The Laurel & Hardy Scrapbook (Scagnetti)

[SirStanleyLaurel]

Hi folks! I recently bought this book from a dealer on eBay. It's a
1976 hardback book which has sections on their early solo careers, the
teamwork, the heyday of comedy and so on. I'm in the UK and have never
come across this before.
I've only read the first few pages of it, and was wondering whether
anyone in here can enlighten me as to what is generally thought of it?

Fraternally Yours,

Roger

[James Neibaur]

in article 9192f29f.03123...@posting.google.com, SirStanleyLaurel
at roger....@ukonline.co.uk wrote on 12/31/03 2:04 PM:

> I've only read the first few pages of it, and was wondering whether
> anyone in here can enlighten me as to what is generally thought of it?

I hope you didn't pay a lot for it.

JN

[MJ Emigh]

Oh, yeah. I had that book once. It had good pictures, at least.

-MJ

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[StanInDrag]

mjsm...@aol.comkillspam (MJ Emigh) wrote in message news:<20031231161501...@mb-m07.aol.com>...

> Oh, yeah. I had that book once. It had good pictures, at least.
>
> -MJ
>

I bought LAUREL AND HARDY SCRAPBOOK when it first came out in the mid
70's and still have it. Not a bad book really, very generic, not the
worst ever written. I like the chapter covering Laurel and Hardy
merchendise and Larry Harmon's lawsuit against Hal Roach and Richard
Feiner which are rarely covered in most books. Would like to know more
about it though.

--Tony

[Colonel Buckshot]

This book was given to me many, many years ago. Indeed it was
probably the first book on L&H I ever owned (I still have it). As
such, I hold it in fond regard and it has great sentimental value.

Is it the most comprehensive and error free L&H book ever written?
No. However, it is a fun read and filled with some great pictures
(including one of Lucille and the gentleman she married after Babe's
passing). There is a nice section covering the L&H nostalgia boom in
the 1970s.

Of course, since then I've added many more titles to my L&H library.
One I still don't have is the AJ Marriott book on the British tours.
Being from the U.K. do you have it? If so, what are your thoughts?

[BigStar303]

I have this book as well but haven't looked at it in years. My memory was that
it had tons of inaccuracies, and that by the time it was written the things he
got wrong were well-known among L&H fans, so there really wasn't any excuse for
it.

So overall, that tended to get in the way of any merits the book might have
otherwise possessed.

[JVBGUY]

bigstar303 wrote:

The only real merit to the book was that it featured some little-seen publicity
photos and other pictures of L&H merchandise from the 60s and 70s.

John B.

Laurel and Hardy Central (co-founder)
http://laurelandhardycentral.com

"And then he's off, to the soft chirping of our little feathered friends in the
arboreal dell." --- J. Frothingham Waterbury

[James Neibaur]

in article 20040102101551...@mb-m11.aol.com, JVBGUY at
jvb...@aol.comnomail wrote on 1/2/04 9:15 AM:

> The only real merit to the book was that it featured some little-seen
> publicity
> photos and other pictures of L&H merchandise from the 60s and 70s

I remember it as being among the very weakest of the L&H books.

JN

[Tommie Hicks, Jr.]

This was the first book on L&H that was published that published some
dirt on the Boys. Hardy sharing his domicile with an armed robber and
golf course swindler?

I have heard that Scagnetti later became a movie producer who rejected
one of Tarantino's screenplays. Tarantino later repayed the favor by
naming his homicidal cop in NATURAL BORN KILLERS Jack Scagnetti.

Tommie Hicks

jvb...@aol.comnomail (JVBGUY) wrote in message news:<20040102101551...@mb-m11.aol.com>...

[SirStanleyLaurel]

"My memory was that it had tons of inaccuracies, and that by the time
it was written the things he got wrong were well-known among L&H fans,
so there really wasn't any excuse for it."

Yes, I'm starting to come across them now. For instance, a photo of
Ollie blowing a selection of brass instruments is attributed to 'Saps
at Sea', when it's quite obviously 'Jitterbugs', and the section
dealing with Ollie's racing indulgances; on one page is a photo of
Babe with jockey Ralph REEVE and on the facing page in the text he is
referred to as Ralph NEEVE. Now come on guys, which is right?

However on the plus side the book cost me less than $5 (with postage
on top of that) and it is a bit of a collector's item with some rare
shots, so I'm not complaining!

Thanks for all the input from you blokes!

Roger