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Re: Classic double features historically archived by theater - Laurel & Hardy & more         

Group: alt.comedy.laurel-hardy · Group Profile
Author: paul.castiglia
Date: Jan 1, 2007 16:59

I went through year-by-year and found all the Laurel & Hardy
screenings. Some interesting pairings here. For features, if the
Laurel & Hardy film is mentioned first, that means it was the top half
of a double bill. If it's mentioned second, then it was the bottom
half of the bill. Interesting to note the boys had slipped into bottom
half billing during the later Roach years - I had thought that only
started happening with the Roach films. Also of note are those films
that were re-released and shown as matinees. This particular theater
was very fond of the boys - I saw several listings for the Marx
Brothers, Wheeler & Woolsey, W.C. Fields, Bob Hope (with & without
Bing), Abbott & Costello, the Bowery Boys (in all their incarnations),
Jerry Lewis (with and without Dean) and others in the classic comedy
pantheon, but I don't think any of them got as much screen time at this
theater as Laurel & Hardy did. And how about that March 22, 1951
Easter Vacation Kiddie Matinee - Laurel & Hardy and Abbott & Costello
together - yee ha! Here's the list:

(Sunday-Tuesday) January 20, 1929
West of Zanzibar (Lon Chaney)
Habeas Corpus (Laurel & Hardy)
Paramount news

(Monday-Tuesday) February 25, 1929
The Canary Murder Case (William Powell, Louise Brooks)
Wrong Again (Laurel & Hardy)

(Wednesday-Friday) March 20, 1929
The Greyhound Limited (Monte Blue)
Liberty (Laurel & Hardy)
Vitaphone acts:
Eddie Lambert
The Lavelles

(Sunday-Tuesday) May 5, 1929
The Dummy (Ruth Chatterton)
Two Tars (Laurel & Hardy)
Vitaphone acts:
Phil Baker
Here Comes the Bridesmaid (Janet Adair)

(Sunday-Tuesday) June 16, 1929
Gentlemen of the Press (W. Huston)
Unaccustomed As We Are l(Laurel & Hardy)

(Sunday-Monday) September 15, 1929
This Is Heaven (Vilma Banky, James Hall)
Berth Marks (Laurel & Hardy)

(Sunday-Monday) September 29, 1929
Innocents of Paris (Chevalier)
Men o' War (Laurel & Hardy)

(Sunday-Monday) November 3, 1929
Our Modern Maidens (Joan Crawford)
A Perfect Day (Laurel & Hardy)
Vitaphone Acts
Paramount news

(Wednesday-Friday) March 5, 1930
The Lone Star Ranger (George O'Brien, Sue Carol)
They Go Boom (Laurel & Hardy)
Fox news

(Wednesday-Friday) May 14, 1930
Children of Pleasure (Lawrence Gray, Helen Johnson)
Brats (Laurel & Hardy)
Fox news

(Sunday-Tuesday) June 8, 1930
True to the Navy (Clara Bow, Fredric March)
Below Zero (Laurel & Hardy)
Fox news

(Sunday-Tuesday) January 11, 1931
Oh Sailor Behave (Olsen & Johnson)
Another Fine Mess (Laurel & Hardy)
Sportlight
Fox news

(Wednesday-Friday) May 13, 1931
The Finger Points (Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray)
Laughing Gravy (Laurel & Hardy)
Fox news

(Wednesday-Thursday) May 20, 1931
Men Call It Love (Adolphe Menjou, Leila Hyams)
Our Wives (Laurel & Hardy)
Hunting Thrills (sportlight)
Fox news

(Friday-Saturday) October 9, 1931
Pardon Us (Laurel & Hardy)
Practice Shots (Bobby Jones)
Beasts of Wilderness (African Adventure)

(Wednesday-Friday) January 6, 1932
Her Majesty Love (Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon, W.C. Fields)
Helpmates (Laurel & Hardy)
news

(Wednesday-Friday) January 13, 1932
This Reckless Age (Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Charlie Ruggles, Peggy
Shannon)
On the Loose (Thelma Todd, Zasu Pitts - with Laurel & Hardy cameo)
Cartoon
Scenic
Fox news

(Wednesday-Saturday) January 20, 1932
The Champ (Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper)
Beau Hunks (Laurel & Hardy)

(Sunday-Tuesday) March 6, 1932
The Expert (Chic Sale, Dickie Moore)
Any Old Port (Laurel & Hardy)
Olympic Sportlight,
Song cartoon
Fox news

(Sunday-Tuesday) April 3, 1932
Strangers in Love (Fredric March, Kay Francis)
The Music Box (Laurel & Hardy)
Fox news (featuring Phar Lap, sensational winner of
$50,000 Agua Caliento Race-also first pictures of the tornado)

(Sunday-Tuesday) June 5, 1932
The Rich Are Always With Us (Ruth Chatterton, George Brent)
The Chimp (Laurel & Hardy)
Mickey Mouse cartoon

(Sunday-Tuesday) October 23, 1932
Pack Up Your Troubles (Laurel & Hardy)

(Sunday-Tuesday) March 5, 1933
Topaze (John Barrymore, Myrna Loy)
Babes in the Wood (Silly Symphony)
Twice Two (Laurel & Hardy)

(Sunday-Tuesday) May 28, 1933
The Barbarian (Ramon Navarro, Myrna Loy)
Me and My Pal (Laurel & Hardy)
Merry Melody cartoon
Fox news

