Saturday, September 25, 2010

Do Detectives Think? plus other shorts

Sep 25th
Manifest Theatre, Manningtree

Laurel & Hardy "Men O'War" Tent evening of films beginning and ending with the theme of vengeful crooks, and also featuring Walter "Butch/Mugsy" Long in Any Old Port.

Do Detectives Think?**

(US 1927. Pathe/Hal Roach. 20m. bw. silent; A judge hires two inept detectives to protect him from a vengeful escaped convict. The duo's first use of their trademark costumes (but with different character names.); d: Fred Guiol; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Noah Young, Viola Richard.)

County Hospital**
(US 1932. 20m. bw; Stan visits Ollie in hospital with a bad leg, and causes inevitable mayhem.; w: H.M. Walker; d: James Parrott; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert.)

followed by:
Any Old Port (qv)

Going Bye Bye! (qv)

1 Comments:

Anonymous ken benobi said...

Love love love L & H. And these are good films, Mr Sales.

Oct 31, 2010, 7:33:00 PM  

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