Then and Now
My Visits to Laurel and Hardy Movie Locations

Putting Pants on Phillip 1927                                              March, 2006                                                                Putting Pants on Phillip 1927  Here is the Culver Hotel at 9400 Culver Blvd in Culver City. Notice that the front windows on the building look practically the same as they did 79 years ago. Stan Laurel once said that Putting Pants on Phillip is the first “true” Laurel and Hardy film, but many people, including myself, would disagree. This hotel is now a historic landmark. The munchkins for the Wizard of Oz stayed there during filming in the late 1930’s. John Wayne once owned this building, and big stars like Clark Gable and Joan Crawford used to check in there.

Perfect Day 1929                                                                            March, 2006 I found this house at 3120 Vera Ave. in LA (may be considered Culver City). Look at how little this house has changed in the last 76 years! Perfect Day is a 1929 sound short subject starring the boys with Edgar Kennedy.