Men O'War Tent - Tiny Sandford evening

Feb 10th
(Manifest Theatre)

A selection of perennial Laurel and Hardy comedy shorts, linked by supporting appearances by Tiny Sandford in each of them. Accompanied by a poignant toast and tribute to former Men O'War tent member Dani Barker, and with a lively audience to enjoy the show, even for a film as unpromising as The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case.

The Second Hundred Years**
(US 1927. 20m. bw; Two long term convicts unwittingly escape back into the same prison as VIP guests. w: H. M. Walker; d: Fred L. Guiol; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford, Eugene Pallette, Dorothy Coburn,)

Below Zero* (qv)

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
(US 1930. 20m. bw; Ollie purses a fake inheritance of Stan's at a haunted house where everyone is mysteriously bumped off - the biggest mystery of this case being why Laurel and Hardy should do such stilted and creaky material (even then) without even a decent plot or resolution? ; w: H.M. Walker; d: James Parrott; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Fred Kelsey, Del Henderson, Frank Austin, Tiny Sandford.)

Come Clean**
(US 1931. 20m. bw; Stan and Ollie rescue a troublesome woman from suicide, and then have to hide her away from the wives.; w: H.M. Walker; d: James W. Horne; s: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Mae Busch, Gertrude Astor, Linda Loredo, Charlie Hall, Tiny Sandford.)