Will my thunderbolt connect to hdmi to mdp to hdmi?

hi, i know i cant do minidisplay port to thunderbolt. i have a macbook pro late 2009 and a 2014 21.5" iMac both running osx Mav.
Is it possible to do thunderbolt to hdmi and use an hdmi adapter from mdp? Can I connect them this way!???
I tried just using a mdp cable to plug in to both because I read it was backwards compatible on the iMac, but it didnt work. Help meh!
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

MacBook Pro has a Mini DisplayPort which I heard was backwards compatible
A Thunderbolt computer is compatible with a Mini DisplayPort display, but a Mini DisplayPort computer is not compatible with a Thunderbolt display.

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