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Two events in London Two events in London on the horizon which I will certainly go to and maybe you might also like to be there? (1) Live Jazz accompanying Buster Keaton Shorts, on Sunday 4th Dcember at the Barbican. Too good to miss. http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=12672 (2) Slava's Snowshow over Christmas at theRoyal Festival Hall. This is an amazing and evocative spectacle. The show has been influenced by the greats of silent film and is very moving and fun. I saw this with Russell in New York about 4 years ago and will definately be going along again. http://www.slavasnowshow.co.uk/tickets Please let me know if you want me to book tickets for anyone. The date for the 2nd event depends on who wants to go and their availability. Please also pass onto anyone who may be interested. Laughing Gravy's Comedy Festival The October meeting of the Laughing Gravy Tent of Birmingham was a very busy night. It was "Bring a Friend for Free" night, plus we were having our annual members' draw with the prize of a free year's membership. We were also listed in this year's Birmingham Comedy Festival.
And we had a presentation for another 10-year member. 11-year-old Sam Roberts became our 59th and youngest-ever person to receive a 10-year medal. Sam is a very active member of our tent and has been on many of our organised trips out. He is a great credit to Laughing Gravy and we are very proud to have him as part of our club. Paul Kennie and Jackie Mobbs won the free members' draw. The Comedy Festival brought in about forty new people. Things became a bit hectic on the door and we sort of lost count of how many people were in the room. The guestimate was around 120. So another great night was had by one and all. We are now looking forward to our "Scottish Night" in November. John Ullah
Supporting stars James Clewer has a blogspot at http://landhcostars.blogspot.com in which he is trying to identify some of the lesser known co-stars such as in Pack Up Your Troubles and Babes in Toyland. Any feedback would be welcome. He says, "The purpose of this blog is primarily to identify actors and actresses who have had a substantial role in any Laurel and Hardy film but have not been listed in the Internet Movie Database or elsewhere under that film. To start off this is a photo [above] of Little Red Riding Hood in Babes in Toyland from 1934." One suggestion James has come up with is that it may be Evelyn Finley (1916-1989). She was an actress and stunt double mainly in westerns from 1936 to 1964. Statue reference I read the Retro Football mag Backpass. In the autumn 2011 issue on page 5 is an article called The Gaffer, about the statue of Don Revie that will be put in Leeds. It was made by Graham Ibbeson and the article mentions his previous statues thus: "Ibbeson also sculpted the Les Dawson statue, those of Laurel and Hardy that stand in Stan Laurel's home town of Ulverston in Cumbria and the one unveiled by the Queen in 1999 of comedian Eric Morecambe." Stephen Barlow Monstrous Whilst browsing the bookshelves of his local book shop Mark Rodgers spotted a new book called Monsters in the Movies by John Landis (famous for directing An American Werewolf in London and Michael Jackson's Thriller video). It illustrates 100 years of monsters in movies. In a section called "Comedy Monsters" there are, as expected, references to Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy and Frankenstein etc. However, on page 174 there is a piece about Laurel and Hardy and The Chimp. "Ethel isn't quite a monster," was Mark's thought upon seeing this. If anyone is interested, the ISBNs are ISBN-10: 1405366974; ISBN-13: 978-1405366977. John Burton |
Christmas
gatherings The Blockheads
Tent will hold its Christmas Party at its
usual venue on
Sunday
11th
December. On the
same
day the
Saps at Sea Tent will hold its Another
Merry Christmess meeting at its usual
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