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the story
Stan Laurel [1890-1965] Oliver Hardy [1892-1957] |
The comedy team of Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy formed in 1927. {Their separate lives and careers are covered below.} While they had worked together several times previously, it was their partnership under the guidance of producer-director Hal Roach that brought fame and success. They worked under contract to Roach from 1926 until 1940. (The studio was shut down and rented out to the U.S. Army's First Motion Picture Unit during World War II.)
Laurel & Hardy appeared in eight movies at Fox & M.G.M. from 1941-1944. They made no films from 1945 to 1951, but instead toured Europe with a stage show. Their last film, "Utopia" aka "Atoll K" [1951], was made in France, shortly after which the team retired from both screen & stage.
The career of the Laurel & Hardy team covered the full range of cinema. From silent one- and two-reelers – "The Second Hundred Years" [June 1927] was their first film as the Stan & Ollie characters; "Putting Pants On Philip" [Dec 1927] was their first billing as the Laurel & Hardy comedy team – to sound shorts – "Unaccustomed As We Are" [1929] – to feature films – "Pardon Us" [1931] was their first starring feature – and two rare appearances on television in 1951 & 1955.
In total, Laurel & Hardy appeared together in 106 films. They starred in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, 23 full-length feature films, and in the remaining 11 films made a guest or cameo appearance.
team entry at Wikipedia
'Laurel & Hardy Official Website' by KirchMedia Gruppe of Germany
browse Silent Film / Comedy on DVD category at Amazon.com
browse Comedy By Year on VHS at Amazon.com: 1910-1919 • 1920-1929
Laurel & Hardy movie posters catalog at AllPosters.com
Stan Laurel [1890-1965]
Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on 16 June 1890 in Ulverston, England; he died on 23 February 1965.
browse Stan Laurel on DVD
Stan Laurel credits (almost 300!) on Internet Movie Database
Stan Laurel posters at AllPosters.com
Stan Laurel entry at Wikipedia
Stan Laurel filmography page at Wikipedia
Stan Laurel Correspondence Archive Project
Stan Laurel Photo Gallery at Silent Gents website
 | "The Comedy World of Stan Laurel" [1974] by John McCabe Past Times Publng 8½x5½ pb [7/90] out of print/used Past Times Publng 9x5½ hardcover [7/90] out of print/used |
"Salute To Stan Laurel" [CBS-TV special Nov 1965]
Directed by Seymour Berns; all-star cast; video/DVD not available;
full credits from IMDb
"On The Trail of The Comedy Mine: A History of Stan Laurel"
[Laurel & Hardy Museum U.K. video 1994]
Hosted by Bill Cubin; video/DVD not available;
credits from IMDb
 | "Slapstick Symposium Stan Laurel Collection"
Volume 1 includes 17 comedy shorts, 1923-25 Kino Video DVD set [8/2004] 2 discs for $26.99 Volume 2 includes 21 comedy shorts, 1918-26 Kino Video DVD set [6/2008] 2 discs for $26.99 |
"Just Rambling Along" [Rolin/Pathé Nov 1918]
Directed by Hal Roach, starring Stan Laurel & James Parrott
"Hustling For Health" [1919] with Stan Laurel
"Roughest Africa" [1923] starring Stan Laurel
"The Soilers" [1923] starring Stan Laurel
"Mud and Sand" [1922] starring Stan Laurel
"Oranges and Lemons" [1923] with Stan Laurel
"West of Hot Dog" [1924] with Stan Laurel
"Yes, Yes, Nanette" [1925] starring Oliver Hardy, co-directed by Stan Laurel
"Wandering Papas" [1926] with Oliver Hardy & Clyde Cook, directed by Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy [1892-1957]
Oliver Norvell Hardy was born on 18 January 1892 in Harlem, Georgia USA; he died on 7 August 1957.
