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Last
Meeting - April 20, 2013 The Early To Bed Tent meeting of April 20, 2013 began
with Bob Duncan leading us in the singing of the Sons Of The Desert song and the toasts to the extraordinary supporting players
from the Hal Roach Studios. After making some announcements about upcoming events and news, Bob introduced our first two films
of the evening featuring Stan and Ollie in one of their funniest silent comedies, “The Finishing Touch” along
with “Any Old Port” as “The Boys” went up against tough guy, Walter “Mugsie” Long. Following a brief
intermission, we continued with our special guest for the evening, author Manny Pacheco, who has written two award winning
books titled “Forgotten Hollywood, Forgotten History” and “Son Of Forgotten Hollywood, Forgotten History”.
Manny shared several interesting stories about the “Golden Age of Hollywood” with particular highlights of the
careers of Frank Morgan (The Wizard Of Oz) and Lionel Barrymore. Before screening our final films for the evening, our raffle
produced nine winners of some great prizes. Dave Greim and Alan Aperlo were the winners in our “silent auctions”
of two 16mm prints of Laurel & Hardy in “Hog Wild” and “Their First Mistake” from Blackhawk Films. “Twice
Two” and “Me And My Pal” brought the evening to a hilarious end with Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy bringing the
laughs to us in these great two-reelers. A big thank you goes out to Manny Pacheco and his wife, Laurie, for joining us at our meeting. To Sue Anderson and our student friends at Temple City High School, lots
of appreciation goes to you for your help with setting up the room before our meeting. Plus, our gratitude is shared to all of you who were in attendance and a special note of thanks to those
who stayed after the meeting to help us pack up and clean up.
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Next Meeting - June 15, 2013 The next meeting for the Early To Bed
Tent - Oasis 239 will take place on Saturday evening, June 15, 2013. We’ll be celebrating the 123rd anniversary of Stan Laurel"s birth with birthday cake and our traditional
raffle along with the ETB Tent refreshment bar. Plus, for the first time at an Early To Bed Tent
meeting, our
feature for the evening will be "Jitterbugs" with Stan and Ollie from their days at 20th Century Fox. As always, we’ll be
getting together at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Temple City. The doors open up at 6:00PM and the meeting begins at 6:45PM. We hope you can join us and will see you there.
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Film Program Love 'Em And Weep (1927) One Good Turn (1931) County Hospital (1932) Mail Call (1944) Jitterbugs
(1943)
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| Ollie is about to get a surprise visit from Stan in "County Hospital" (1932) |
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