LAUREL AND HARDY
are back on the big screen!
The premiere of the restored award winning film Way Out West, was screened in London at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square on Thursday 3rd September. Hosted by the comedian Frank Skinner and attended by celebrities and Laurel and Hardy fans including several representatives of the Sons of the Desert appreciation society, the evening was a great success and achieved both TV and press coverage.

NEWS OF THE WORLD - 6/9/98
'It was a really well thought-out night'

EMPIRE - Magazine October '98
'The reissue of Way Out West together with the short Music Box is quite simply the double bill of the decade'. The films were rated with 5 stars.

News of the premiere made both BBC evening and breakfast news and Satellite TV.

The success of the premiere is a testament to the continued popularity of this well loved duo.

Laurel and Hardy will now be shown in cinemas across the UK. Way Out West is being paired with the Oscar-winning The Music Box. Sons of the Desert, one of the most famous comedy classics will be shown along with Helpmates. A list of dates and venues is detailed below.

WAY OUT WEST/MUSIC BOX
1Newcastle Tyneside04-Sep-98
2Film Theatre York11-Sep-98
3Edinburgh Film house11-Sep-98
4Ipswich Film Theatre18-Sep-98
5Nottingham Broadway18-Sep-98
6Sheffield Showroom 25-Sep-98
7Rex Elland02-Oct-98
8Priestley Centre Bradford09-Oct-98
9Allanpark Stirling09-Oct-98
10Ambassadors Woking16-Oct-98
11Watershed Bristol16-Oct-98
12Picture House Exeter16-Oct-98
13Phoenix Arts Centre Leicester23-Oct-98
14Phoenix Arts Centre Oxford23-Oct-98
15Dukes Lancaster30-Oct-98
16Picture House Stratford East30-Oct-98
17Picture House Clapham06-Nov-98
18Town Hall Falkirk13-Nov-98
19New Park Chichester13-Nov-98
20Curzon Bexhill27-Nov-98

SONS OF THE DESERT/HELPMATES
21Edinburgh Film house04-Sep-98
22Sheffield Showroom11-Sep-98
23Newcastle Tyneside18-Sep-98
24York Film Theatre18-Sep-98
25Nottingham Broadway25-Sep-98
26Phoenix Oxford02-Oct-98
27Watershed Bristol02-Oct-98
28Priestley Centre Bradford09-Oct-98
29The Barn Dartington16-Oct-98
30Ipswich Film Theatre23-Oct-98
31Picture House Exeter23-Oct-98
32Dukes Lancaster30-Oct-98
33Picture House Stratford upon Avon30-Oct-98
34Phoenix Arts Centre Leicester06-Nov-98
35New Park Chichester13-Nov-98
36Arts Cinema Cambridge13-Nov-98
37Curzon Bexhill27-Nov-98
38NFT London04-Dec-98


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