NOTES FROM THE CLUBS
Updated April 27th, 2008
READIN', WRITIN', FIGGERIN'
According to Steve Bailey of Florida's Leave 'Em Laughing Tent, the 1975 coffee table book Laurel and Hardy by John McCabe, Al Kilgire and Richard Bann will be getting a makeover, with new pictures from Richard Feiner's collection, and will be published sometime at the end of this year. Mr. Bailey, an official friend of Laurel and Hardy Central (he loves when we call him that) tells us he read this news comes in the latest Intra-Tent Journal.
STILL ESSENTIAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
On March 15th, Turner Classic Movies' The Essentials featuredThe Music Box and Sons of the Desert
. At the end of the double feature, host Robert Osbourne said "It's
essential for people to see Laurel and Hardy, certainly," to which new Essentials co-host Rose McGowan (Charmed, Grindhouse)
replied "I completely agree. What a fantastic ballet that
they've had." Before the broadcast, McGowan praised them as "the
perfect team... the Ginger Rogers - Fred Astaire of this kind of
physical comedy". Nice to see somebody of
Hollywood's younger generation (she's 35 - younger than us, at
least) loves Laurel and Hardy. Nice to have you in the club,
Rose! TEN YEARS AND COUNTING
February 1st: Laurel and Hardy Central is officially ten years old.
GUESTBOOK A HIT!
It's nice to see that people are signing our guestbook. Keep those thoughts and opinions coming!
Older News
WELL, YOU'RE BIDDING AGAINST ME! (POST-AUCTION UPDATE)
Christie's Auction House in NYC held a Film Memorabilia on May 30th 2007, an auction which included several items from the Stan Laurel Estate. Before the auction, Co-Webmaster John B. visited Christie's to check out all the Stan stuff. Read a firsthand report about his day at Christies: Stan Laurel Estate Auction.
The Stan item which sold for the highest price was one of his bowler hats, which went for $26,400 dollars.
I'LL BE GLAD TO REVIEW YOU RASCAL YOU
At our sister site Stuff You Gotta Watch, we have opened up an Our Gang/Little Rascals section, where each Hal Roach Our Gang talkie is reviewed, grouped by year of release. Plus there are two small galleries of several Rascals in other films.
Stuff You Gotta Watch's Our Gang/Little Rascals Section
LINKS, LETTERS AND TOMATOES
There is a fascinating new site devoted to letters written by Stan Laurel. Check it out at:
http://lettersfromstan.com
We also have one new letter in our Letters/Feedback section.
Habeas Corpus
"I am so excited to see this movie. Dustoff Varnya is such a brilliant director. Did you see his last film, The Flower that Drank the Moon? It was simply glorious!"
"I guess I must have missed that one. But then what do I know? I like Laurel and Hardy movies. "
---- Ghost World (2001)
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Upset? I'm house-broken!
Mr. Laurel says that after reviewing the situation from all sides, he is thoroughly reconciled to the fact that the moving picture industry is still in its infancy.
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