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Rascals on DVD in USA  A box set of eight DVDs of Little Rascals (Our Gang) shorts has been released in the USA. It includes Wild Poses, which has a Laurel and Hardy cameo appearance. The Complete Collection (which is in the NTSC format) spans the years 1929-1938. This collection contains what is claimed to be all eighty of the original Little Rascals theatrical talkies in their entirety. Included is a booklet, bonus footage, photos etc. Amazon.com has it for $54.99 (RRP $89.95). One reviewer on Amazon wrote, "Once again we the people who fund the film gods have been slighted! This is NOT as restored and remastered as we would all like it to be! The Little Rascals are one of the most important short film subjects in the history of film and they deserve better than this." Documentary project Andy Muscroft is currently developing a documentary which will be proposed to a UK television broadcaster. It will explore the Sons of the Desert on an international level. Andy says, "It will naturally acknowledge the careers of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy but will be more focused on the people who admire them and how the organisation has grown and developed over the decades. It will also explore why people are drawn to Laurel and Hardy, why they appeal to all ages and why their admirers can remain loyal for a lifetime." Andy has been an admirer of Laurel and Hardy for over thirty years and became a member of the Brats Tent in Sheffield when it was established twenty years ago. The Boys at Halloween
Gary "Stan" Slade and Rob "Ollie" Graham entertained in October at the Farmaggedon, a theme park in Lancaster. |
Winkle ahoy!  The Oct/Nov/Dec issue of The Perry Winkle is a cracker! The front page has the one and only photo of Laurel and Hardy on stage in the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, provided by Neville Wiltshire via Liam Muldowney and Liam's tent newsletter. As usual there are 16 (A4) pages in full colour and a splendid mix of articles. Particularly interesting is the story of ventriloquists who were on the same bill as Stan and Ollie during their American tours. Subscriptions to The Perry Winkle cost £12.00 for four (quarterly) issues and will be welcomed by editor Roger Robinson, 115 Neil Armstrong Way, Leigh on Sea, Essex, SS9 5UE. All that jazz Millennial Territory Orchestra meets Laurel & Hardy for the perfect Jazz Festival event for families on 15 November at the Barbican Hall, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS. Tickets: £10 / £15 (Children under 16 free). In this fusion of classic jazz and comic film for the family, the spirit of the 1920s shines through in the witty arrangements of Steve Bernstein's versatile nine-piece New York based MTO as they play new scores to three side-splitting Laurel and Hardy films, Sugar Daddies, Double Whoopee and Wrong Again. A jambalaya of traditional jazz, swing and the blues, this is jazz Americana at its rootsiest. http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=7862 Blockheads'
Party The Blockheads
Tent's Christmas Party will be held on
Sunday
14th
December
at the Edinburgh City FC Club. We shall
have the normal film show downstairs and a
buffet upstairs. Charlie
Lewis On the Internet On the Hi-De-Hi website they did an interview with Jeffrey Holland and my question was used. I asked which Laurel and Hardy films Jeff liked. I knew Towed in a Hole was one. He also likes Way Out West. I put something on the Perry and Croft Forum about Jeff's letter in the Laurel and Hardy Magazine. Nick Rich |
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Of great stature
Two full-sized figures (above) of Laurel and Hardy were made of fibreglass and sawdust by Gary Russeth. They can be seen at his Ollie Also and Stanie Too Fine Mess Old Car Museum in Harlem. Gary and his wife Jean are members of the local Berth Marks Tent.
The Augusta Block Co was located in Harlem about a hundred years ago and the blocks shown below were made by hand and then fired in kilns. The blocks were donated by Gene and Pat McGee of Harlem and Stan and Ollie now stand on the blocks.
