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This Is More Than I Can Stand
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Charlie Hall was born into a working class family in Birmingham, England on 19th August 1899. In 1920 he went from working in a factory in Birmingham to working in a factory in New York. Yet, incredibly, within a few years of leaving Birmingham, he would be appearing in films with some of the greatest silent comedy stars of all time. How did this come about? And why did Charlie find himself working back in a factory in Birmingham in 1938? This and many other questions will be answered in this new book about the life of Charlie Hall. What part did Stan Laurel play in his return to Birmingham? Why did Charlie have Edgar Kennedy to thank for his return to the US? What were Charlie's links with Fred Karno? The book will contain interviews with family and friends who knew him and remember meeting him when he returned to Birmingham in the late '30s. Plus some of Charlie's personal letters, written at this time, giving a unique insight into his thoughts and his desperate efforts to return to the US. Whom was he writing these letters to? Read in Charlie's own words his memories of the early movie picture industry and what is was like to work with Laurel and Hardy. This detailed biography will shed new light on the "Little Menace" from Birmingham. Published by Brewin Books; price £14.95. You will be able to purchase a copy direct from me. Full details will soon be on our new website www.laughinggravytent.co.uk. |
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