Nov 3rd 
(Manifest Theatre, Manningtree)
Pack Up Your Troubles* (U) 
(US 1934)           

Laurel and Hardy go to fight in the trenches, and when their best friend is killed they are left with his little daughter to find a home for.
Average star comedy which starts out as army farce and then moves into a series of individually funny scenes and Chaplin-style sentiment with the addition of the little girl; quality of jokes variable.

Written by: H.M. Walker.
Producer: Hal Roach.
Directors: George Marshall, Raymond McCarey.
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Donald Dillaway, Jacquie Lyn, Richard Cramer, Charles Middleton, Tom Kennedy, James Finlayson, Billy Gilbert, George Marshall.
Photography: Art Lloyd.
Music: Marvin Hatley.

Preceded by:
Duck Soup**
(US 1927. 20m. bw; Two vagrants try to avoid firefighting by posing as master and maid in a house for rent. Interesting precursor to Another Fine Mess, before this duo became known as Laurel and Hardy, and proof positive that star teamings don't just happen by mistake.; w: H.M. Walker, from the play "Home from the Honeymoon" by Arthur J. Jefferson; d: Fred Guiol; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, William Austin, James A. Marcus, Madeleine Hurlock, Bob Kortman.)

Them Thar Hills** (qv)