browse Oliver Hardy on DVD
Oliver Hardy credits (almost 500!) on Internet Movie Database
Oliver Hardy posters at AllPosters.com
Oliver Hardy entry at Wikipedia
Oliver Hardy filmography page at Wikipedia
Oliver Hardy Festival [Oct 2008 = #20] in Harlem, GA
Oliver Hardy bio page at the Laurel & Hardy Museum
Oliver Hardy Photo Gallery at Silent Gents website
 | "Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy" [1989] by John McCabe Anova Books 7½x5 pb [8/2004] out of print/used Robson Books Ltd. hardcover [1/98] out of print/used |
 | "Slapstick Symposium Too: Oliver Hardy Collection" [2005]
Kino Video b&w DVD [9/2005] 2 disks for $21.99 8 comedy shorts, 1922-1926 inluding "Along Came Auntie" [1926], "Crazy To Act" [1927], "Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood" [Hal Roach 1926], "Hop To It!" [1925], "The Sawmill" [1922], "Should Sailors Marry?" [1925], "The Show" [1922] & "Stick Around" [1925] |
"The Sawmill" [1922] with Oliver Hardy & Larry Semon
"The Show" [1922] with Oliver Hardy & Larry Semon
"Kid Speed" [1924] with Oliver Hardy & Larry Semon
"Hop To It!" [1925] with Oliver Hardy & Bobby Ray
"Stick Around" [1925] with Oliver Hardy & Bobby Ray
"Yes, Yes, Nanette" [1925] starring Oliver Hardy, co-directed by Stan Laurel
"Should Sailors Marry?" [1925] with Oliver Hardy & Clyde Cook /tt0159755/
"Wandering Papas" [1926] with Oliver Hardy & Clyde Cook, directed by Stan Laurel
"Along Came Auntie" [1926] starring Oliver Hardy /tt0016600/
"Crazy To Act" [1927] starring Oliver Hardy /tt0246538/
 | "Zenobia" [Hal Roach / United Artists April 1939] A circus owner asks a country doctor to heal a sick elephant; the animal is so grateful that it follows the doctor everywhere. Directed by Gordon Douglas; starring Oliver Hardy {without SL}, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, Jean Parker, Stepin Fetchit & Hattie McDaniel Starz / Anchor Bay b&w VHS [10/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
Laurel & Hardy Links
team entry at Wikipedia
Laurel & Hardy Films page at Wikipedia
Hal Roach [1892-1992] Page
'Laurel & Hardy Official Website' by KirchMedia Gruppe of Germany
Laurel & Hardy Museum [est. 2002] in Harlem, GA
U.K. Laurel & Hardy Museum [est. 1983] in Ulverston, Cumbria
Laurel & Hardy Archive in Düsseldorf, Germany {in English & German}
Laurel & Hardy Museum in Solingen, Germany {in English & German}
Laurel & Hardy movie posters catalog at AllPosters.com
Laurel & Hardy Central fansite [est. 1998]
'Unaccustomed As We Are' Laurel & Hardy tribute site [est. 12/1998]
http://www.thecbarchive.com/CDTC/Pages/DellLaurel.html (gone? 11/2008)
Laurel & Hardy Magazine of U.K.
Wax Apple Laurel & Hardy fansite
Intl. Laurel & Hardy Society (Founding Tent) {site squatted? 2008)
Way Out West Tent #5 (Los Angeles area Chapter)
Laurel & Hardy Recordings
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"E.M.I. Comedy: Laurel & Hardy, Songs and Sketches From The Hal Roach Films [2000]
E.M.I. Intl. audio CD [9/2000] 21 tracks for $15.99 |
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"Legends of The 20th Century: Laurel & Hardy" [2002]
E.M.I. Intl. soundtrack CD [3/2002] 27 tracks - out of prodn/used songs & skits from L&H movies; highlights include "The Trail of The Lonesome Pine', 'Way Down South' & 'At The Ball, That's All' from "Way Out West" and 'Lazy Moon' from "Pardon Us", plus rare 8-minute routine of Hardy trying to thank the people of the United Kingdom during a visit there as Laurel keeps interrupting him |
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"Laurel & Hardy: At The Ball" [2004]
Pegasus audio CD [3/2004] 15 tracks for $11.99 fifteen digitally-enhanced archive recordings including 'At The Ball', 'Honolulu Baby', 'Lazy Moon', 'Never Mind Bo Peep', 'Shine On Harvest Moon' & 'The Trail of The Lonesome Pine' |
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"Laurel & Hardy: Another Fine Mess (of original recordings, digitally remastered)" [2007]
import audio CD [8/2007] 22 tracks for $7.49 includes material from "Beau Hunks", "Flying Deuces", "Sons of The Desert", "Swiss Miss", "Way Out West" and other films |
