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Blu-ray: Year Two
Announcing the next addition to the Flicker Alley catalog, now available for pre-order: Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films® present Laurel & Hardy: Year Two, The Newly Restored 1928 Silents, a deluxe Blu-ray 2-disc collection of ten newly restored films that showcase the evolving chemistry of the legendary comedy duo.
You are invited to experience the hilarious follow-up to our award winning set that celebrated the beginnings of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s iconic partnership. Laurel & Hardy: Year Two offers ten more newly restored comedy shorts, picking up right where Year One left off.
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Laurel and HarDay
Provisional programme
Everyone going to the Laurel & HarDay on 7th September is invited to play "You're bidding against me".
Seven lucky contestants will be asked to "Come on down!"
All you have to do is guess the prices of some familiar Laurel & Hardy related items.
All will be revealed on the day.
Coming
With Christmas nearer than you might think, Bowler Dessert will be launching our exciting new 2024 Christmas cards at the Laurel and HarDay in Wigan.
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Sons of the Desert Convention, Edinburgh, 1985
Saps visit Clacton
On Saturday 25th August 2024, the Saps-at-Another-Seaside-Town (Clacton) enjoyed the wonderful Summer Seaside Variety Show. Our tent had a group booking and it was FREE for everyone who wished or wanted to go for the afternoon show.
Louise Murchison, Fred Karno’s great grand-daughter, joined us for the afternoon/evening. The historic and lovely West Cliff Theatre was the venue. It was a brilliant show with dancers, singers and the speciality acts were Ben Nickless, a very clever and amusing MC/Comedian and juggler Ian Marchant.
It was pouring with rain outside, but inside the theatre the performers filled our hearts with sunshine. Oh, and we made a lot of noise – no surprise there then!
Roger Robinson
Guess who?
Storm Huntley currently presents a morning show each weekday on Channel 5. The first person she ever interviewed, ten years ago, was a Son of the Desert. Can you guess who? The answer is below.
Film night in Leeds
There will be a special screening on Saturday 21st September at 7.30 at the Cottage Road Cinema, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 4DD. Sons of the Desert will be the main feature. Accompanying shorts will be Two Tars (accompanied by Ben Hinchliffe on the organ), The Chimp and County Hospital. All tickets are £10 each and can be booked via the website www.nm-cinemas.co.uk.
Owner Charles Morris says, "The Cottage Road cinema has been showing films continuously since 1912 and has just passed its 112th birthday. It has over 400 seats plus a licensed bar and is renowned for providing the true traditional cinema experience.
Our first L & H night a year ago was a great success and we hope to build on that this year."
Night Owls Tent of Oldham
Live Ghost Tent of London 30th Anniversary
Did you guess?
Did you guess who was the first person to be interviewed by Storm Huntley on television? He was Grand Sheik Willie McIntyre, interviewed at the Call of the Cuckoo Tent’s film night at the Panopticon in Glasgow. It was on STV Glasgow on 3 July, 2014.
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