Bruce Calvert
2008-09-21 13:04:21 UTC
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment-news/2008/09/20/exclusive-taggart-start-alex-norton-to-pen-stan-laurel-movie-86908-20745153/
Exclusive: Taggart start Alex Norton to pen Stan Laurel movie
Sep 20 2008 By Paul English
TAGGART star Alex Norton is swapping murder for mayhem with a film
project that will bring Stan Laurel back to Glasgow.
He has written a script about Stan Laurel's first live performance, in
Glasgow's now defunct Panopticon Theatre in 1906.
And Norton hopes to film the flick in the theatre, which is Britain's
oldest surviving music hall, on the city's Trongate.
He said: "Bill Paterson and I first rediscovered the Panopticon in the
1970s.
"My great uncle Billy was on the variety stage and he was talking
about when it was the Britannia Music Hall.
"He spoke about this old theatre above a shop in Glasgow and so Bill
and I spent an afternoon wandering around until we found it."
Since then, various campaigns have attempted to restore the landmark
theatre and now Alex could be set to return it to its heyday if his
script gets backing.
He said: "I did something for STV years ago on Stan Laurel but now I
want to do the film in the Panopticon.
"I was offered membership of the Laurel and Hardy fan club the Sons Of
The Desert.
"The guy who is the Scottish president is very interested in the whole
thing.
"So we've talked about asking people from the club to help finance the
film.
"To make a decent production about Stan's first night in Glasgow would
be great and to do it inside the Panopticon would be heaven."
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Bruce Calvert
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Exclusive: Taggart start Alex Norton to pen Stan Laurel movie
Sep 20 2008 By Paul English
TAGGART star Alex Norton is swapping murder for mayhem with a film
project that will bring Stan Laurel back to Glasgow.
He has written a script about Stan Laurel's first live performance, in
Glasgow's now defunct Panopticon Theatre in 1906.
And Norton hopes to film the flick in the theatre, which is Britain's
oldest surviving music hall, on the city's Trongate.
He said: "Bill Paterson and I first rediscovered the Panopticon in the
1970s.
"My great uncle Billy was on the variety stage and he was talking
about when it was the Britannia Music Hall.
"He spoke about this old theatre above a shop in Glasgow and so Bill
and I spent an afternoon wandering around until we found it."
Since then, various campaigns have attempted to restore the landmark
theatre and now Alex could be set to return it to its heyday if his
script gets backing.
He said: "I did something for STV years ago on Stan Laurel but now I
want to do the film in the Panopticon.
"I was offered membership of the Laurel and Hardy fan club the Sons Of
The Desert.
"The guy who is the Scottish president is very interested in the whole
thing.
"So we've talked about asking people from the club to help finance the
film.
"To make a decent production about Stan's first night in Glasgow would
be great and to do it inside the Panopticon would be heaven."
--
Bruce Calvert
Visit the Silent Film Still Archive
http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com