#Patsy Todd

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Early 60's

Not the same Marianne (or Mary-Ann) as I previously posted.

A vibrant ska classic!

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🎂 Remembering actress/comedian Thelma (Alice) Todd born on July 29th, 1906 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Appeared in 119 feature films and shorts between 1926 thru 1935. She performed opposite; The Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chase. Thelma was also partnered with Zasu Pitts and later Patsy Kelly in over 30 comedy shorts at Hal Roach Studios. 🎭 🥂🍾

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Thelma Todd, July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935.

With Patsy Kelly in Gus Meins’s Air Fright (1933).

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30 Days of Classic Queer Hollywood

Day 7: Patsy Kelly (1910-1981)

"I'm a big dyke. So what? Big deal." - Patsy Kelly to a biographer in the 1970s

Actress Patsy Kelly, best known for her role as the witty sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of twenty-one 1930s comedy short films, was a lesbian. In the 1930s, she admitted to Motion Picture Magazine that she had been living with fellow actress Wilma Cox for several years and had no intention of getting married. (In those days, this was about as close as one could get to coming out without being blacklisted.) Kelly later admitted to having had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead (see earlier post) when she worked as Bankhead's personal assistant. In the 1970s, when an author interviewed classic Hollywood stars rumored to be lesbians, Kelly was the only one to openly admit to being queer.

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Patsy Kelly and Thelma Todd for Hal Roach Studios, 1930s

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Thelma Todd     Patsy Kelly

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Silver Screen magazine, February 1939

Merle Oberon is actually signalling that she is doing all right, having implemented method 3 (sob story), as recommended by her two maids/pals in the film (Patsy Kelly and Mabel Todd), on how to get Gary Cooper in a "romantic" mood.

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60's

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Babes in the Goods (1934) Gus Meins

April 22nd 2024

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Patsy Kelly, Thelma Todd, and Director Gus Meins on set of the 1933 comedy short, BACKS TO NATURE.

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Thelma: Quick! If there's anything you could have in the world right now, what would it be? Patsy: Uh m-more time for thinking!