Books About Laurel & Hardy
search for books on Laurel & Hardy at Amazon.com
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"Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy: An Affectionate Biography" [1961] by John McCabe Plume 7x5 pb [11/85] out of print/used Signet 7x5 pb [1/68] out of print/used Doubleday hardcover [1961] out of print/used |
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"Laurel and Hardy: They're Still Funny" [1977] by Rick Helley Bookstand Publng 8¼x5 pb [5/2008] for $13.95 |
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"The Laurel and Hardy Murders: [1977] by Marvin Kaye (one-time president of Sons of The Desert) After learning that women are not allowed to belong to the rowdy Laurel & Hardy fan society 'Sons of The Desert', amateur sleuth Hilary Quayle sneaks into their convention in time to witness an onstage murder. Wildside Press 9x6 pb [6/2001] for $14.95 J. Curley hardcover [5/79] out of print/used Dutton hardcover [1977] out of print/used |
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"Two For The Show: Great 20th Century Comedy Teams" [1979] by Lonnie Burr Authors Guild BackInPrint 8½x5½ pb [6/2000] for $16.95 Julian Messner hardcover [5/79] out of print/used |
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"Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind The Movies" [1987] by Randy Skretvedt Past Times Publng 8¾x6 pb [1/94] for $18.85 Moonstone Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/87] out of print/used |
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"Boys: The Cinematic World of Laurel and Hardy" [1989] by Scott Allen Nollen, Foreword by John McCabe McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [3/2001] for $35.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ library hardcover [9/89] out of print/used |
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"Laurel & Hardy" biography [1993] by Annie McGarry Book Sales 12½x9½ hardcover [9/92] out of print/used Magna Books hardcover [10/93] out of print/used |
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"The Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia" [1995] by Glenn Mitchell Reynolds & Hearn 2nd edition 7¾x5 pb [12/2008] for $16.47 Batsford 9¾x7½ pb [6/2003] out of print/used |
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"Laurel and Hardy in 'Big Quizness': Trivia & Film Facts On The Boys" [1999] by Robert & Tracie McFerren Plumtree Publng 8½x5¼ pb [7/99] out of print/used |
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"Laurel and Hardy: Life and Magic" [2001] by Harry Hoppe Trescher-Reihe Kultur 11¾x8½ pb [11/2001] for $36.85 150 photographs of Laurel & Hardy (with text in English and German), as compiled by the manager of the Laurel & Hardy Archive in Düsseldorf, Germany |
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"Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy - The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy" [2002] by Simon Louvish St. Martin's Griffin 8frac12x5¾ pb [6/2005] for $12.21 Thomas Dunne Books 8frac12x5¾ hardcover [12/2002] out of print/used |
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"The Art of Laurel and Hardy: Graceful Calamity In The Films" [2006] by Kyp Harness McFarland & Co. 8¾x6 pb [3/2006] for $35.00 |
 | "The Pocket Essential Laurel & Hardy" [2008] by Brian J. Robb Pocket Essentials mass pb [9/2008] for $9.95 |
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"Laurel & Hardy: From The Forties Forward - Second Edition,  Revised & Expanded" [orig 1998, rev 2009] by Scott MacGillivray iUniverse 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $21.55 iUniverse 9x6 hardcover [11/2009] for $33.95 |
Laurel & Hardy Video & DVD Collections
"Masters of Comedy: The Ultimate Collection"
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St. Clair Ent. DVD set [8/2007] 6 disks for $24.98
