Monday, November 29, 2010

STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY IN WAY OUT WEST..1937,,VERY RARE ORIGINAL POSTER

Plot


Stan and Ollie, after consorting with Seymore "Sy" Roberts, an old prospector, have been entrusted to deliver the deed to a gold mine the prospector discovered to the man's daughter, Mary Roberts (Rosina Lawrence), a poor young woman living in Brushwood Gulch who is consistently victimized by her cruel guardians, saloon owner Mickey Finn (James Finlayson), and his equally-cruel saloon-singer wife, Lola Marcel (Sharon Lynne).



Traveling by stage coach, they attempt to flirt with the woman (Vivien Oakland) who is riding with them. She rebuffs the pair, and upon arriving in Brushwood Gulch, she complains to her husband, the town's sheriff (Stanley Fields). The angry sheriff orders the pair to leave on the next coach out of town, or else they'll be "riding out of here in a hearse". Stan and Ollie promise to do so once they have completed their mission.



After dancing to "At the Ball, That's All" by The Avalon Boys, Stan and Ollie arrive at Mickey Finn's saloon. When Mickey Finn learns why they're here, he has Lola play Mary in order to hijack the deed from them. Stan and Ollie have never seen Mary before, and are duped by their charade. However, before leaving town, they encounter the real Mary Roberts and immediately try to get the deed back. The evil Finns won't surrender the deed, however, and a major struggle ensues as Stan and Ollie attempt to reclaim the deed. Stan manages to grab it, but Lola traps him in the bedroom and wrests the deed from him by tickling him into hysterics. After further chasing, Mickey and Lola manage to seal the deed into their safe. Ollie calls for the police, but the police turn out to be the angry sheriff, who chases Stan and Ollie out of town.



Outside the town, Stan and Ollie plan to sneak back into Brushwood Gulch at night to reclaim the deed. They arrive at the saloon and, after a series of mishaps, manage to make it inside. They are met by Mary, who helps them open the safe, grab the deed and escape before Mickey Finn can intervene. Outside the town again, and accompanied by Mary, the happy trio sing "We're Going to Go Way Down to Dixie" as they head off into the sunset.



Unlike most of Laurel and Hardy's films and shorts, the story ends has a happy ending as opposed to the usual 'unfortunate ending'.





1940s reissue poster for Way Out West (1937)[edit] Cast

Stan Laurel..........................Stan

Oliver Hardy........................Ollie

James Finlayson.................Mickey Finn

Rosina Lawrence.................Mary Roberts

Sharon Lynn......................Lola Marcel

Stanley Fields.....................Sheriff

Vivien Oakland...................Sheriff's wife

Harry Bernard.....................Man at Bar

Mary Gordon.......................Cook

May Wallace.......................Cook

Jack Hill.............................Finn's Employee

Sam Lufkin.........................Baggageman

Tex Driscoll........................Miner

Flora Finch.........................Miner's wife

Fred Toones.......................Janitor

[edit] Quotes

Ollie to the Sheriffs wife: "A lot of weather we've been having lately"

Lola: "Tell me, tell me about my dear dear daddy, is it true that he's dead?"

Stan : "Well we hope he is, they buried him."

Lola : "Oh it can't be, what did he die of?"

Stan : "I think he died of a Tuesday, or was it Wednesday..."

Ollie: "Every cloud has a silver lining"

Stan: "That's right, any bird can build a nest, but it isn't everyone who can lay an egg!"

Stan (to Lola): Now that you've got the deed, I bet you'll make a swell gold digger."

THIS IS A ORIGINAL 41 X 82 POSTER..SOMEONE WROTE IN DUTCH,,WAY  OUT WEST...BUT STILL AN AMAZING FIND IN ANY CONDITIONFunny movie quotes from Laurel and Hardy’s Way Out West


Sheriff: There’s one thing in this here town we don’t allow! And that’s messing with our women. Now if you want to stay healthy, you’ll catch the next coach out of town.

Oliver Hardy: Yes, sir.

Sheriff: And if you miss the next coach,

[draws revolver]

Sheriff: you’ll be riding out of here in a hearse.

[Walks away]

Stan Laurel: Goodbye.

Oliver Hardy: Let well enough alone.







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Patron: Hey Finn, you’re a lucky man to have a swell gal like that.

Mickey Finn (James Finlayson): Yeah I… What are you talking about? She’s the lucky one to have a swell guy like me!



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Mickey Finn (James Finlayson): [Every time Mickey pushes $1 on the bar’s cash register, the amount of $.10 comes up in the display; to bartender] Hey. This thing ain’t working right.

Bartender: It’s working all right for me.



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Lola Marcel, the Singing Nightingale: Tell me about my dear, dear Daddy! Is it true that he’s dead?

Stan Laurel: We hope so, they buried him.



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Lola Marcel: Tell, me, what did he die of?

Stan Laurel: I think he died of a Tuesday, or was it a Wednesday?



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Oliver Hardy: Little Lady, you’ve heard the worst.

[smiles]

Oliver Hardy: Now prepare yourself for the best.



