Steve Massa wrote:Hi Chris
I've never heard of James Parrott being gay, and he was married. In Randy Skretvedt's LAUREL AND HARDY there's a picture (pg 297 in the paperback edition) of Babe Hardy, and his wife Myrtle with Parrott and his wife Ruby at the 1936 Academy Awards (although they are sitting next to pedophile Gus Meins).
I remember as a kid hearing older people say "Paul Parrott, Paul Parrott" in a squawky parrott voice, but have no why or what it referred to.
Steve
Well now, shouldn't we say "accused pedophile" when referring to Gus Meins, or was he ever found guilty of any charges? I sometimes wonder if he didn't commit suicide just because the accusations would have been enough to have ended his career as a Director of childrens comedies or anything else for that matter. I never heard any of the Our Gang members say anything weird about Gus Meins or his behavior around them. Not that that was necessarily something they would have talked about in public either for that matter.
I never heard that being gay was one of Paul Parrotts issues either. And what does saying "Paul Parrott, Paul Parrott!" have to do with being gay anyway? Wasn't that tied in with a brand of children's shoe called Paul Parrott?
RICHARD M ROBERTS