16MM FILM 45 MINUTES FROM HOLLYWOOD - 1926 - LAUREL&HARDY FIRST HAL ROACH FILM

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16MM FILM -
45 MINUTES FROM HOLLYWOOD
- 1926 -
LAUREL & HARDY
-
1ST HAL ROACH FILM
Very good condition print(see screen shots).  No VS.  Sharp Blackhawk print(see pics).  Double perf silent except for 30 second spot where someone spliced in a sound version of Stan Laurel's scene.  I watched all of this one!
Stars:  Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
After ‘
The Lucky Dog
’ (1921), it was another five years before Stan and Babe appeared again in front of the cameras together. In the intervening years though, neither comedian was idle.
A new English comedian is shortly to be introduced on the screen by Amalgamated Producing Company of Los Angeles, according to announcement made by G. M. Anderson, the head of this new organization producing on the west coast.  The comedian is Stan Laurel, known for his work in various vaudeville engagements.
For five months G.M. Anderson has been giving his personal attention to the production of comedies starring Laurel.  Three are now completely finished and titled “The Carpenter”, “The Bootlegger” and “The Gardener”. Other films in preparation are titled “Mixed Nuts”, “The Miner” and “Make It Snappy”. A releasing arrangement will shortly be announced by Anderson.’
The pictures Stan made with Anderson were successful enough to finally make his name and give him a reputation as a noteworthy star. Once the series was complete, he moved on for a first stint as a contracted player in one-reel comedies at the Hal Roach Studios, signing on the dotted line in early 1923, as reported in ‘Camera’, February 10, 1923
Stan Laurel
has signed a contract with Hal Roach and will soon begin work on his initial picture, which will be a travesty on “Under Two Flags.” Mae Laurel, his wife, will play the leading feminine role.
So, by 1925, both Stan and Babe were under individual contracts at the Hal Roach Studios. Babe’s first film at Roach, ‘Wild Papa’ was released in May 1925, and from then, as Ted Okuda and James L. Neibaur point out, he was used with increasing frequency on the lot, however, he wasn’t put under long term contract at the studio until the middle of the following year, as announced in Motion Picture News, June 19, 1926:
Roach Signs “Babe” Hardy For Pathe Comedies                                                              Oliver Norvelle Hardy, more generally known as “Babe” Hardy, has been signed by Hal Roach for a long term appearance in two-reel comedies for Pathe release. He will play various types of supporting roles in Charley Chase and Mabel Normand comedies, and featured parts in the series of all star two-reelers. His latest appearance was in the Glenn Tryon comedy “Along Came Aunty”.
Given the number of films that were being churned out of the Roach Studios at that time, it could be strongly argued that it was inevitable the boys would cross paths eventually; and cross paths they surely did, although during the five years post  ‘The Lucky Dog’, the boys were only involved in three other film projects together, Ollie acting and Stan directing.
In August of 1926, Stan and Babe were finally cast to appear in the same film together once again. This time, however, unlike ‘The Lucky Dog’, this new film, entitled ‘45 Minutes From Hollywood’,
was not a ‘Stan Laurel Comedy’, but had an actor named Glenn Tryon in the lead role. Tryon was being championed by Hal Roach, in the hopes that he would one day take the place of his old star, Harold Lloyd, who’d left Roach in 1924 to produce his own pictures. Unfortunately for Roach, Tryon’s celebrity star didn’t quite hit the heights that they’d hoped, but at least his films did provide an opportunity to bring Roach’s two future megastars together, even if they were only used as supporting players.
Stan had a very minor, blink-and-you’ll-miss-him type role in the picture, playing a hotel guest and looking fairly unrecognisable, with a nightcap and a huge, bushy moustache. Babe on the other hand, also sporting equally bushy facial hair, had a larger part to play as a hotel detective, who spent most of his scenes in a state of undress, with only a shower curtain wrapped around him to preserve his modesty.
PLEASE SEE FILM GRADING SCALE BELOW:
Mint or New
:  Means just that.  It may have been run, but still physically looks mint, untouched by a projector.
Near Mint
:  Only the slightest signs of having been run.  Appears Mint when projected on the screen.
Like New
:  Can be older print that was well taken care of.  May have only the slightest signs of use, occasional minor light line or splice or minor cue mark, if any.  Starting at this level, older prints may have a little curl to the film, which is common.
Excellent+
:  Very minimal wear or light lines at times with an occasional, although seldom, splice.  No major repairs or missing scenes transitions from TV use.
Excellent
:  Will have some minimal wear or light lines and may have an occasional temporary light emulsion line, a few splices or minor repair.  Possibly some short lap dissolves or minor cue marks around transitional scenes if it was used by a TV station, but highly acceptable condition.
Very Good
:  Will have some wear and lines, cue marks, minor repairs and usually more splices than desirable.  An occasional emulsion scratch.
Good
:  The same as Very Good but with more scratches, wear and some spots that may be splicy from having been damaged.  Still watchable.
Fair or Poor
:  Will need to be checked for extensive repairs before running.  I usually will never even list anything in this condition, only if a desirable title.
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