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NOTES FROM THE CLUBS 

IT'S HERE!

On October 25th, the DVD set Laurel and Hardy: The Essential Collection was been released in the U.S.  This should become a new National Holiday!

A NEW LINK!

A new Laurel and Hardy website in development, loaded with pics and info.
Lord Heath's Site (Another Nice Mess) http:/www.lordheath.com

AT LAST, WE'RE GETTING SOMEPLACE!  "RESTORED" LAUREL AND HARDY SET FOR U.S.!
(Update!)

This may be a little confusing because of the story below from Stan Taffel.  So let's just be clear - there is a set of restored Laurel and Hardy films to be released in the U.S., but these have nothing to do with the restoration work being done at UCLA.  Here's a list of what the set contains:

DISC 1:

UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE 1929
BERTH MARKS 1929
MEN O' WAR 1929
PERFECT DAY 1929
THEY GO BOOM 1929
THE HOOSE-GOW 1929
NIGHT OWLS 1930
LADRONES (Night Owls, Spanish) 1930
BLOTTO 1930

DISC 2:

LA VIDA NOCTURNA (Blotto, Spanish) 1930
BRATS 1937
BRATS 1930 ORIGINAL VERSION 1930
BELOW ZERO 1930
TIEMBLA Y TITUBEA (Below Zero, Spanish) 1930
HOG WILD 1930
THE LAUREL & HARDY Murder Case 1930
NOCHE DE DUENDES (The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case & Berth Marks, Spanish) 1930
ANOTHER FINE MESS 1930

DISC 3:

BE BIG! 1931
CHICKENS COME HOME 1931
Politiquerias (Chickens Home, Spanish) 1931
LAUGHING GRAVY 1931
LES CAROTTIERS (Be Big! & Laughing Gravy, French) 1931

DISC 4:

LOS CALAVERAS (Be Big! & Laughing Gravy, Spanish) 1931
OUR WIFE 1931
PARDON US (extended version) 1931
COME CLEAN 1931
ONE GOOD TURN 1931
BEAU HUNKS 1931

DISC 5:

HELPMATES 1932
ANY OLD PORT 1932
THEMUSIC BOX 1932
THE CHIMP 1932
COUNTY HOSPITAL 1932
SCRAM! 1932
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES 1932
THEIR FIRST MISTAKE 1932

DISC 6:

TOWED IN A HOLE 1932
TWICE TWO 1933
ME AND MY PAL 1933
THE MIDNIGHT PATROL 1933
BUSY BODIES 1933
DIRTY WORK 1933
SONS OF THE DESERT 1933
OLIVER THE EIGHTH 1934
GOING BYE-BYE! 1934

DISC 7:

THEM THAR HILLS 1934
THE LIVE GHOST 1934
TIT FOR TAT 1935
THE FIXER UPPERS 1935
THICKER THAN WATER 1935
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL 1936

DISC 8:

OUR RELATIONS 1936
WAY OUT WEST 1937
SWISS MISS 1938

DISC 9:

BLOCK-HEADS 1938
A CHUMP AT OXFORD - Shorter 1940
A CHUMP AT OXFORD - Longer 1940
SAPS AT SEA 1940

DISC 10:
SPECIAL FEATURES

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
On Location with Boys: Virtual Tour of set location and interactive map
Laurel & Hardy Guest Appearances
Laurel & Hardy Trailers

And here is a link where you can read about this great news!

Restored Laurel and Hardy DVD Set

LAUREL AND HARDY FILMS TO BE RESTORED

From Stan Taffel, Grand Sheik, Hollywood Party Tent:

RESTORATION OF THE HAL ROACH L&H COLLECTION

"UCLA is undergoing a restoration of all the Hal Roach Laurel & Hardy titles
in their collection. The films, all on nitrate stock, will take several years to
restore. Chris Horak, the head of UCLA's film & television archive, told me
...that the goal is to find every original camera negative in existence and go
from there. Features and shorts from the Hal Roach years is the target.

This Sunday, UCLA will have a website devoted to this new project and
they will be asking for donations to help fund this massive undertaking.

I am going to call on all Sons Tents throughout the world to bring this matter
up at their meetings and begin to organize a collection so we can all insure that
these precious films will be around for our grandchildren's grandchildren.

More later next week.
Stan Taffel
Grand Sheik
Hollywood Party Tent
The Film Preservation Tent"

UPDATE: WHERE TO DONATE

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/support/laurel-and-hardy


ONE OF STAN'S  FAVORITE SHOWS TO BE OUT ON DVD!

"I'm Dickens, He's Fenster", an old and critically acclaimed sitcom starring John Astin and Marty Inglels, was a favorite of Stan Laurel's.  And now it's coming out on DVD.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Im-Dickens-Hes-Fenster-Season-1-Volume-1/15075

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