Highlights of the October 2009 Tour

With every seat full in our three buses, we departed Culver City at 9 a.m. with 75 Laurel & Hardy fans eager to visit the locations seen in their films. Our tour began in downtown Culver City, with a look at the site of the former City Hall seen in both County Hospital and Going Bye-Bye! Nearby, we saw the site of Ollie's home from Hog Wild and the intersection from the beginning of Towed in a Hole.

The tour included a first-time visit to the porch of the mansion seen in Wrong Again. The owner of the estate was gracious enough to allow our entire group to get a close up view of the front of this house.

Wrong Again Mansion: click to see high resolution photo

 

Our next stop was the always popular Music Box Steps. Most the the group climbed to the top of the steps, to match various "then" pictures along the way. We then saw the spot where Laurel first met Hardy in The Lucky Dog, followed by a quick glimpse of what is left of the prison gate in The Second Hundred Years.

The tour proceeded to three of the more recently discovered locations, which are the homes seen in Love 'em and Weep, Me and My Pal, and Another Fine Mess. A lunch break took place in a park in Cheviot Hills.

After lunch, we visited a home which was seen as the hospital in The Finishing Touch. A short distance away, we arrived at James Finlayson's home in Big Business.

Big Business House: click to see high resolution photo

 

This was followed by a visit to the duplex from the opening scene of Big Business, which was back in Culver City. After passing the site of the Hal Roach Studios, we saw the home from Perfect Day.

Perfect Day House: click to see high resolution photo

 

The bus tour concluded back in downtown Culver City. A walking tour of Main Street and the area around the Culver Hotel included scenes from 45 Minutes From Hollywood, Duck Soup, The Second Hundred Years, Hats Off, Putting Pants on Philip, Leave 'em Laughing, Two Tars, We Faw Down, Liberty, Bacon Grabbers, County Hospital, Going Bye-Bye!, and Angora Love.