33 films on 6 disks, including five with Laurel & Hardy – "The Lucky Dog" [1921]; "The Stolen Jools" aka "The Slippery Pearls" [1931] co-starring Buster Keaton, the 'Our Gang' kids & other stars; "The Flying Deuces" [1939]; "Tree In A Test Tube" [1943]; "Utopia" aka "Atoll K" [1951]; – AND "Mud and Sand" [1922] starring SL; "The Sawmill" [1922] with OH & Larry Semon; "Oranges and Lemons" [1923] with SL; "Kid Speed" [1924] with OH & Larry Semon; "West of Hot Dog" [1924] with SL; "Hop To It!" [1925] with OH & Bobby Ray; "Stick Around" [1925] with OH & Bobby Ray; "Yes, Yes, Nanette" [1925] starring OH, co-directed by SL; "Wandering Papas" [1926] with OH & Clyde Cook, directed by SL WITH OTHER COMEDY FILMS starring Abbott & Costello, Amos & Andy, The East Side Kids, Billy Gilbert, Buster Keaton, Bela Lugosi, Olsen & Johnson, The Ritz Brothers, The Three Stooges, and Wheeler & Woolsey – PLUS extras including radio shows, photo galleries & stunt reels |
"M.G.M. Laurel & Hardy Double Feature"
![Air Raid Wardens [1943] & Nothing But Trouble [1944] Laurel & Hardy Double Feature DVD](covers/dLHdoublefeatureMGM.jpg) |
includes the two feature films that Laurel & Hardy made at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
"Air Raid Wardens" [April 1943] and "Nothing But Trouble" [Dec 1944] Warner Home Video b&w DVD [11/2006] for $13.49 |
Fox's "The Laurel and Hardy Collection"
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Volume 1: Fox b&w DVD [4/2006] 3 disks for $26.99
contains three Fox features: "The Big Noise" [1944]; "Great Guns" [1941] co-starring Dick Nelson & Sheila Ryan; and "Jitterbugs" [1943] co-starring Vivian Blaine & Lee Patrick; extras include photo gallery, newsreels & theatrical trailers Volume 2: Fox b&w DVD [9/2006] 3 disks for $26.99 contains three Fox features: "A-Haunting We Will Go" [1942], contender for L&H's worst film, co-starring Dante the Magician, Sheila Ryan & Elisha Cook Jr.; "The Bullfighters" [Fox 1945] co-directed by Stan laurel; and "The Dancing Masters" [1943]; extras include photo gallery, newsreels, trailers & the documentary "Laurel & Hardy: The Fox Years" [2006] |
"The Laurel •OR• Hardy Collection"
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The solo films of Laurel and Hardy, hosted by Rob Stone
Passport Video b&w DVD set [2/2006] 5 disks for $26.99 includes: Oliver Hardy solo roles: "The Hobo" [1917], "The Rogue" [1918], "Should Sailors Marry?" [1925] with Clyde Cook, and "Crazy To Act" [1927]; teamed with writer-director-actor Larry Semon in "The Bakery" [1921], "The Bellhop" [1921], "Golf" [1922], "The Sawmill" [1922], "Her Boyfriend" [1924], and "Kid Speed" [1924]; teamed with Bobby Ray in "Hop To It, Bellhop" [1925] and "Stick Around" [1925]; teamed with Charley Chase in "Her Near Sighted Father" [1920], "Isn't Life Terrible?" [1925], "Crazy Like A Fox" [1926], and "Long Fliv The King" [1926]; plus "Thundering Fleas" [1926] with Charley Chase & the Our Gang kids; Stan Laurel solo roles: "Just Rambling Along" [1918], "Frauds & Frenzies" [1918], "Mixed Nuts" [1922], "Mud & Sand" [1922], "Kill Or Cure" [1923], "Pick & Shovel" [1923], "The Soilers" [1923], "White Wings" [1923], "Smithy" [1924], "West of Hot Dog" [1924], "Dr. Pyckle & Mr. Pride" [1925], and "The Sleuth" [1925]; plus "Chasing The Chaser" [1925] directed by SL, "Wandering Papas" [1926] directed by SL, starring OH & Clyde Cook, and "Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood" [1926] with SL & OH & Theda Bara |
companion book "Laurel OR Hardy: The Solo Films of
Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy" [1996] by Rob Stone
Split Reel 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/96] out of print/used
"Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics"
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reviewers on Amazon suggest that these are lesser quality transfers than on other sets, but then the earlier sets are available only from the used department
