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"The Finishing Touch" (1928, 19 min.) Stan and Ollie are contracted to build a house in one day, but when a seemingly harmless bird perches atop the new chimney, the completed house begins to fall apart, piece by piece. "Big Business" (1929, 19 min.) Stan and Ollie are California Christmas tree salesman plodding through slow business. When a disgruntled customer starts an argument, angry words escalate into full-scale destruction! WAY OUT WEST, 1937, Hal Roach (Hallmark Entertainment), 65 min. Dir. James W. Horne. In what half of their fans consider their best feature, Stan and Ollie travel, well, out west to deliver the deed to a gold mine to the daughter of its late owner. Naturally, they don’t reckon with perennial nemesis Jimmy Finlayson trying to snatch it for himself. 35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. WAY OUT WEST: Preservation Funded by The Film Foundation. Live musical accompaniment with “Big Business”.

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What is Laurel & Hardy Silents & Talk about?: "The Finishing Touch" (1928, 19 min.) Stan and Ollie are contracted to build a house in one day, but when a seemingly harmless bird perches atop the new chimney, the completed house begins to fall apart, piece by piece. "Big Business" (1929, 19 min.) Stan and Ollie are California Christmas tree salesman plodding through slow business. When a disgruntled customer starts an argument, angry words escalate into full-scale destruction!

WAY OUT WEST, 1937, Hal Roach (Hallmark Entertainment), 65 min. Dir. James W. Horne. In what half of their fans consider their best feature, Stan and Ollie travel, well, out west to deliver the deed to a gold mine to the daughter of its late owner. Naturally, they don’t reckon with perennial nemesis Jimmy Finlayson trying to snatch it for himself. 35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. WAY OUT WEST: Preservation Funded by The Film Foundation. Live musical accompaniment with “Big Business”.