Nov 2nd
Way Out West***(U)
(Manifest Theatre, Manningtree)

(US 1937)
Hal Roach. 66m. bw

Stan and Ollie travel to Brushwood Gulch to present an heir with a family fortune, but her crooked guardians are intent on pilfering it.
Probably the best Laurel and Hardy feature film made, one of their most streamlined features equally mixing themes of a comedy Western and an above average plot, and two delightfully simple song and dance numbers: the "Shoe Shuffle" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". One of the boys' most streamlined and sheerly pleasurable comedies, remembered with affection.

Written by: Jack Jevne, Charles Rogers, James Parrott, Felix Adler.
Producer: Stan Laurel.
Director: James Horne.
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Sharon Lyne, Rosina Lawrence, Stanley Fields, Vivien Oakland, the Avalon Boys, James C. Morton.
Photography: Art Lloyd, Walter Lundin.
Musical Direction: Marvin Hatley.

100 Favourite Films: Way Out West

Preceded by:
The Finishing Touch**
(US 1928. 20m. bw. silent; Laurel and Hardy build a dilapidated house.; w: H.M. Walker; d: James Parrott; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn, Sam Lufkin.)

Any Old Port**