While at the fight stadium they attached their signatures to ticket stubs, programs, regular Autograph books, handkerchiefs. Cigarette packages, envelopes, scraps of paper, hats and even a shirt front. This could explain how the two autographed sailor's shirts appeared in auctions recently. Although the publicity material said they were shirts from 'Men O War', you could see that they did not match those worn by 'The Boys' in the film. However, they could have been shirts autographed for sailors while filming in San Pedro.
Strange requests come in the fan mail of movie stars.
The prize fight sequence in the film attracted innumerable spectators, all of whom flocked to the Culver City Stadium where the scenes were made. One young man, who had all the earmarks of a prizefighter, was particularly interested in the antics of the comedian in the ring. At the completion of the picture Laurel was approached by the young man who introduced himself as a professional boxer. The busy housewife who claims she walks miles while doing her work, has a competitor in the screen actor who does some rather high stepping in the course of a picture. The comedian was surprised at the total, which amounted to a fraction over 43 miles.