Useless Movie Trivia

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Hal Roach had Laurel and Hardy.  But he also had a female version of Laurel and Hardy starring Thelma Todd and Zazu Pitts that debuted in 1931.

 

 

 

Todd opened "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe" in 1934.  It became one of Hollywood's favorite hot spots.  It still exists but has been closed for years and there is a constant battle to tear it down or restore it.  Sadly less than two years later Thelma died in late 1935 at age 29.  That ended the female Laurel and Hardy comedies.

 

[Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728]

Larsen, I am so glad that you have so much free time on your hands to bring to us on the WIRE your great threads and responses.  Do you ever sleep?

Oh, and your amazing knowledge on firearms has helped many of us with problems.

Keep up the good work.

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

There are a few of their videos on Youtube.

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[Subdeacon Joe]

9 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

 

They managed to beat Chaplin:

"According to the Internet Movie Database, You Nazty Spy! was the first Hollywood film to spoof Hitler.^[1] It was released nine months before the Charlie Chaplin film The Great Dictator, which began filming in September 1939. You Nazty Spy! was filmed on December 5–9, 1939."

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

One of the interesting things about the Stooges film is that it paradies Stalin as one of Hitler's minions.  People seem to forget Germany and Russia were allies and jointly invaded Poland in 1939.  They became adversaries in 1941 when Germany invaded Russia.