Laurel and Hardy and the Sons of the Desert are at the heart of Bowler Dessert magazine and Bowler Dessert Online
Bulletin
19.06.11.
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Here comes summer "Here comes summer" says the Men o' War Tent's newsletter in announcing its show at the Manifest Theatre in Manningtree on 25th June. "Shore leave, a picnic, rest and relaxation on a boat. What more could anyone ask for when the sun shines? Of course with Laurel and Hardy taking the lead the simple joys are anything but simple. There's trouble in a traffic jam in Two Tars, a puncture to repair in Perfect Day and an unexpected visitor on board in Saps at Sea. Happy Holidays!" For details log onto http://sites.google.com/site/menowartent/home. Sons at Sloans The Sons were back at Sloans in Glasgow on 14th June for a one-off Laurel and Hardy show. Sons of the Desert was on the big screen and drinks and a meal made the evening complete. The show was well attended. Paddington puzzle At our June tent meeting, we were watching A Chump at Oxford when Sandy Divine spotted something. Meredith the valet recognised Stan as Lord Paddington as soon as he met him. Why then didn't the Dean recognise him when he found him in his bed? Gordon Davie Whoopee on PDF We are now doing our Whoopee newsletter as a PDF document. Let us know if you want to be on the mailing list.
Call me a cab I was passing the Registry Office in Sheffield. Amongst the limousines and usual wedding cars that were parked, I noticed one that stood out as looking suitable for use perhaps by a "portly" couple, their best man and a large suitcase! Could it be that the vehicle was being used as part of an elopement? As a result of this observation I am now investigating if there is a Justice Gladding employed within the Registry Office. John Burton
Property duty Clive Mitchell saw this photo in the Telegraph Property section (04.06.11.). The caption was, "A fine mess: It's no laughing matter when you hit problems on shared obligations."
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New
book The Making of
Stan Laurel: Echoes of a British
Boyhood (in paperback) by Danny
Lawrence has a UK release date of 28th
June. The RRP is £29.95 and Amazon
has it for £28.45, including
p&p. ISBN
978-0-7864-6312-1. 208 pages. 36 photos, 2
maps, appendix, notes, bibliography,
index. This is also
available as an e-book, with ISBN
978-0-7864-8515-4. Did you see? Did you see Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood (BBC2, 10.06.11.)? This, the final programme in the series, looked at the work of producer Irving Thalberg. A brief mention was made of The Hollywood Revue of 1929 but they didn't mention that Laurel and Hardy appeared in it. A cast photo was on the screen for a couple of seconds but not long enough to spot whether Laurel and Hardy were on it. Dean Carroll On DVD and TV A past item about voting online for Laurel and Hardy films to be released on DVD in region 1 in the USA is now obsolete. TCM apparently has removed the voting function from its website. I suggest that people directly communicate with TV stations like TCM or whichever other one they want, to ask them to show Laurel and Hardy films. Good news: I received an e-mail from ME TV, saying that they were already planning on showing Laurel and Hardy films on their station this coming fall. Eric Schultz Calamities! At Paisley the lift doors were narrower than my wheelchair. At Rolduc the bathroom / toilet doors were narrower that my wheelchair. On the Sunday morning a castor wheel came off. Fortunately I was still at Rolduc and they had an odd-job man who fixed it in his workshop within ten minutes and I just made it to the coach before its departure. Of course, I had to miss the late night evenings in the cellar bar as there was no way down. Jean Darling was born in August 1922 so she was the eldest there. Holgi will host the 2013 Convention. My camera broke so I will wait for Norm's photos. Chris Coffey |
