Slapstick Magazine Presents 2006 Thelma Todd Celebration July 27 - July 30 Manchester, New Hampshire Join us as we celebrate the centenary of Thelma Todd, the Merrimack Valley’s queen of comedy Film Program As we draw nearer to the event, additional titles are likely to become available. Accordingly, the roster below may see some minor changes. There is ample free parking at UNH. THURSDAY, July 27th Fay Tincher - Ethel’s Roof Party UNH Hall, Commercial Street, Manchester Mabel Normand - A Muddy Romance (All titles in 16mm except where noted) Alice Howell - One Wet Night Wanda Wiley - Flying Wheels AM Edna Marian - Uncle Tom’s Gal 9:00 Morning Cartoon Hour 1 Gale Henry - Soup to Nuts Rare silent/sound cartoons Mary Ann Jackson - Smith’s Candy Shop 10:00 Charley Chase Silents (fragment) What Women Did for Me Anita Garvin/Marion Byron - A Pair of Tights Hello Baby ZaSu Pitts/Thelma Todd - One Track Minds Mama Behave (also features Spanky McFarland) A Ten Minute Egg 11:00 Larry Semon Shorts 9:30 Shaskeen Irish Pub, 909 Elm Street (directly across Titles TBA till from City Hall) 12:00 LUNCH (1 hour) close Silent and sound shorts featuring: Laurel and Hardy PM W.C. Fields 1:00 ZaSu Pitts - Thelma Todd Shorts Buster Keaton The Pajama Party The Three Stooges Seal Skins Asleep in the Feet 2:00 Snub Pollard and Jimmy Parrott FRIDAY, July 28th Sold at Auction (Pollard) UNH Hall, Commercial Street, Manchester Fully Insured (Pollard) (All titles in 16mm except where noted) Pardon Me (Pollard) AM Between Meals (Parrott) 9:00 Morning Cartoon Hour 2 The Uncovered Wagon (Parrott) Rare silent/sound cartoons 3:00 Thelma as Costar at Roach, Part I 10:00 Laurel or Hardy Hurdy Gurdy (video; with Edgar Kennedy) His Day Out (Billy West, Oliver Hardy) The Shrimp (with Harry Langdon) Love ’Em and Weep (Laurel, Finlayson) Whispering Whoopee (with Charley Chase) Her Boyfriend (Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy) 4:00 Lloyd Hamilton Collars and Cuffs (Stan Laurel) Spook Raisers (video; Ham and Bud) 11:00 Clark and McCullough Crushed (video) Belle of Samoa Jonah Jones False Roomers (video) Careful Please Odor in the Court 5:00 DINNER (1 hour) 12:00 LUNCH 6:00 Glass Slide Show Features, shorts, news items, advertisements present- PM ed on original 1920s equipment with period music. 1:00 Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly These are all hand colored and tinted glass slides. Backs to Nature 7:00 Funny Ladies (2 hours) Air Fright A brief history of women in early film comedy Treasure Blues LOOSER THAN LOOSE 2:00 Roscoe Arbuckle Fatty and Minnie Hee Haw 1933 Movie Night at the Palace The Waiter’s Ball The Palace Theatre Home Cured (Johnny Arthur - Dir. Arbuckle) Hanover Street, Manchester My Stars (Johnny Arthur - Dir. Arbuckle) 3:00 Chaplin and Keaton 7.00 - 10.00 PM Chaplin Fragment Reel The Star Family in Distress (Chaplin oddity) Join us for this re-creation of a 1933 movie program Sherlock, Jr. (Keaton) complete with trailers, glass slides, a news reel, car- 4:00 Thelma at the Hal Roach Studios, Part 2 toon, short subject(s) and feature. Included in the fun Unaccustomed As We Are (Laurel and Hardy) is an old-fashioned theatre raffle for a toy train! Also: War Mamas (ZaSu/Thelma) Mayor Frank Guinta will read a public proclamation The King (Harry Langdon) declaring July 29th, 2006 “Thelma Todd Centennial 5:00 DINNER Day.” Don’t miss this! 6:00 Glass Slide Show 2 (see above) The Palace Program 7:00 Thelma and Walter Pre-show Theater Organ Music Film, video and live commentary on the lives and Introduction by Dave Stevenson careers of the Merrimack Valley’s two early comedy stars Mayoral Proclamation 9:30 A Taste of Europe, 827 Elm Street Glass Slides and Coming Attractions till Silent and sound shorts featuring: News Reel close W.C. Fields Cartoon Laurel and Hardy Universal Sports Short starring Babe Ruth The Taxi Boys Comedy Short: Going Bye-Bye! Charley Chase starring Laurel & Hardy and local boy Walter Long Snookie the Humanzee Intermission The Life of Thelma Todd - A brief multi-media SATURDAY, July 29th presentation Radisson Hotel, Elm Street, Manchester Feature: The Devil’s Brother 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM starring Laurel & Hardy, Thelma Todd, Dennis King Tour of Thelma Todd Sites in Lawrence Bus leaves promptly at 9:00 AM SUNDAY, July 30th Cost: $20.00 (not included in four-day admission ticket) Location: Radisson Hotel, Elm Street, Manchester Sites include: (All titles in 16mm; further details TBA) Birthplace Schools and Churches Theaters Homes Scrapbook Photo Locations AM Present Day Photo Re-creations 9:00-12:00 Fox Comedies Christie Shorts Juvenile Comedies 5:00 - 6:30 DINNER - Location TBA (cost not included in Larry Semon Shorts four-day admission ticket) We appreciate our sponsors! A Taste of Europe LOOSER THAN LOOSE 2006 Thelma Todd Celebration July 27 - July 30 Manchester, New Hampshire Registration Form Hotel The official hotel of the Thelma Todd Celebration is the Manchester Radisson. It is located on Elm Street in the heart of downtown, just walking distance from the halls we’ll be using, the local shops, clubs, bars and dozens of great restaurants. To get the room rate you must identify yourself as being part of the “Thelma Todd Celebration.” You are responsible for your own hotel bill and associated charges. Room Rate: $109 + tax Phone: (603) 625-1000 Email: [email protected] Film Shows (NOT including Movie Night at the Palace) Adult: $50 (in advance) $20 per day $10 evening Child under 15 $25 (in advance) $10 per day $5 evening Thursday/Friday from 4 PM Child under 10: Free } Bus Tour Meals Refunds $20 per person On your own Full or partial refunds may be made at our discretion. We regret no refunds can be given after July 12, 2006. IMPORTANT: Tickets for the Palace are selling fast and thus we are unable to buy them on your behalf. Tickets are only $10, or $7 for seniors and students. Please call the box office on (603) 668-55588 (Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.) or buy tickets online at http://www.palacetheatre.org/ Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ City: __________________________ State/Province: _____________________ Zip: _________________ Country: ____________________ Phone: _____________________ Cell: ____________________ Email: _________________________ Number of adults in your party: _______ Number of children under 15: _______ Number of tour bus tickets required: _______ Total amount enclosed: ________________ Please make money orders/checks payable to “LOOSER THAN LOOSE PUBLISHING” and mail to 373 S. Willow St. #227, Manchester, NH 03103, USA. DO NOT SEND CASH. U.S. funds only. Questions? Email Dave and Ali Stevenson: [email protected] or give us a call: (603) 624-66094 LOOSER THAN LOOSE.