Richard W. Bann

History

Richard W. Bann is a photographer and documentarian who is best known for his friendship and association with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Bann has appeared in TV shows and documentaries and even a movie related to his experiences around Playboy, as well as for his collection of old photographs and films of early movie and TV stars, such as Laurel & Hardy and "Our Gang"/The Little Rascals.

Movies

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Self

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.

The Telling

Mr. Reasoner

In this horror anthology film, three girls pledge the most popular - and cruelest - sorority on campus. For their final task, they must tell the scariest story they know. Containing three distinct stories - one featuring a murderous doll, one a has-been actress and her run in with a film crew of the undead and, finally, a hunt-and-kill fright-fest.

Girl 27

Self - Hal Roach Historian

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Thanks

Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.