Esquire, 1936.) This lavish book celebrates the enduring glamour of one of Hollywood's greatest photographers. Includes several unseen images of cinema's most iconic faces.

The Motion Picture Almanac

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Motion Picture Almanac written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Movie Shorts

Author : Leonard Maltin
Publisher : New York : Crown Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Great Movie Shorts written by Leonard Maltin and published by New York : Crown Publishers. This book was released on 1972 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934) (Turner Classic Movies)

Author : Mark A. Vieira
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762466758
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934) (Turner Classic Movies) written by Mark A. Vieira and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with rare images and untold stories from filmmakers, exhibitors, and moviegoers, Forbidden Hollywood is the ultimate guide to a gloriously entertaining era when a lax code of censorship let sin rule the movies. Forbidden Hollywood is a history of "pre-Code" like none otherA name=_Hlk518256457: you will eavesdrop on production conferences, read nervous telegrams from executives to censors, and hear Americans argue about "immoral" movies. /aYou will see decisions artfully wrought, so as to fool some of the people long enough to get films into theaters. You will read what theater managers thought of such craftiness, and hear from fans as they applauded creativity or condemned crassness. You will see how these films caused a grass-roots movement to gain control of Hollywood-and why they were "forbidden" for fifty years. The book spotlights the twenty-two films that led to the strict new Code of 1934, including Red-Headed Woman, Call Her Savage, and She Done Him Wrong. You'll see Paul Muni shoot a path to power in the original Scarface; Barbara Stanwyck climb the corporate ladder on her own terms in Baby Face; and misfits seek revenge in Freaks. More than 200 newly restored (and some never-before-published) photographs illustrate pivotal moments in the careers of Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Greta Garbo; and the pre-Code stardom of Claudette Colbert, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, and Mae West. This is the definitive portrait of an unforgettable era in filmmaking.