{"product_id":"laurel-hardy-the-magic-behind-the-movies-9781937878047","title":"Laurel \u0026 Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies","description":"\u003cp\u003eRandy Skretvedts seminal LAUREL \u0026amp; HARDY: THE MAGIC BEHIND THE MOVIES is generally acknowledged as the gold standard in writing about the work of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.  Since the books original release in 1987  it has been updated several times through the early 1990s. But over the last 15 years  author Skretvedt has been compiling an Ultimate Edition of his master work  with nearly 50% more text and quadruple the number of photos of previous editions.  And to mark its release  Bonaventure Press is producing a single limited print run of 2 000 copies of this special edition  as an oversized 8.5 by 11 hardcover  with heavy glossy paper and all the trimmings of a top-quality art book  to help show off its 1 000 rare photographs and greatly expanded text.  In addition:  Close to 800 of the images are new to this edition  and include many never-before-published  one-of-a-kind pictures from Babe Hardy s personal collection.  Exclusive quotes and fascinating anecdotes from interviews with more than 60 of the teams co-workers  including producer Hal Roach  editors Richard Currier and Bert Jordan  musical director Marvin Hatley  actresses Anita Garvin and Dorothy Granger  and actor Henry Brandon.  Detailed accounts of hilarious unused scenes  culled from the original scripts.  Details about the locations where the team filmed many of their most famous scenes.  Full cast and credit information for each film  providing the names of all the players and their roles as well as previously unknown members of the technical crews. And full information about the musical scores  including the titles of all cues and names of composers.  Full information on the many films which are still missing  as well as a section about the new short subjects created for TV.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650371215413,"sku":"ByrdShop_193787804X","price":344.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781937878047.jpg?v=1781795220","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/laurel-hardy-the-magic-behind-the-movies-9781937878047","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}