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unusual facts about The Big House


Pardon Us

After the release of MGM's hit The Big House with Chester Morris and Wallace Beery, producer Hal Roach decided to feature Laurel and Hardy in a two-reeler spoofing the current prison drama.



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Al-Hajjaria

Al-Hajjaria Trust was composed of the "Big House" on Souk Road and the well-known Al-Hajjaria Agricultural farm on Tahhan Road situated on the way out to Quba Mosque.

Ernst Kaiser

Ingrid Bacher went to Marbach and read the text in the archive "The Big House" and many letters from Kaiser / Bausinger.

The Allman Brothers Band Museum

Dickey Betts wrote Blue Sky in the living room and Ramblin' Man in the kitchen of the Big House.

Tone Dale House

Today the 16 bedroom Tone Dale House is owned by Ben Fox (former Director at Fox Brothers) and Victoria Fox (and run by the Big House Co) and can be hired for celebrations, anniversaries, weddings, reunions or corporate events.