Hello Laurel & Hardy friends,
Happy new year to you all.
Unfortunately we can’t meet again this month…but we can all agree that there’s certainly some light at the end of the tunnel. I suspect some of our elder statesmen (and women) would have had their first jab – you lucky people . I’m sure it won’t be long now before we can all get back together again.
Today as many of you know is the university of the birth of Oliver Norvell Hardy…18th January 1892….129 years ago, in Harlem, Georgia, fondly known as Babe to all Laurel & Hardy fans around the world. Happy birthday, Babe.
If we could have had a meeting this month, I’d certainly put on a programme of films where Babe takes centre stage. So again if you’re missing your monthly fix, whilst stuck at home, you might just want to watch one or more of the following films from your Stan & Ollie boxset ….so here we go:-
– “Beau Hunks” (1931) – A good film to start the year off, our tent’s namesake film. Babe is in LOUGH with Jeannie Weenie, Jean Harlow.
– “Oliver the 8th” (1934) – Babe gets his dream date, but it doesn’t go too well!
– “Me and my Pal” (1933) – Babe nearly gets married, but unfortunately for him gets too stuck into a favourite homely lockdown pursuit…..a jigsaw puzzle!
– “Our Wife” (1931) – Babe elopes with Dulcy (played by another Babe….Babe London). He eventually gets married, though with restricted numbers in attendance!!
– “Should Married Men Go home? (1928) – Babe now happily married but is persuaded to go out a play a near socially-distanced game of Golf, indeed Babe’s favourite form of exercise.
-” Chickens come Home” (1931) – Babe (and not so happily) married, wants to run for “Office” , but has one or two past life indiscretions that he wishes to bury….one not being the incitement of a crowd to threaten and ransack a very important government office!. Indeed, how times have changed.
I would have probably shown most of these films if we could have met…on the 20th our usual 3rd Wednesday of the month.
The Talking Pictures TV channel has been showing 10 min clips of Laurel & Hardy’s Musical Moments as a filler between films, etc. I’ve not seen any yet, but i’m reliably told that there’s one showing of it tomorrow (Tues) 19th Jan at 7.35am and another (or same) showing on Monday 25th Jan at 10.30am. Apparently these have been taken from 8mm Walton home movies, so I can’t vouch for the film quality.
Repeating the mantra…. please stay safe everyone and hopefully we will see you all again real soon!
Laurel & Hardily Yours,
Dave and Denise T
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