Laurel & Hardy

Nov 10th
(Manifest Theatre)

Another pleasant evening of Laurel & Hardy shorts presented by the Men O'War Tent, beginning with DVD versions of Should Married Men Go Home?, followed by a fascinating bit of rare home movie footage by George Mann, On Location with Laurel and Hardy, just recently unearthed from the archives, and four more variably amusing but all entertaining Hal Roach shorts, mostly featuring the scene-stealing Arthur Housman.

Babes in the Goods**

(US 1934. 20m. bw; Two shop assistants are accidentally locked up in the demonstration shop window overnight.; d: Gus Meins; s: Patsy Kelly, Thelma Todd, Arthur Housman, Jack Barty.)

The Live Ghost**

(US 1934. 20m. bw; Stan and Ollie help the captain of a supposedly haunted ship to shanghai crew members, and end up themselves being shanghaied; w: H.M. Walker; d: Charles Rogers; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long, Arthur Housman, Charlie Hall, Mae Busch.)

Scram!**

(US 1932. 20m. bw; Two drifters sentenced by the local judge befriend a drunkard who unwittingly takes them to the judge's house.; w: H.M. Walker; d: Raymond McCarey; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Arthur Housman, Richard Cramer, Vivien Oakland.)

Oliver the Eighth*
(US 1933. 30m. bw; Ollie is engaged to a rich widow, who happens to be mad and vengefully murders every unfortunate husband named Oliver. Fortunately it's all a dream for Ollie. Cop-out.; d: Lloyd French; s: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Mae Busch, Jack Barty.)