Sunday March 29th, 2026 1:00 P.M. Laurel and Hardy, Big Business Oasis #16 are meeting at The FireHouse Grille & Pub 2768 Stark Dr., Willoughby Hills, OH 44094 Hi Gang, we will continue our 52nd year with a spring theme and some of the best of the Boys “Laurel & Hardy: Year Three” from Flicker Alley. http://www.firehousegrilleandpub.com/images/pdf/menu.pdf Our Sons of the Desert Tent has been active in donating a total now of 2900 meals to the Greater Cleveland and Akron/Canton Food bank. We'll be in the banquet room. You’ll get the most recent Intra Tent Journal and L&H camaraderie for only $5. Let me know by Wed., March 25, 2026, if you will be attending. See you soon! Cheers, G.S. Flip Lauer 216-407-8468 LaurelandHardy@sbcglobal.net From IMBD: Lberty 1929 (2 reels) "Liberty" was one of Laurel and Hardy's last silent films, and clearly one of their best. Only two years into their long screen partnership, this talented duo had mastere d silent comedy art by 1929, and, with this film, rendered a beautifully constructed, excellently paced, skillfully photographed short, packed throughout with incident and wit. Much credit should go to director Leo McCarey (who would later helm classics like "Duck Soup" and "Going My Way") and cameraman George Stevens (who would later direct "Woman of the Year", "Shane", and "Giant"). Part of the brilliance of this film is in the presentation of it's climax, atop an unfinished skyscraper. With James Finlayso, Harry Bernard, Tom Kennedy and a young Jean Harlow near a Taxi cab. Double Whoopee 1929 (2 reels) Dubbed with Chuck McCann providing the voices from a script by Al Kilgore mostly matching the lip movements of the players and music provided by Miles Kreuger (with of course Marvin Hatley's "The Cuckoo Song" mixed in). What a great scene when the about-to-become-legendary star Jean Harlow makes her appearance and then has her dignity almost shattered! Also providing a good turn is usual nemesis Charlie Hall as a taxi driver who gets more than enough of Ollie's whistle. Also, Tiny Sandford as a policeman and especially Captain John Peters as the von Stroheim-like Prince who was actually his double in his movies. .Unaccustomed As We Are 1929 (2 reels) min) The boy's first talkie and the film itself is pretty good. L&H were embarking on what was essentially a new career in sound. It must have been a real bonus for their fans to discover how well suited each one's voice was to their character. The film's plot is one of marital spats and misunderstandings culminating in L&H trying to conceal their comely semi-naked neighbor (a sexy Thelma Todd) from Ollie's shrewish wife (Mae Busch) and Todd's jealous husband (Edgar Kennedy). The Hoose-Gow 1929 (2 reels) L&H are on top form here, both are well used, both have material worthy of them and they're equal rather than one being funnier than the other. Their chemistry feels like a partnership here too, before 'Two Tars' you were yearning for more scenes with them together but in 'The Hoose-Gow' we are far from robbed of that. Their comic timing is impeccable. This looks mostly good visually, has energy and the direction gets the best out of the stars, is at ease with the material and doesn't let it get too busy or static. The supporting players James Finlayson, Tiny Sanford, Charlie Hall, Eddie Dunn, Baldwin Cooke and Sam Lufkin are solid.