Thelma Todd

...made her screen debut in a Vitaphone short subject filmed there. In 1933 producer Hal Roach hired Kelly to co-star with Thelma Todd in a series of short-subject comedies. (Kelly replaced ZaSu Pitts, who left Roach after a salary dispute.)

In this article: Patsy Kelly, Frank Fay, Broadway, Hal Roach, Barbara Harris, and Tallulah Bankhead

...in 1931 . It was produced and directed by Hal Roach and distributed by MGM. It stars Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd and features a cameo appearance by Laurel and Hardy. Zasu and Thelma are two young women at home complaining about all of the...

In this article: On the Loose, Coney Island, Laurel and Hardy, ZaSu Pitts, Hal Roach, and MGM

...of her sidekick. Thelma Todd became highly regarded as a capable film comedienne, and Roach loaned her out to other studios to play opposite Wheeler & Woolsey, Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown , and the Marx Brothers. She also appeared...

In this article: Roland West, Lucky Luciano, ZaSu Pitts, Hal Roach, Jewel Carmen, Laurel and Hardy, and Hollywood

...the Hal Roach studios and Patsy Kelly was brought in as Thelma Todd's new partner. This team filmed 21 more short films together until Todd's death in 1935. The next pairing was Patsy Kelly and Pert Kelton for one short, and then Kelly and...

In this article: ZaSu Pitts, Patsy Kelly, Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy, Lyda Roberti, Leroy Shield, A Pain in the Pullman, On the Loose, and Jules White

...make telephone calls to his father in Joplin. In the Hal Roach comedy film short series starring Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts, Pitts often makes references to Joplin as being her home town. In real life, Pitts was born in nearby Parsons,...

In this article: Joplin High School, Scott Joplin, Missouri Southern State University, Bonnie and Clyde, Zinc, Union City, Route 66, and ZaSu Pitts

...countless background themes that became associated with such Roach comedy series as Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd '', and ''Charley Chase. One of his compositions for the 1930 Our Gang 1930 short Teacher's Pet ,...

In this article: Leroy Shield, Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy, ZaSu Pitts, Arturo Toscanini, R. Crumb, Beau Hunks, Teacher's Pet, and Our Gang

...and co-starred in a series of feature-length comedies with Slim Summerville. Her brief stint in the Hildegarde Withers mystery series was not well received. By this time Pitts was established as a comedienne, and audiences didn't accept...

In this article: ZaSu Pitts, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Hal Roach, Parsons, Kansas, and Hollywood

...Kelly, Billy Gilbert, and Charley Chase while working for Hal Roach. Blessed with a beautiful singing voice, she was an accomplished voice-over artist during this period. Karns married R. William Patterson and hosted a local variety...

In this article: Virginia Karns, R. William Patterson, Hal Roach, Charley Chase, Billy Gilbert, Patsy Kelly, and Dayton, Ohio