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Stuart Fyvie
Film Handler

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From: Amersham
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 30, 2006 05:54 AM

Hi folks, I am looking for the title of a Laurel and Hardy film. It was released on 8mm
by Flecther Films (remember them?) under the title of
'On the wrong track'. It had the boys with a gas mask and set during WW1. Been a while scince I have seen it as I sold it years ago. It was a 200ft extract. They were just about the only titles I could afford at the time at the age of 9!. Got it of LGP for £2.99. A lot of pocket time Back then. Always wondered what film thid was taken from. Anybody out there any ideas?

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Douglas Meltzer
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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 30, 2006 10:22 PM

Stuart,

Could that have been taken from Block-Heads(1938)? That starts off during WWI, where Stan is left to guard a trench. Twenty years later, he's still there, since no one told him that the war has ended.

Doug

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

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From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted July 30, 2006 10:43 PM

Saw this one earlier this year, but I don't remember any gas masks in it whatsoever.

You may still be right, though...

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Stuart Fyvie
Film Handler

Posts: 90
From: Amersham
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 31, 2006 02:40 AM

It wasnt from blockheads. It was definitley from a silent feature. It had title cards
and ran at silent speed. I also remember Ollie trying to roll a cigarette with one hand.
I think he played a sargent. The gas mask gag took place in a railway carriage.

Stuart

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