OPERA HOUSE
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, si ill causing side-splitting laughter, will be seen at the Opera House to-day in their latest comedy. This is “Great Guns," starring the two comedians, with Dick Nelson and Sheila Ryan. The absurd story has Stan and Ollie and pet cow Penelope, taking care of young millionaire Dick Nelson, who is supposed to be allergic to everything. When Dick is drafted, the two comedians enlist so that, they can take care of him. Dick turns out to be a healthy young man, and finds romance with pretty Sheila Ryan. But Stan and Ollie have their troubles with tough Sergeant Edmund MacDonald. How they first mess up the manoeuvres and then straighten everything out with Penelope's aid. makes a comic story. In the past, thf' Laurel and Hardy comedies have never had a story—instead they worked from day to day. and when, the filming commenced, no one could' tell how the story would end up. Under their new contract, signed with 20th. Century-Fox just prior to the filming of “Great Guns” they have a clause which permits them O.K. the script before they work on the picture.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 62, 14 March 1942, Page 3
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193OPERA HOUSE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 62, 14 March 1942, Page 3
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