High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) To apply for livestream or record & stream rights, please complete this form. To review some frequently asked questions about streaming, please click here. Notes Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available At this unprecedented time, a no-intermission show is perfect for theatres and schools alike. Danger, romance and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as five actors portraying 39 characters traverse seven continents in one of the greatest adventures of all time. But his every step is dogged by a detective who thinks he's a robber on the run. With his resourceful servant Passepartout, Fogg sets out to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. Now for a short film of our adventures as we ‘walk the walk’ down the legendary steeps.Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race! Now you can go around the world in 80 days even faster! In this new, no-intermission version of Mark Brown's hit play Around the World in 80 Days, join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to beat the clock! Phileas Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortune and his life at risk. The film starred comic legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, who also employed this location in their 1927 film “Hats Off.” Both films were produced by the Hal Roach Studio. This plaque marks the site of the making of “The Music Box,” winner of the 1932 Academy Award for Short Subject – Comedy. “Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy “The Music Box” 1932 The Music Box Steps street sign at the bottom of the staircase (923-925 Vendome Street), across from Laurel and Hardy Park Īnd a close up of that street sign …Ī view from the bottom of the staircase, looking up… You can see the plaque set in cement on one of the bottom steps (3rd from the bottom to be exact) …Īn alternate view of the famous staircase … The view from the top of the staircase, down, down, down… And it is quite a long walk □ ![]() The Music Box Steps street sign at the top of the staircase (Descanso Drive) …Īnd a close-up of that street sign … Oh, soooo incredibly near the famous film site! What? Walk around? Me? Professor Theodore Von Schwarzenhoffen! M.D., A.D, D.D.S, F.L.D, F.F.F and F should walk around? Get that thing out of my way! Get it out of my way! Come on! Get it out of the way! Out of the way! -Professor Well, when are you two numbskulls going to take this thing out of the way? -Professor von Schwarzenhoffen (Billy Gilbert) Now, let that be a lesson to you! – Officer (Sam Lufkin) Yes officer, right in the middle of my daily duties. Right on top of the stoop. -OllieĪnd not only that, he kicked me. That’s the house up there, right on top of the stoop. That said, I am happy to share some pictures from the film itself, as well as from our giddy and glorious adventure…įrom the 1932 film… (sorry for the poor quality)Ĭould you tell me where 1127 Walnut Ave is? -Ollie There is a commemorative plaque set into the cement of the 3rd step (from the bottom of the staircase). They connect Vendome Street (at the bottom of the hill) with Descanso Drive (at the top of the hill). The steps themselves are located at 923-935 Vendome Street in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. Watching Stan and Ollie ‘heave ho’ all the way up to the tippy top of the ‘endless’ stoop, huffing and puffing from exhaustion - and then seeing the piano always somehow manage to roll back down the entire staircase, pinging and panging and plummeting to the ground, never ceases to amuse me.Īnd, I’m sure I’m not alone in my laughter, because the film won the first Academy Award for Live Action Short Film (Comedy) in 1932, and 65 years later (in 1997), it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” To this day, I still can’t help but gasp and laugh-out-loud as Stan and Ollie meet comical characters and calamities while they attempt to deliver a piano to “1127 Walnut Avenue” – the house “right on top of the stoop” (understatement). But, even I was surprised by the overwhelming giddiness I felt when my doppelganger film-fan-friends* and I piled into a car and commenced on our quest to find the infamous steps - armed with sheer will, a sense of adventure, and (thankfully) our trusty little GPS! About an hour later, as we tentatively drove around a corner with all eyes peeled, the anticipation was unbearable, and I do not exaggerate when I say that we all let out super-duper squeals of delight, when we realized that, YES indeed, we had actually found the steps!!!įor me, the The Music Box (1932) is an iconic Laurel and Hardy film – and one that is hard to forget. ![]() The Music Box Steps have long been high on my list of must-see classic movie sites. Walking in the Steps of Laurel and Hardy!
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