LAUREL and HARDY on TOUR in AMERICA
The Laurel and Hardy
Revue (1940) played 13 US cities, including -
CHICAGO; MILWAUKEE; HARTFORD; OMAHA;
MINNEAPOLIS.
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LAUREL & HARDY REVUE - 1940 |
Stan, Ollie, and the Cop - played by James C.
Morton, |
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A 'lost' photo from a 1940 Hartford newspaper |
Another LAUREL & HARDY REVUE followed, taking
in:
FORT WAYNE, YOUNGSTOWN, CINCINNATI;
CHICAGO; and
BOSTON
- to name but five of the US cities they played.
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LAUREL & HARDY STAGE SHOW - 1941-2 |
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Newspaper advertising block |
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"The Hollywood Victory Caravan" (1942)
The "Hollywood Victory Caravan" was a train, going from city-to-city, raising funds from the sale of War Bonds. Aboard for the duration of this 19-day trek were such Hollywood stars as: Frances Langford, Pat O'Brien, Rise Stevens, Joan Blondell, Desi Arnaz, Eleanor Powell, Charlotte Greenwood, Frank McHugh, Charles Boyer, Jerry Colonna, Bert Lahr, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Elyse Knox. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, James Cagney, Groucho Marx, Joan Bennett, Claudette Colbert, Olivia de Havilland, and Merle Oberon.
HOLLYWOOD VICTORY CARAVAN - 1942 |
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Posing in front of the train engine, bedecked with
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Oliver Hardy attempts to drive away the army jeep,
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News pic of the HVC arrival in Philadelphia. Laurel is 3rd from left. |
Charlotte Greenwood finding Oliver Hardy as funny off-screen, as on. |
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I don't want this to come as a shock, but the above
news pic |
Are Babe and Stan sucking chocolate-coated biscuits,
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Houston - we have a problem. |
Stan Laurel, Desi Arnaz, Rise Stevens, and Charlotte
Greenwood, |
More photos will be added when time and motivation allow.
LAUREL and HARDY - The US Tours
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