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September 19, 2 pm

NOSTALGIC TUNES OF THE 20’s Ian Whitcomb rom the late 1800’s Fthrough the early 20th and His Bungalow Boys Century, vaudeville was the common people’s theatrical Multi-Award-Winning experience. Across America Juggling and around the world, this Jeffrey Daymont wildly popular genre featured variety acts of countless de- World’s Greatest scriptions and later included Hula Hoop Champion programs. Alex Film Soci- Mat Plendl ety’s annual recreation of the nostalgic program is the only Hilariously Funny! vaudeville show produced regularly in . Dana Daniels Absolutely Stunning! Built in 1925, the lovingly restored Alex Theatre was The Amazing reopened by the City of Bornstein Experiment Glendale in 1994. It stands today as one of the most She Reads Men’s Minds! important surviving examples of grand Vaudeville and LAUGHS On the Big Screen movie palaces of the early 20th century and one of the When Yuba Plays the very few extant theatres with an open forecourt. Rhumba on the Tuba Screen Song Cartoon The live portion of today’s Directed by Dave Fleischer program was produced by Fleischer Studios (1933) Chuck Burnes, Periwinkle Productions, Anaheim, CA. LAUREL & HARDY in HOG WILD (1930) Announcer..... Chuck Burnes Producer: Card Girl...... Lisa Casullo Director: Stage Mgr...... Larry Travis DOP: Story Leo McCarey (uncredited)

Our Gang Support provided in part by (1922-1944) Glendale Arts, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, David & Hearst Metrotone News Carin-Anne Strohmaier and Vol 7, #249 fans like yourself. Please join. Rare sing-a-long is presented courtesy of www.AlexFilmSociety.org the Mark Kausler collection. Alex Film Society Hog Wild and prints courtesy PO Box 4807, Glendale, CA 91222 RHI Entertainment. 818-754-8250 Newsreel preserved by the ©2010 AFS UCLA Film and Television Archive. Alex Film Society presents Coming Events Vaudeville Returns! September 19, 2010, 2 pm Saturday, ’s October 23 at 2 & 8 pm only HOG WILD (1930) Hal Roach Studio – two reels “Hold That Ghost” Those Slap-Happy Screamsters Go A’haunting! were one of the most popular comedy teams of the early to mid Classical Hollywood ne of Bud and Lou’s best, era of American cinema. Composed of thin, English- Ofinds the team as gas station born (1890–1965) and heavy, American- attendants who inherit a haunted born (1892–1957) they became well tavern, where they (along known during the late 1920s to the mid- for their work in motion pictures; the team also with several travelers) spend a appeared on stage throughout America and Europe. hilariously spooky night complete The two first worked together on the with murder, dead bodies and a Special Guests – silent filmThe Lucky Dog. After a period appearing mysterious moving candle! ’s separately in several short for the Hal Roach calls it, “Prime A&C!” daughters studio during the 1920s, they began appearing in movie shorts together in 1926. Laurel and Hardy And the Andrews Sisters even perform. With Joan Davis, officially became a team the following year, and soon Richard Carlson, Evelyn Ankers, Mischa Auer AND Shemp Howard! became Hal Roach’s most lucrative stars. Among Event running time is about 2 hours. (1941 Universal) their most popular and successful films were the features (1933), Way Out West (1937), and Block-Heads (1938) and the shorts Big Business (1929), Liberty (1929), and their Academy th Fun? Soitenly! Award®–winning short, (1932). Our 13

OUR GANG COMEDIES (1922-1944) Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal BIG SCREEN EVENT! Roach’s Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Saturday, November 27 at 2 & 8 pm only Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, Our Gang was produced at the Roach studio starting in 1922 as a Slapped from the Headlines! silent short subject series. Roach changed distributors Health Care Pills, from Pathé to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1927, went to sound in 1929 and continued production until Immigration Skills, 1938, when he sold the series to MGM. MGM in turn Political Thrills, continued producing the comedies until 1944. A total of 220 shorts and one feature film,General Housing Chills, and Oil Spills! Spanky, were eventually produced, featuring over tooges fans of all ages make our forty-one child actors. In the mid-1950s, the 80 Roach annual “Stooge-Fest” part of their Thanksgiving tradition. This year produced shorts with sound were syndicated for S titles include: Dizzy Doctors (1937), What’s the Matador? (1942), television under the title The Little Rascals, as MGM Three Dark Horses (1952) and Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939). retained the rights to the Our Gang trademark.

NEW EVENT! When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba Alex Film Society Presents (1933) Sunday, the “When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba” was one December 26 in a series of Screen Song Cartoons produced by the at 2 & 7 pm only Fleischer Studios. Distributed by Paramount, these Carto en Event shorts often included segments featuring famous on Hall of Fame Big Scre singers or musical acts of the day and had “bouncing ball” lyric subtitles so that audiences could sing along. ust in Time for the post–Christmas blahs, AFS celebrates the first “When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba” was a hit Jannual Cartoon Hall of Fame with a selection of classic cartoon novelty song, first recorded by Rudy Vallee in 1931. shorts on the Big Screen. This cartoon features the very popular Mills Brothers Titles include: The Rabbit of Seville, The Band Concert, singing their version. the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor and more!