Volume 1: Alpha Video DVD [2/2005] for $7.98 includes "The Lucky Dog" [1921] with both L&H; "The Sawmill" [1922] with OH & Larry Semon; "Kid Speed" [1924] with OH & Larry Semon; "Hop To It, Bellhop" [1925] with OH & Bobby Ray; "The Paperhanger's Helper" aka "Stick Around" [1925] with OH & Bobby Ray; and "Yes, Yes, Nanette" [1925] starring OH, co-directed by SL Volume 2: Alpha Video DVD [2/2005] for $7.98 includes "The Hobo" [1917] with OH & Billy West; "The Show" [1922] with OH & Larry Semon; "The Soilers" [1923] with SL & James Finlayson; "White Wings" [1923] with SL; "Should Sailors Marry?" [1925] with OH & Clyde Cook; and "Thundering Fleas" [1926] with OH & the Our Gang kids Volume 3: Alpha Video DVD [2/2005] for $7.98 includes "Short Kilts" [1924] with SL & Jimmy Finlayson; "Smithy" [1924[ with SL & Jimmy Finlayson; "Along Came Auntie" [1926] with OH; "The Stolen Jools" [1931] with L&H cameo; "Tree In a Test Tube" [1943 color]; PLUS home movies from Stan's daughter Volume 4: Alpha Video DVD [2/2005] for $7.98 includes "Mud and Sand" [1923] with SL; "Oranges and Lemons" [1923] with SL; "West of Hot Dog" [1924] with SL; "Bromo and Juliet" [1926] with OH & Charley Chase; and "Crazy Like A Fox" [1926] with OH & Charley Chase |
"The Laurel & Hardy Collection"
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Universal Pictures U.K. DVD set [5/2004] 21 disks for for £38.78 at Amazon U.K.
This excellent collection is available only on Region 2 DVDs (European PAL format television). Why not available in USA Region 1 DVDs? No doubt the usual 'legal rights conflict' cop-out. Note also that 20 disks are available separately, but not the 21st Bonus Disk |
Passport's "Laurel & Hardy Collection 5-Pack"
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Passport b&w/color DVD set [10/2007] 5 disks for $17.99
Passport b&w/color DVD set [7/2003] 5 disks - out of prodn/used includes "The Lucky Dog" [1921 short] starring Stan (with Ollie); "Be Big!" [1930 short]; "March of The Wooden Soldiers" [1934 musical feature]; "Flying Deuces" [1939 feature]; "Utopia" aka 'Atoll K' [1950 feature]; their appearance on the "This Is Your Life" TV show [1955], and the P.B.S. documentary "Laurel and Hardy At The Movies" [2003] |
"The Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy:
The Complete Collection"
"Laurel & Hardy Classic Shorts Collection"
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Volume 1: Hollywood's Attic DVD [undated] out of prodn/used
"The Music Box" [1932], "County Hospital" [1932], "Twice Two" [1933] & "The Live Ghost" [1934] Volume 2: Hollywood's Attic DVD [undated] out of prodn/used "Blotto" [1930], "Brats" [1930], "Hog Wild" [1930] & "Towed In A Hole" [1932] Volume 3: Hollywood's Attic DVD [undated] out of prodn/used "Their First Mistake" [1932], "Busy Bodies" [1933], "Dirty Work" [1933] & "Oliver The 8th" [1934] Volume 4: Hollywood's Attic DVD [undated] out of prodn/used "Another Fine Mess" [1930], "Come Clean" [1931], "Laughing Gravy" [1931] & "Any Old Port" [1932] Volume 5: Hollywood's Attic DVD [undated] out of prodn/used "The Perfect Day" [1929], "Night Owls" [1930], "Be Big" [1931] & "Helpmates" [1932] Volume 6: Hollywood's Attic DVD [undated] out of prodn/used "Our Wife" [1931], "Them Thar Hills" [1934], "The Fixer Uppers" [1935] & "Tit For Tat" [1935] |
Selected Laurel & Hardy Films
keyword 'laurel and hardy' listing at IMDb
Laurel & Hardy Films page at Wikipedia
search videos/DVDs of Laurel & Hardy at Amazon
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"The Complete Films Of Laurel & Hardy" [1974] by William K. Everson Citadel Press 11x8½ pb [6/2000] out of print/many used Citadel Press hardcover [4/74] out of print/used |
 | "Following The Comedy Trail: A Guide To Laurel & Hardy and Our Gang Film Locations" [1984] by Leon Smith Kindle Edition from P.G.W. [11/88 edition] for $9.99 Pomegranate Press 7½x9½ pb [11/88] out of print/used |
"The Lucky Dog"
[Metro Pictures Corp. Oct 1921 silent]
 | Filmed in 1919, not released until 1921; the first appearance of Stan & Ollie in the same film, though not as a team. Stan picks up a stray dog and is accused by the owners of 'dog-napping'; Ollie is a crook who holds Stan up at gunpoint and later tries to scam the family of Stan's new girlfriend. A half-length version circu- lated for some time, until William K. Everson discovered some missing elements; different versions on DVD are even with or without title cards.