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Stan Laurel: Now that you’ve got the mine, I’ll bet you’ll be a swell gold-digger.



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Stan Laurel: We want to know why you’re not Mary Roberts!



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Oliver Hardy: A lot of weather we’ve been having lately!



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Oliver Hardy: This is another nice mess you’ve gotten me into!



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Stan Laurel: That’s the first mistake we’ve made since that fellow sold us the Brooklyn Bridge.

Oliver Hardy: Buying that bridge was no mistake. That’s going to be worth a lot of money to us some day.



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Stan Laurel: Your hat’s dry.

Oliver Hardy: Oh that reminds me, you made a statement this afternoon.

Stan Laurel: Did I?

Oliver Hardy: Mmm-hmmm. You said if we didn’t get the deed, you’d eat my hat.

Stan Laurel: Oh, now you’re taking me literally.

Oliver Hardy: Nevertheless, I’m going to teach you not to make rash promises.

[Puts hat in his lap]

Oliver Hardy: Eat the hat.

Stan Laurel: Oh that’s silly. Whoever heard of anybody eating a hat?

Oliver Hardy: Whoever heard of anybody doing *that*.

[Immitates Stan’s thumb lighter gimmick]

Oliver Hardy: Eat the hat!

Stan Laurel: [Gives it back] I won’t do it.

Oliver Hardy: [Slams it back in his lap] If you don’t eat that hat, I’ll tie you to a tree and let the buzzards get you!

Stan Laurel: Would you really do that?

Oliver Hardy: I certainly would.

[Stan says something incoherant due to him crying]

Oliver Hardy: [Showing no sympathy] Eat it.



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Stan Laurel: Do you mind if I have another idea?

Oliver Hardy: If it’s anything like the last one, yes.



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Stan Laurel: Wait a minute, while I spit on me hands.



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Lola Marcel: [shows Finn the deed] Ha - *ha*!

Mickey Finn (James Finlayson): Ho - *ho*!

Oliver Hardy: [grabs the deed] He - *he*!



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Oliver Hardy: Well, fan my brow! I’m from the South!

Mary Roberts: You are?

Stan Laurel: Well, shut my mouth! I’m from the South too!

Oliver Hardy: The South of what, sir?

Stan Laurel: The South of London.



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Oliver Hardy: We’ll all go down to Dixie. Oh, for a slice of possum and yam. Mm!

Stan Laurel: Yes sir, and some good old fish and chips. I can smell ‘em.

Oliver Hardy: [disgusted] Fish and chips

Thursday, November 25, 2010

FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR MUSICAL WIZARD OF OZ

Those looking forward to the grand opening of The Wizard of Oz next year may be pleased to know that the full cast has now been announced.




As rumoured in July 2010, Hannah Waddingham is to play the Wicked Witch of the West, while Emily Tierney will face her as Glinda the Good.



Meanwhile, Paul Keating, Edward Baker-Duly and David Ganly will follow Dorothy along the Yellow Brick Road as the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion respectively.



Fans of musicals may recognise Waddingham from Monty Python's Spamalot, in which she played the Lady of the Lake. She has also played a witch in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.



The musical opens at the London Palladium on March 1st 2011 and stars Danielle Hope as Dorothy, as chosen by viewers of BBC One's Over the Rainbow.



However, runner-up Sophie Evans will stand in for her every Tuesday, as well as during Hope's holidays.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Friday, November 19, 2010

THE NOTEBOOK final scene,,,MOVIE CLASSIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDbjhFlAj6I&feature=related
A romantic love story viewed over many years was the subject of this intense tearjerker. Young, privileged and pretty Southern debutante Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) shared a passionate rain-soaked kiss after an idyllic afternoon rowboating through a spectacular duck-filled setting with earthy mill worker Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling), as she learned for the first time that he had written her 365 love letters (one each day for a year) - although her domineering mother had intercepted them and disapproved of his 'low-class' status. Noah professed his love on the dock: "It wasn't over. It still isn't over!". Later, another emotional scene was the moment that Allie finally made a choice between Noah and her parent-approved fiancee Lon Hammond, Jr. (James Marsden) - and drove to Noah's fixed-up mansion to move in and be with him. In the final scenes, it was revealed that nursing home patient Allie Hamilton/Calhoun (Gena Rowlands) had severe Alzheimer's Disease and could only remember the story of their love for a few minutes. She and frail heart patient Noah or "Duke" Calhoun (James Garner) had met and fallen in love when in their teens - in old age, Noah repeatedly rekindled their love by re-reading from her old faded notebook diary (written by Allie as a present to Noah years earlier, with the handwritten dedication: "Read this to me, and I'll come back to you"). After one of the readings telling of their love for each other, Allie briefly remembered their love during a special candlelight dinner in the nursing home when they shared a dance together - Allie requested: "Do you think I can be her tonight?" - but then she rapidly 'forgot' and panicked. In the final scene in the rest home, she remembered him as they held hands in her bedroom, where he promised he would always be there and never leave her. She asked him: "Do you think that our love can create miracles?" He replied: "Yes, I do. That's what brings you back to me each time." She asked a second question. "Do you think our love can take us away together?" He responded: "I think our love can do anything we want it to." They fell asleep in the same bed, and passed away together

Sunday, November 14, 2010

OFF TO SEE THE MUNCHKINS

About 700 patrons visited Hollywood Palms on Saturday to watch "The Wizard of Oz" and meet three of the original Munchkins.


new Jerry Maren, Margaret Pellegrini and Karl Slover stand behind Ted Bulthaup, president of Hollywood Palms and Blvd. Bulthaup was a major force in getting the Munchkins a star on the Hollywood Walk of hss-Naperville, where three of the four surviving actors who played Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz made an appearance.



