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By C.B. STRACHAN The VWO's Man In Scotland
On TV, we are hardly ever without Laurel & Hardy, thank God (played by H.B. Warner, of course), Today on BBC is Oliver the Eighth, not their best, but what the hell, Yesterday on ITV an old favourite with an unfamiliar title-Laurel & Hardy in Toyland with the notorious Henry Kleinbach as Silas Barnaby. Could hardly believe it when I saw him billed (as Henry Brandon, of course) as star of Where the North Wind Blows, after all these years in the background, comparatively speaking.
An interesting but short-lived series on BBC-TV was Masters of Terror, a late-night double, beginning with Mamoulian's Jekyll & Hyde, plus Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney, and original Technicolor sequence. Hound of the Baskervilles (Hammer) was doubled with Hounds of Zaroff (British title for Most Dangerous Game). This book was described in Goldner & Turner's great book The Making Of King Kong, I wasn't able to spot Buster Crabbe in this, although some bios give itashisfirstfilm, while others say Crabbe doubled for Joel McCrea, In any case, Fay Wray was sensational, as ever.
I'm afraid the only serial known to British television seems to be Flash Gordon, and even this is usually shown during the day. when I see the TV listings for Toronto I turn green in the face. Which reminds me, in 1947 (according to the Film Review annual for that year) Republic announced that all their future productions would be in TRUCOLOR,
So, BBC being the way it is, I'm afraid any hope of a Clayton Moore retrospective or an Evening With Roy Barcroft must be forgotten,
Re, the article on Joe E, Brown, he also appeared in Mad Mad Mad Mad World and was wasted in Comedy of Terrors. A great talent whose films I'd love to see again,
Could you please supply info on availability of Valley of the Cliffhangers, also the Buck Jones book, (Editor's Note: Valley of the Cliffhangers, if any copies are still available, would have to be ordered directly from Jack Mathis, Box 714, 3501 Woodhead Dr., Northbrook, Illinois 60062. The Buck Jones book (by Buck Rainey) may be available at Cine Books in Toronto, but if not, the address is Western Film Collector, Box 17059, Nashville, Tennessee 37217.)
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DON DAYNARD continued
There are a couple of other minor errors I noticed-and a reminder, I've only spent an hour or so skimming through this book--and one is really picky picky. He says Harry Woods retired in 1956 which is incorrect as good old Harry played the town Doctor in a tv series shot in '59 and ‘60 and called Tombstone Territory, It was after that he retired.
Ragan's book is still worth getting, don't get me wrong, I got it through the Nostalgia Book Club for $14, 98 but if you wait long enough, it will probably show up on the Remaindered Table in a few months for about haif that.