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Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy

Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on 16 June, in Ulverston, England; died on 23 February
Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy on 18 January, in Harlem, Georgia; died on 7 August

The son of a British showman, Stan Laurel had been raised in English music halls.

Biography of stan laurel and oliver hardy dancing Starting their career as a duo in the silent film era, they later successfully transitioned to " talkies ". From the late s to the mids, they were internationally famous for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy, childlike friend to Hardy's pompous bully. Marvin Hatley was heard over their films' opening credits, and became as emblematic of them as their bowler hats. Prior to emerging as a team, both had well-established film careers. Laurel had acted in over 50 films, and worked as a writer and director, while Hardy was in more than productions.

In he made his first trip to America as a member of the Fred Karno musical-comedy troupe, which also included Charlie Chaplin. Laurel stayed in the United States, touring in vaudeville and landing an occasional movie job.

Oliver Hardy had been destined for a military career, but opened a movie theater in Milledgeville, Georgia, instead.

He next found work as an actor in Jacksonville, Florida, home of the Lubin film company. Hardy later moved to Hollywood, and by the mid s, he was working as an all-purpose comic at the Hal Roach studio.

Laurel and Hardy's partnership at the Hal Roach studio began in Within a year of their first joint appearance, they were being touted as the new comedy team.

After collaborating on many silent films, they took the transition to the talking film in stride.

Biography of oliver hardy His father, Oliver Harvey, fought in the American Civil War and his mother, Emily Norvell, descended from a prominent family with ancestral ties to the Revolutionary War. After briefly attending military academy, Hardy pursued music and theater. He ran away from boarding school and joined a traveling theatrical troupe. In , he adopted his father's name as his own middle name. In , Hardy moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he began singing at vaudeville venues and working at a movie studio.

As their success spread throughout the world, they began making feature films as well and won an Oscar for their short subject entitled "The Music Box" ().After the team left the Hal Roach studio, they formed their own production company but were unable to repeat the success they had enjoyed under the guidance of Hal Roach.

Filmography:

Laurel & Hardy Feature Films

As the economics of motion picture exhibition changed in the s, Hal Roach needed to produce feature-length vehicles for Laurel & Hardy.

Filmgoers then and now treasure WAY OUT WEST, BLOCK-HEADS and SONS OF THE DESERT among their best full-length feature films. After SAPS AT SEA () Laurel & Hardy left the Hal Roach Studios and signed with major studios 20th Century-Fox and MGM. From they made eight feature films - six for Fox and two for MGM. In Laurel & Hardy made their final film appearance together in the disastrous UTOPIA, aka ATOLL K.

Laurel & Hardy Feature Films for the Hal Roach Studios ()

Pardon Us
Pack Up Your Troubles
Fra Diavolo (aka The Devil's Brother)
Sons of the Desert
Babes in Toyland (aka March of the Wooden Soldiers)
Bonnie Scotland
The Bohemian Girl
Our Relations
Way Out West
Block-Heads
Swiss Miss
A Chump at Oxford
Saps at Sea

Laurel & Hardy Feature Films for FOX and MGM ()

Great Guns (20th Century Fox)
A-Haunting We Will Go (20th Century Fox)
Air Raid Wardens (MGM)
Jitterbugs (20th Century Fox)
Dancing Masters (20th Century Fox)
The Big Noise (20th Century Fox)
Nothing But Trouble (MGM)
The Bullfighters (20th Century Fox)

Other Laurel & Hardy Feature Films

The Flying Deuces
Utopia (aka Atoll K, Robinson Crusoeland)

Laurel & Hardy Talkie Shorts

Unlike many other silent film actors, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy adapted with ease to talking in movies, practically paying no attention to this new component of their work.

Happily, their voices matched their screen personalities.

Biography of stan laurel and oliver hardy Laurel began his career in music hall , where he developed a number of his standard comic devices, including the bowler hat , the deep comic gravity and the nonsensical understatement, and developed his skills in pantomime and music hall sketches. He appeared with his comic partner Oliver Hardy in the film short The Lucky Dog in , although they did not become an official team until late Laurel and Hardy were ranked top among best double acts and seventh overall in a UK poll to find the Comedians' Comedian. He was one of five children. His parents were very active in the theatre, frequently travelling around the country.

And sound effects greatly aided their talking films. So did the wonderful, peppy, period background music. The Boys were then able to punctuate their physical and visual comedy with catch phrases long familiar to fans who smile when they hear variants of such lines as these:

“I'm Mr. Hardy, and this is my friend, Mr.

Laurel.”
“Why don't you do something to help me?”
“We certainly do!”
“Tell me that plan again.”
“Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!”

aurel & Hardy Talkie Shorts ()

Berth Marks
The Hoose-Gow
Men O' War
Perfect Day
They Go Boom
Unaccustomed As We Are

Another Fine Mess
Below Zero
Blotto
Brats
Hog Wild
Night Owls
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Beau Hunks
Be Big

Chickens Come Home

Come Clean
Helpmates
Laughing Gravy
One Good Turn
Our Wife

Any Old Port
The Chimp
Country Hospital
The Music Box (Won the Oscar for best short subject in )
Scram!
Their First Mistake

Busy Bodies
Dirty Work
Me and My Pal
Midnight Patrol
Towed in a Hole
Twice Two

Going Bye-Bye
Oliver the Eighth
The Live Ghost
Them Thar Hills

The Fixer-Uppers
Thicker Than Water
Tit for Tat

Laurel & Hardy Silent Shorts

Not yet a team, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy first appeared together in the independent film THE LUCKY DOG, which we now believe was shot in early During the s they appeared separately in a number of silent shorts for the Hal Roach Studios.

45 MINUTES FROM HOLLYWOOD () is the first Hal Roach production featuring both performers. Their characters blossomed as a team in DUCK SOUP, their very next film, then, curiously, regressed.

The independent recollections of both Stan Laurel and Hal Roach cite PUTTING PANTS ON PHILIP () as the first Laurel & Hardy film.

Biography of stan laurel and oliver hardy movies

Bann Norbert Aping. If you are using a browser that does not support frames, use the browser buttons to navigate back to the main menu. The son of a British showman, Stan Laurel had been raised in English music halls. In he made his first trip to America as a member of the Fred Karno musical-comedy troupe, which also included Charlie Chaplin. Laurel stayed in the United States, touring in vaudeville and landing an occasional movie job.

THE SECOND HUNDRED YEARS () was promoted as the first official Laurel & Hardy release, but the film was actually produced and sold as part of the Hal Roach All-Star series. It was not until SHOULD MARRIED MEN GO HOME? () that the studio officially branded their pictures as "The Laurel & Hardy Series."

Laurel & Hardy Silent Shorts ()

The Lucky Dog

The Battle of the Century
Duck Soup
Do Detectives Think?
Flying Elephants
Hats Off
(Lost)
Love 'Em and Weep
Putting Pants on Philip
Sailors Beware!
The Second Years
Slipping Wives
Sugar Daddies
Why Girls Love Sailors
With Love and Hisses

Early to Bed
The Finishing Touch
From Soup to Nuts
Leave 'Em Laughing
Should Married Men Go Home?
That's My Wife
Their Purple Moment
Two Tars
We Faw Down
You're Darn Tootin'

Angora Love
Bacon Grabbers
Big Business
Double Whoopee
Habeas Corpus
Liberty
Wrong Again

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