"It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience for us to meet them," Finnegan said. "We don't know how long they'll be around."



Karl Slover, 92, Jerry Maren, 90, and Margaret Pellegrini, 88, worked Saturday's crowd for hours, mingling with fans and moviegoers. The three Munchkins signed autographs and photos for attendees of all ages.



Although meet-and-greets are nothing new for the trio, they still enjoy interacting with fans of The Wizard of Oz. Slover especially enjoys his trips to Naperville.



"I think it is wonderful seeing a place really in love with all of this," Slover said. "I enjoy doing this type of stuff."



The Munchkins were in Naperville because Hollywood Palms was showing The Wizard of Oz on its largest screen. About 700 people bought tickets to attend the theater's four showings of the 1939 classic.



Many of the moviegoers came with family members stretching three generations. Dianne Bastian attended the movie with her daughter, Michelle, and granddaughter, Angelina Harmony. Bastian, who lives in Riverwoods, was born two years after the release of The Wizard of Oz.



"This has been a movie through my lifetime," Bastian said. "I'm thrilled to share these moments through the generations."



Elizabeth Maren, Jerry's wife, said she sees the most joy from the young children who attend the meet-and-greets. She said the children know all the words to the songs and can repeat moments of dialogue from memory.



The trip to Naperville also gave Pellegrini the chance to meet new family members. The Munchkin has two children, but a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.



"I just saw a couple of nephews who I've never seen before," Pellegrini said. "It was exciting. At least I learned about who died and who's still alive."



Maeve Deloughery brought her 7-year-old and 6-year-old children to meet the Munchkins and see the movie. She said the meet-and-greet was the main attraction of the day, and she found it amazing that some of the original cast members are still alive.



"It puts it all in perspective," Deloughery said.



Not everyone who attended the event waited to meet the cast members. Kris Kaminshi, of Batavia, didn't want to stand in the additional line with her 5-year-old twins. But Kaminshi, her children and her mother were still excited for the chance to see The Wizard of Oz in a movie theater.



"I've only seen it on TV," said Marilyn Barry, Kaminshi's mother. "This is going to be a real fun experience."






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WIZARD OF OZ BOOK SIGNED BY EIGHT MUNCHKINS AND STORY BEHIND IT FROM WHO I PURCHASED IT FROM


THIS IS A GREAT BOOK BY L. FRANK BAUM. I THINK IT WAS PRINTED IN 1903. HAS YOU CAN SEE THE OUTER BINDING IS RIPPED BUT THE BOOK IS STILL TOGETHER. I THINK THERE IS AT LEAST ONE PAGE THAT IS TORN AND ONLY HALF THERE AND THE FIRST PAGE IS TORN BUT MOST OF THE PICTURES ARE THERE. IT IS AUTOGRAPHED BY SEVERAL MUNCHKINS (THERE IS NO BLACK MARK ON THE SIGNATURES )




1. JERRY MANEN, THE LOLLIPOP KID

2. MARGARET PELLEGRIRI . LADY MUNCHKIN (I CAN'T MAKE OUT THE SPELLING)

3. RUTH ROBINSON DUCCINI

4. CLARENCE SWENSON, THE SOLDIER

5. KARL SLOVER, THE FIRST TRUMPETER

6. LOUIS CROFT, SOLDIER

7. MEINHARDT RAABE, THE CORONER

8. MARIE RAABD, CORONER'S WIFE



I WENT EVERY YEAR SINCE THEY STARTED THE WIZARD OF OZ WEEKEND IN CHITTENANGO, NY. I LIVE 7 MILE AWAY. THEY WOULD AUTOGRAPH ANYTHING WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED COMING TO CHITTENANGO. I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS WITH THEIR AUTOGRAPHS ON THEM. THERE IS ONLY 2 THAT COME NOW. ALL THE OTHERS ARE EITHER TOO OLD OR DEAD. MARGARET WAS THE YOUNGEST.




Saturday, November 13, 2010

SHIRLEY MILLER SCHNYDER'S 87TH BIRTHDAY PARTY






































































SHIRLEY MILLER SCHNYDER...A ANGEL SENT TO EARTH TO GIVE AND CARE AS SHE HAS DONE AND WILL ALWAYS DO..BE A GIVER TO ONES SOUL..HAPPY  87TH DAY OF YOUR ARRIVAL

Shirley passed away April, 18, 2011..last of the Millers