EXC ORIG 1939 LAUREL & HARDY A CHUMP AT OXFORD CUTTING CONTINUITY HAL ROACH FILE
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EXC ORIG 1939 LAUREL & HARDY A CHUMP AT OXFORD CUTTING CONTINUITY HAL ROACH FILE COPY!From the collection of a well known Hollywood-based movie historian, collector, author, archivist and intimate of the late great Hal Roach, comes this holy grail item for Roach fans. An original Cutting Continuity to the classic LAUREL & HARDY feature, A CHUMP AT OXFORD. This Hal Roach studios original file copy if for the American version of the L&H fea...ture. The Cutting continuity features a description of every shot in the film along with all titles, shot # and how many 35mm feet and frames of film into the feature that the shot appears. This information would be compiled by the Film Editor (in this case Bert Jordan) and would serve as a record of all the shots for other key departments at the studio and for filing as proof of content with the U.S. Copyright office (often in lieu of sending an actual print of the film). Hal Roach Studio offices file copy has 21 pages plus light green front and back cover pages. Continuity is dated August 31, 1939 and is fully complete in excellent condition. Original front cover is in top shape with little wear. Interior pages are supple and cream colored and free of any rips, tears, creases, stains or blemishes. Back cover is in top shape but detached. Unless you attended the Hal Roach Studios auction back in 1963, here is your chance to have an authentic piece of Hollywood history directly from the hallowed Culver City “Lot of fun”. Ultra rare Continuity is an amazing artifact from the golden age of movie making and sure to be prized collectible from this classic Laurel & Hardy feature and the immortal Hal Roach.
