Movie Publicity Showcase Volume 8

''Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 8'' places a number of Laurel and Hardy film shorts into their historical ''first run'' contexts, utilizing original press materials from the 1930's. Read about your favorite stars as they were during the day of these movies' initial releases. See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. Step back into time and see what movie fans of that day experienced when going to the movies! This is the eighth of a series, and contains material on the Laurel and Hardy films ''Any Old Port,'' ''Midnight Patrol,'' ''Scram,'' ''Twice Two,'' and ''The Second Hundred Years.'' Additional material covers the Thelma Todd short ''One Horse Farmers,''the Our Gang short ''Readin' and Writin','' and the short ''Lucky Beginner'' - the all amateur short with Eddie Foy, Jr. Four post-war Hal Roach movies are also represented, along with the famous ''Curley'' censorship battle.