Archive for the '2010’s – Early' Category
Laurel & Hardy Location Scouting Rounds Out the 2014 Convention Trip
Friday, April 20th, 2018
Watching Laurel & Hardy films has been such an integral part of my psyche ever since the age eight, that devouring them through sight and sound is just a part of how my pay my respects and reverence to the films. Certainly meeting the folks who worked in them has been one of the great joys in my life. Sadly they are almost all gone now, but coming in at second place as a way to actually become ‘part’ of these films is to visit the places where they shot them. More specifically, to actually stand in the presence of buildings and landmarks that can be seen in the films. Read the rest of this entry »
Ralph Platz, Bullfighter
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
If you’re an actor that only has one film to your credit on the imdb – even though it was an uncredited role – you can’t really do much better to have it be in a Laurel & Hardy film. In their 1945 film The Bullfighters, my personal favorite of the boys’ later films, they visit a bull farm to look for a bull for Stan to battle, hoping for a ‘blind and contented’ one to fit the bill. The man who runs the farm has a boy named Pancho, who admits he is afraid of the bulls, despite the efforts of Richard K. Muldoon, who is trying to fill Stan with confidence that he will be safe in the ring. Pancho then inexplicably fires off slingshot that knocks off Stan and Ollie’s hats. Read the rest of this entry »
Protected: Full of/in Minneapolis 2014
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018The End of Laurel and Hardywood, a Visit to Disneyland, a Couple of Film Locations, and a DD&D to Boot
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
The end of any Sons of the Desert convention is always a little bit sad, and this one had been particularly fun. Bob had an idea to make this one a little more palatable though, as even after it ended on the morning of Sunday, July 6, 2014, with the standard Farewell Brunch and passing of the Pineapple and all that good stuff, it wasn’t really over. That morning David and I got up and ready at his place and were on the road around 8:30 back to the Loews. I bid farewell to David’s cat Flo, which turned out to be the last time I saw him, as he passed away later that month. David thinks this is the last picture of him as well. Read the rest of this entry »