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LAUREL and HARDY
Birmingham Hippodrome
Box-Office Card - ENGLAND
w/c 30 November 1953
In November 1953, American student John McCabe was walking past the Birmingham Hippodrome when he saw a billing for LAUREL and HARDY in 'A New Comedy Mirthquake': "BIRDS OF A FEATHER." Not having heard of this film he enquired at the box-office, only to find to his extreme delight that it wasn't a film at all - it was a sketch, being performed LIVE ON STAGE by LAUREL and HARDY "in PERSON". After the show, McCabe went backstage and struck up a friendship with the two comedians, a relationship that continued when all three returned to America. The result was the writing of four books by McCabe, plus the founding of the world-wide Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society.
This poster is a first generation reproduction of an original box-office card from the Birmingham Hippodrome, a poster without which the Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society might not exist. You can enjoy the pleasure of seeing Laurel and Hardy billed "LIVE ON STAGE" by purchasing this box-office card.
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Measures 10" x 15" (25cm x 36cm)
This is not a cheap photocopy or laminate - it is has been printed, on stiff card, in the same 3-colour printing process as the original, which I own. There are unscrupulous people who have made their own copies after I kindly gave them access to a copy. You are asked to avoid these sources, and their inferior copies, and purchase direct from me. (N.B. The only authorised agent is the "HELPMATES U.K." Tent, of the Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society)
Perfect for hanging in its original
form.
Looks stunning when framed.
Send CHEQUE or CASH for £4.95 (includes p&p) to:
A.J. MARRIOT
20 OUGHTON CLOSE
HITCHIN
HERTS.
SG5 2QY
To combine with purchasing ONE or TWO sets of POSTCARDS, - one featuring other BOX-OFFICE CARDS, and the second being photographs of Laurel & Hardy taken on-stage and off-, during their 1947 British Tours - click here:
LAUREL & HARDY'S BOX-OFFICE CARDS
