This is the only fragment in my father’s scrapbook relating to Fra Diavolo, the film that Dennis appeared in with Laurel & Hardy.
There is a rumour in the family that a cousin has a specially taken photograph of Dennis with Laurel & Hardy on the set of the film during a break. He is having an English high tea with them, by all accounts. It was a photograph Dennis sent home to his family in the UK. Perhaps I will never see it!
As a result of putting some photographs of Uncle Dennis on flickr I have been in touch with someone who has a website dedicated to Fra Diavolo. You can find it at:
http://fradiavolo.heliohost.org/
You won’t be able to get straight in but you can easily apply for access (saying where you heard about it). The website has a very comprehensive list of Dennis’s film, stage and TV performances which relieves me of the need to do anything similar.
The creator of the Laurel & Hardy website has been following this blog and you will recognise some of his content from here. Via email he made the point to me that Dennis’s performance in Fra Diavolo is the main one he will be remembered for given the enduring popularity of Laurel & Hardy. I have no reason to question that given the evidence from this Youtube video:
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