PROGRAM OF EVENTS

1. 4.30pm - Mingle with the other guests and perhaps browse the memorabilia stall in the foyer. 

2. 5.00pm - 'BATTLE OF THE CENTURY' (classic silent short with Laurel & Hardy)

3. 5.30pm - 'BIG BUSINESS' (silent short with Laurel & Hardy and James Finlayson)

4. 6.00pm - Opening Ceremony by Grand Sheik Ross Owen.

5. 6.10pm - 'TOWED IN THE HOLE' (Hilarious short with Laurel & Hardy)

6. 6.30pm - Introducing... our special guests.

7. 7.00pm - 'MANHATTAN MONKEY BUSINESS' (short talkie with Charley Chase & James Finlayson)

8. 7.30pm - 20 MINUTE INTERVAL

9. 7.50pm - Prize Draw

10. 8.00pm - 'THE BOHEMIAN GIRL' (Full length feature film starring Laurel & Hardy)

11. 9.30pm - Ross brings the evening to a close

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Here's a copy of the ORIGINAL programme from the opening night at The Regal Cinema in 1936

(photo courtesy of Mike Lee)

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