(Friday-Saturday) July 7, 1933
The Devil's Brother (Laurel and Hardy)
Water Jamboree (sportlight)
Mother Goose Land (cartoon)
Fox news

(Thursday-Saturday) September 21, 1933
The Affairs of Voltaire (George Arliss)
The Midnight Patrol ((Laurel and Hardy)
Pete Smith sportlight
News

(Wednesday-Thursday) January 10, 1934
As Husbands Go (Warner Baxter, Helen Vinson)
Busy Bodies (Laurel & Hardy)
Handle Bars (Pete Smith oddity)
Fox news

(Thursday-Saturday) March 1, 1934
Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)
Devil Tiger

(Sunday-Monday) April 1, 1934
Spitfire (Katharine Hepburn)
Dirty Work (Laurel & Hardy)
Cartoon
Fox news

(Saturday-Tuesday) June 16, 1934
Hollywood Party (Laurel & Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez)
He Was Her Man (James Cagney, Joan Blondell)

(Saturday-Monday) July 28, 1934
Of Human Bondage (Leslie Howard, Bette Davis)
Sing Babies Sing (Baby Rose Marie)
Going Bye Bye (Laurel & Hardy)
Paramount news

(Friday-Saturday) October 5, 1934
Servants' Entrance (Janet Gaynor, Lew Ayres)
Them Thar Hills (Laurel & Hardy)

(Thursday-Friday) December 27, 1934
Babes in Toyland (Laurel & Hardy)
Gridiron Flash (Eddie Quillan, Betty Furness)

(Sunday-Tuesday) February 3, 1935
The County Chairman (Will Rogers)
Tit for Tat (Laurel & Hardy)
Cartoon
Magic Carpet
Fox news

(Sunday-Tuesday) March 3, 1935
Clive of India (Ronald Colman, Loretta Young)
The Live Ghost (Laurel & Hardy)
Popeye cartoon
Fox news

(Thursday-Saturday) March 28, 1935
Life Begins at Forty (Will Rogers)
The Fixer Uppers (Laurel & Hardy)
Keep in Style (Betty Boop cartoon)

(Thursday-Saturday) August 29, 1935
Dante's Inferno (Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor)
Thicker Than Water (Laurel & Hardy)
Cookie Carnival (Silly Symphony)

(Thursday-) September 5, 1935
Bonnie Scotland (Laurel & Hardy)
Jalna (Kay Johnson, Ian Hunter)

(Sunday-Tuesday) November 29, 1936
Charge of the Light Brigade (Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland)
Our Relations (Laurel & Hardy)

(Friday-Saturday) May 14, 1937
Interns Can't Take Money (Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea)
Way Out West (Laurel & Hardy)

(Thursday-Saturday) June 30, 1938
Crime School (Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart)
Swiss Miss (Laurel & Hardy)

(Thursday-Friday) September 1, 1938
Gateway (Don Ameche, Arlene Whelan)
Blockheads (Laurel & Hardy)
March of Time: America's Traffic Massacre; Threat to
Gibralter

(Wednesday) January 10, 1940
The Flying Deuces (Laurel & Hardy)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (Ann Sothern, Walter Brennan)

(Thursday-Saturday) March 28, 1940
Swiss Family Robinson (Thomas Mitchell, Freddie Bartholomew)
A Chump at Oxford (Laurel & Hardy)

(Thursday-Saturday) December 4, 1941
Hot Spot (Victor Mature, Betty Grable)
Great Guns (Laurel & Hardy)

(Sunday-Wednesday) September 27, 1942
The Pride of the Yankees (Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright)
A-Haunting We Will Go (Laurel and Hardy)
How to Play Basketball (Disney cartoon with Goofy)

(Sunday-Wednesday) June 13, 1943
China (Alan Ladd, Loretta Young)
Air Raid Wardens (Laurel & Hardy)

(Wednesday-Saturday) August 25, 1943
Stormy Weather (Lena Horne, Bill Robinson)
Jitterbugs (Laurel & Hardy)

(Saturday-Monday) December 25, 1943
Northern Pursuit (Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop)
Dancing Masters (Laurel and Hardy)

(Sunday-Wednesday) December 24, 1944
Frenchman's Creek (Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova)
The Big Noise (Laurel and Hardy)

(Sunday-Tuesday) June 10, 1945
Diamond Horseshow (Betty Grable, Dick Haymes)
The Bullfighters (Laurel and Hardy)

(Wednesday) June 13, 1945
Diamond Horseshow (Betty Grable, Dick Haymes)
The Bullfighters (Laurel and Hardy)
Son of Lassie - 8:30 PM only "Bond Premiere" (admission by bond only)

(Thursday-Saturday) June 21, 1945
This Man's Army (Wallace Beery)
Nothing But Trouble (Laurel and Hardy)

(Saturday-Saturday) November 30, 1946
Kiddie matinee
Great Guns (Laurel & Hardy
5 cartoons

(Thursday-Wednesday) March 22, 1951
Kiddie matinee (Easter vacation)
Who Done It (Abbott and Costello)
Saps at Sea (Laurel and Hardy)
4 cartoons

(Saturday-Tuesday) April 1, 1951
Kiddie matinee
Dancing Masters (Laurel and Hardy)
4 cartoons
Chapter 5 - King of the Rocketmen

(Saturday) May 5, 1951
Kiddie matinee
Flying Deuces (Laurel and Hardy)
4 cartoons
Chapter 10 - King of the Rocketmen
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