Toddy Pictures Company

Toddy Pictures Company was a film distribution and production company. It was founded in 1941 by Ted Toddy (1900-1983) in a consolidation of his film businesses under the new name.[1] The film company specialized in African-American films.[2]

Film still for Buck and Bubbles Laugh Jubilee
Advertisement for Professor Creeps
Lobby card for Prison Bait

Toddy was born in Russia. He worked for more than a decade at major studios before establishing Dixie National Pictures in Atlanta. He was involved in efforts to distribute the 1936 film Polygamy which ran into censorship hurdles and censor Joseph Breen.

Toddy added Million Dollar Productions to his business in 1940.[3] Toddy re-released Million Dollar Productions films with new titles and marketing.

Toddy marketed light comedies with outdoor scenes and plenty of musical performances to Black audiences.[4]

Filmography

References

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  3. "ACADEMY COLLECTIONS | details". collections.new.oscars.org.
  4. Slide, Anthony (25 February 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135925543.
  5. Torriano Berry, S.; Berry, Venise T. (2 September 2009). The a to Z of African American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870345.
  6. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/collection/search?edan_q=*:*&edan_fq[]=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.name:%22Toddy+Pictures+Company%22&edan_local=1&op=Search
  7. "Lucky Ghost (1942) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  8. "Fight That Ghost (1946) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  9. "Fighting Americans". BFI.
  10. "Antiques Roadshow | PBS". PBS.
  11. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/563997/Mantan-Runs-for-Mayor/notes.html
  12. "AFI|Catalog".
  13. "Bargain with Bullets [a.k.a. Gangsters on the Loose] (1937) [Lost Film]".
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