Produced by 'Broncho Billy' Anderson; directed by Jess Robbins; starring Stan Laurel, with Florence Gillet, Oliver Hardy, Clyde Cook & Jack Lloyd
available on DVD within several collections above full credits from IMDb |
"Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood"
[Hal Roach/Pathé Dec 1926 silent]
![French main title card for "Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood" [1926]](covers/LH45minutesHollywood.jpg) |
Stan & Ollie's first film for Hal Roach, but not yet as the Laurel & Hardy team. A family of innocents visiting Hollywood see a bank robbery and think that it is a movie being filmed; the young man steps in, the crooks grab him, and he later wakes up in a hotel room dressed in a woman's clothes.
Directed by Fred Guiol; written by Hal Roach; starring Glenn Tryon, Charlotte Mineau, Rube Clifford, Molly O'Day, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel & Tiny Sandford, with cameos by Johnny Downs, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Theda Bara & others
available on DVD within several collections above; full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Duck Soup" [Hal Roach/Pathé March 1927 silent]
{parts of this film are lost}
Produced by Hal Roach; directed by Fred Guiol; starring L&H;
full credits from IMDb
"The Second Hundred Years" [Hal Roach/M.G.M. June 1927 silent]
Their first film as the Stan & Ollie characters;
produced by Hal Roach;
directed by Fred Guiol; starring L&H;
full credits from IMDb
"Hats Off" [Hal Roach/M.G.M. Nov 1927 silent]
{this film is considered lost}
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An early version of the famous "The Music Box" [1932] short. On their new job with the Kwickway Washing Machine Co., L&H carry a washing machine up & down a long stairway several times.
Produced by Hal Roach; directed by Hal Yates; starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Dorothy Coburn & James Finlayson
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
"Putting Pants On Philip" [Hal Roach/M.G.M. Dec 1927 silent]
Their first billing as the Laurel & Hardy comedy team;
produced by Hal Roach;
directed by Clyde Bruckman; starring L&H;
full credits from IMDb
"The Battle of The Century" [Hal Roach/M.G.M. Dec 1927 silent]
{parts of this film are lost}
Produced & written by Hal Roach; directed by Clyde Bruckman; starring L&H;
full credits from IMDb
"The Finishing Touch" [Feb 1928 silent]
"We Faw Down" [Dec 1928 silent]
"The Perfect Day" [1929 silent]
"Unaccustomed As We Are" [1929 short]
their first sound film; with Thelma Todd
"The Hollywood Revue of 1929" [1929]
their first feature film (cameo)
"Double Whoopee" [1929] with Jean Harlow
"Blotto" [1930]
"Brats" [1930]
"Another Fine Mess" [1930] with Thelma Todd
"Night Owls" [1930]
"The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case" [1930 short] /tt0021054/
"The Rogue Song" color musical feature
[M.G.M. May 1930]
{9 of 10 L&H segments are considered lost}
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A singing bandit in Imperial Russia falls for a princess, then kills her brother in revenge for the rape & death of his sister. The bandit kidnaps the princess, she outwits him, and he is cap- tured and flogged. They still love each other, but cannot be together. Only snippets and a tape of the full soundtrack exist.
