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.