May 15th
Bonnie Scotland* (U)
Manifest Theatre, Manningtree

US 1935. MGM/Hal Roach. 80m. bw

Stan and Ollie travel to Scotland to inherit the McLaurel estate, then join the army to India where they overwhelm a tribal uprising.
Rough-and-ready Laurel & Hardy feature with some attractive moments, a mixed bag of jokes and sub-plots including an insubstantial romance that is not resolved come the conclusion.

Written by: Frank Butler, Jeff Moffitt.
Producer: Hal Roach.
Director: James Horne.
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, William Janney, June Lang, James Finlayson, Daphne Pollard, Anne Grey, Vernon Steel, David Torrence.
Photography: Art Lloyd, Walter Lundin.
Music: Marvin Hatley (who also appears playing the accordion).

Preceded by:
Liberty**
(US 1929. 20m. bw. silent; Stan and Ollie jailbreak but escape onto a high-rise building site!; d: Leo McCarey; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tom Kennedy, Jean Harlow.)

Chickens Come Home**
(US 1931. 30m. bw; Ollie is blackmailed by an old flame on the eve of his election for Mayor; w: H.M. Walker; d: James W. Horne; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Thelma Todd, James Finlayson, Norma Drew.; GB title: Chicken Come Home)