Directed by Lionel Barrymore; starring baritone Lawrence Tibbett {Oscar nom for Best Actor}, Catherine Dale Owen, Laurel & Hardy
lost film, video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"On The Loose" [MGM 1931]
produced & directed by Hal Roach; starring Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd,
with a cameo appearance by Laurel & Hardy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Loose_(1931_film)
"Pardon Us" [1931] their first starring feature
"Come Clean" [1931]
"Laughing Gravy" [1931]
"Be Big" [1931]
"Our Wife" [1931]
"The Stolen Jools" [Paramount April 1931]
| A short comedy film produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium, shown in movie theaters across America. It features many cameo appearances by the film stars of the day, from multiple studios. The film was thought to be lost, until a print turned up in the U.K. in the 1990s under the alternate title "The Slippery Pearls"; a print under that title was found in the U.S. also. The simple plot has police trying to solve the theft of Norma Shearer's pearls during the 'Screen Stars Annual Ball'.
Directed by William C. McGann; starring Norma Shearer; cameos include Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Joe E. Brown, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Eddie Kane, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Bert Lytell, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, the 'Our Gang' kids, Eugene Pallette, Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Wheeler & Woolsey, and Fay Wray
full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Helpmates" [1932]
"Towed In A Hole" [1932]
"Their First Mistake" [1932]
"Pack Up Your Troubles" [1932 feature film]
"The Music Box" short subject
[Hal Roach/M.G.M. April 1932]
![famous "The Music Box" [1932] short with Laurel & Hardy](images/LHmusicbox-sm.jpg) |
A woman buys a player piano as a surprise for her husband and asks the Laurel & Hardy Transfer Co. to deliver it. The location used for filming (the 131 steps) is today a tourist attraction in the Silver Lake district of Hollywood.
Produced by Hal Roach, directed by James Parrott; starring Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, with Billy Gilbert & Gladys Gale; won the first Oscar for Best Comedy Short, listed at National Film Registry (1997)
available on DVD within several collections above full credits from IMDb • movie entry at KG • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Any Old Port! [March 1932 short]
"County Hospital" [June 1932 short]
"Busy Bodies" [1933]
"Dirty Work" [1933]
"Twice Two" [1933]
"Fra Diavolo (or The Devil's Brother)" [1933 feature film]
with Thelma Todd; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Diavolo_(1933_film)
"Sons of The Desert" feature film
[Hal Roach/M.G.M. Dec 1933]
 | Stan & Ollie swear an oath to attend the national convention of their fraternity, The Sons of The Desert, in Chicago, then Ollie finds out that he promised his wife to go on a vacation together; the elaborate ruse of Stan & Ollie following a doctor's orders to go on a cruise ship to Hawaii falls apart when the ship is lost in a typhoon;
Directed by William A. Seiter; starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch, Dorothy Christy & Lucien Littlefield
available on DVD within several collections above full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Live Ghost" [1934]
"Oliver The 8th" [1934]
"Them Thar Hills" [1934]
"March of The Wooden Soldiers" aka "Babes In Toyland"
[1934 musical feature film]
"The Fixer Uppers" [1935]
"Tit For Tat" [1935]
"Thicker Than Water" [1935] their final short film
"Bonnie Scotland" [1935 feature film]
"The Bohemian Girl" [1936 feature film]
with cameo by Thelma Todd
"Our Relations" [1936 feature film]
"Way Out West" feature film
[Hal Roach/M.G.M. April 1937]
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An old prospector asks Laurel & Hardy to deliver the deed to a gold mine to his daughter.
Co-produced by Stan Laurel & Hal Roach; directed by James W. Horne; starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn, James Finlayson, Rosina Lawrence, Stanley Fields & the singing Avalon Boys available on DVD within several collections above Fox b&w VHS [10/89] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Swiss Miss" [1938 feature film]
"Block-Heads" feature film [Hal Roach / M.G.M. Aug 1938]
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At the end of World War I, Ollie advances with the troops and Stan stays behind; years later, Stan is still guarding his post and shoots down a French aviator. Stan is hailed as a hero and Ollie sees his picture in the paper and visits him at the Soldiers Home. Ollie invites Stan to a home-cooked meal ...
Co-produced by Stan Laurel & Hal Roach; directed by John G. Blystone; animated opening credits by Harry Langdon; starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell, Billy Gilbert & Jimmy Finlayson
b&w VHS [8/87] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia available on DVD as part of L&H three-pack with "Way Out West" & "Chickens Come Home" LionsGate b&w DVD [3/2005] out of prodn/used |
"Saps At Sea" feature film [Hal Roach/United Artists May 1940]
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Working in a horn factory, Ollie develops 'hornophobia'; a doctor orders him to take a sea trip and drink goat's milk to avoid 'hornomania'. Stan suggests renting a boat and not leaving the dock, but a bank robber stows aboard and the goat eats the mooring line ...
