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A fine, fine mess of Laurel & Hardy films coming to Cinematheque
Cleveland.com
Posted by Julie Washington August 08, 2007 13:56PM
"Fine Messes: The Best of Laurel and Hardy"
What: Retrospective of 20 classic Laurel and Hardy shorts programs and
feature films.
Who: Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) is the portly one with black hair combed
over his forehead. Boyish Stan Laurel (1890-1965) is loyal to pal
Ollie, but always gets him into trouble.
When: Saturday through Saturday, Sept. 1.
Where: Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, inside Cleveland
Institute of Art at 11141 East Blvd.
Tickets: $6 members, $8 nonmembers.
Contact: 216-421-7450.
Info: For details on the Big Business Tent of Cleveland, a Cleveland-
area fan group, email ***@sbcglo bal.net.
Break out your grandfather's bowler hat. Put on a tie and twiddle it
with your fingers. Make your hair stand straight up and pull a silly
crying face.
Now you're ready to pay homage to the timeless humor of Stan Laurel
and Oliver Hardy.
The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque offers "Fine Messes: The
Best of Laurel and Hardy," a program of 20 movies running Saturday
through Saturday, Sept. 1.
The retrospective includes four shorts programs and two features,
"Sons of the Desert" and "Way Out West." The roster includes silent
and sound films.
In "Sons of the Desert," the boys play henpecked husbands desperate to
break away for their lodge's out-of-town convention. "Way out West"
has the duo getting duped as they attempt to deliver a gold-mine
deed.
There are few surprises in Laurel and Hardy films, said Louis
Giannetti, professor emeritus of English and film at Case Western
Reserve University.
Yet, he say, "We still like to watch it."
We cheer when the boys rebel against authority, Giannetti said. "Who
doesn't like to screw the system?" he asked.
As actors, Laurel and Hardy knew how to entertain long before they
became a team.
Laurel was born in Ulverston, England. He traveled to the United
States with a vaudeville company and was Charlie Chaplin's understudy.
Hardy was born in Harlem, Ga., and performed with minstrel shows as a
child. A director at the Hal Roach studio suggested pairing them as a
comedy team in the 1920s.
Before his death in 1965, Laurel gave his blessing to the creation of
a Laurel and Hardy fan group. The Sons of the Desert, the
International Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, has chapters
world-wide.
Flip Lauer of Cleveland Heights leads the local chapter of the Sons of
the Desert. Lauer, 50, recently spent two days touring Los Angeles
locations where Laurel and Hardy made films.
The Cinematheque retrospective is one of the rare times that Laurel
and Hardy movies have been shown theatrically here in the past few
decades, Lauer said.
"Any day you pick is going to be a fun program," Lauer said. "Things
are a lot funnier with an audience."
SCHEDULE
"Fine Messes: The Best of Laurel and Hardy"
Saturday: 7:15 p.m. Shorts program 1.
Sunday: 4:30 p.m. Shorts program 1.
Sunday, Aug. 19: 4:30 p.m. "Sons of the Desert."
Friday, Aug. 24: 9:40 p.m. "Sons of the Desert."
Saturday, Aug. 25: 6 p.m. Shorts program 2.
Saturday, Aug. 25: 7:50 p.m. Shorts program 3.
Sunday, Aug. 26: 8:55 p.m. Shorts program 2.
Thursday, Aug. 30: 7 p.m. Shorts program 4.
Saturday, Sept. 1: 7:30 p.m. "Way Out West."
http://blog.cleveland.com/entertainment/2007/08/laurel_and_hardy_films_come_to.html
Cleveland.com
Posted by Julie Washington August 08, 2007 13:56PM
"Fine Messes: The Best of Laurel and Hardy"
What: Retrospective of 20 classic Laurel and Hardy shorts programs and
feature films.
Who: Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) is the portly one with black hair combed
over his forehead. Boyish Stan Laurel (1890-1965) is loyal to pal
Ollie, but always gets him into trouble.
When: Saturday through Saturday, Sept. 1.
Where: Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, inside Cleveland
Institute of Art at 11141 East Blvd.
Tickets: $6 members, $8 nonmembers.
Contact: 216-421-7450.
Info: For details on the Big Business Tent of Cleveland, a Cleveland-
area fan group, email ***@sbcglo bal.net.
Break out your grandfather's bowler hat. Put on a tie and twiddle it
with your fingers. Make your hair stand straight up and pull a silly
crying face.
Now you're ready to pay homage to the timeless humor of Stan Laurel
and Oliver Hardy.
The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque offers "Fine Messes: The
Best of Laurel and Hardy," a program of 20 movies running Saturday
through Saturday, Sept. 1.
The retrospective includes four shorts programs and two features,
"Sons of the Desert" and "Way Out West." The roster includes silent
and sound films.
In "Sons of the Desert," the boys play henpecked husbands desperate to
break away for their lodge's out-of-town convention. "Way out West"
has the duo getting duped as they attempt to deliver a gold-mine
deed.
There are few surprises in Laurel and Hardy films, said Louis
Giannetti, professor emeritus of English and film at Case Western
Reserve University.
Yet, he say, "We still like to watch it."
We cheer when the boys rebel against authority, Giannetti said. "Who
doesn't like to screw the system?" he asked.
As actors, Laurel and Hardy knew how to entertain long before they
became a team.
Laurel was born in Ulverston, England. He traveled to the United
States with a vaudeville company and was Charlie Chaplin's understudy.
Hardy was born in Harlem, Ga., and performed with minstrel shows as a
child. A director at the Hal Roach studio suggested pairing them as a
comedy team in the 1920s.
Before his death in 1965, Laurel gave his blessing to the creation of
a Laurel and Hardy fan group. The Sons of the Desert, the
International Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, has chapters
world-wide.
Flip Lauer of Cleveland Heights leads the local chapter of the Sons of
the Desert. Lauer, 50, recently spent two days touring Los Angeles
locations where Laurel and Hardy made films.
The Cinematheque retrospective is one of the rare times that Laurel
and Hardy movies have been shown theatrically here in the past few
decades, Lauer said.
"Any day you pick is going to be a fun program," Lauer said. "Things
are a lot funnier with an audience."
SCHEDULE
"Fine Messes: The Best of Laurel and Hardy"
Saturday: 7:15 p.m. Shorts program 1.
Sunday: 4:30 p.m. Shorts program 1.
Sunday, Aug. 19: 4:30 p.m. "Sons of the Desert."
Friday, Aug. 24: 9:40 p.m. "Sons of the Desert."
Saturday, Aug. 25: 6 p.m. Shorts program 2.
Saturday, Aug. 25: 7:50 p.m. Shorts program 3.
Sunday, Aug. 26: 8:55 p.m. Shorts program 2.
Thursday, Aug. 30: 7 p.m. Shorts program 4.
Saturday, Sept. 1: 7:30 p.m. "Way Out West."
http://blog.cleveland.com/entertainment/2007/08/laurel_and_hardy_films_come_to.html