Produced by Hal Roach; directed by Gordon Douglas; starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Finlayson, Ben Turpin & Richard Cramer DVD not available Starz / Anchor Bay b&w VHS [10/97] out of prodn/used 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Air Raid Wardens" [M.G.M. April 1943]
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After rejection by the Army, Stan & Ollie open a bicycle store and volunteer as air raid wardens, not realizing that their partners in the store are German spies planning to blow up the local magnesium plant.
Produced by B.F. Zeidman; directed by Edward Sedgwick; starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Stephen McNally, Nella Walker, Donald Meek, Howard Freeman & Henry O'Neill
available on Double Feature DVD with "Nothing But Trouble" [Dec 1944] M.G.M./Warner b&w VHS [1/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Tree In A Test Tube" [1943 color U. S. Government short]
"Jitterbugs" [Fox 1943]
"Nothing But Trouble" [M.G.M. Dec 1944]
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Stan & Ollie are hired as chef and butler for a dinner party, which they wreck, but they also foil an assassination plot against a young king by his jealous uncle.
Produced by B.F. Zeidman; directed by Sam Taylor; starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland, Philip Merivale, Henry O'Neill, David Leland, John Warburton, Matthew Boulton & Connie Gilchrist
available on Double Feature DVD with "Air Raid Wardens" [April 1943] M.G.M./Warner b&w VHS [1/93] out of prodn/used white 26"x38" poster {at left) from Amazon for $12.99 red-blue 38"x28" poster from Amazon for $12.74 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Bullfighters" [Fox 1945] co-directed by SL
"Utopia" aka "Atoll K"
[France Oct 1951, USA Dec 1954]
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The final motion picture of Laurel & Hardy. Stan travels to London for an inheritence, and receives a 'yacht' and an island; he & Ollie gather a cook and an Italian stowaway and set sail. They run aground on an atoll, and are joined by a nightclub singer and her fiancé. When the world learns that the atoll is rich in uranium, Stan & Ollie set up an anarchic government. Pretty lame film, the production was chaotic and Laurel was quite ill. The international version ran 98 minutes; the U.S. version entitled "Utopia" ran 82 minutes; and the U.K. version was entitled "Crusoeland".
Co-written & co-directed by Léo Joannon; also starring Suzy Delair, Max Elloy, Suzet Maïs, Adriano Rimoldi & Luigi Tosi
Good Times Video 82-min. b&w DVD [8/2003] out of prodn/used Echo Bridge Home Ent. 82-min. b&w DVD [1/99] for $6.99 83-min. b&w DVD [undated] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy: A Study of The Chaotic Making & Marketing of Atoll K" [2008] by Norbert Aping McFarland & Co. 9¾x7 pb [7/2008] for $40.50 |
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"This Is Your Life: Comedy Legends" [NBC-TV Dec 1951]
hosted by Ralph Edwards; the only live American television appearance by Laurel & Hardy, plus episode about Lou Costello (with Bud Abbott) R2 Entertainment b&w DVD [10/2006] for $12.99 episode credits at IMDb |
"This Is Music Hall" [BBC-TV special 1955]
about performers in British variety theater; their final public appearance together
"The Laurel and Hardy Show" syndicated 1-hour TV series [Hal Roach Studios 1986]
not available on video/DVD;
credits from IMDb
Films About Laurel & Hardy
Laurel & Hardy clips & shorts are featured on all four volumes of
Robert G. Youngson's "Kings of Comedy Collection" documentaries
"The Golden Age of Comedy" [D.C.A. Dec 1957]
"When Comedy Was King" [Fox March 1960]
"Days of Thrills and Laughter" [Fox March 1961]
"30 Years of Fun" [Fox Feb 1963]
these & other Laurel & Hardy content are available on
Magic Lantern's Robert G. Youngson [1917-74] Page
"Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's" [M.G.M. Nov 1965]
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91-minute compilation written & directed by Robert Youngson; includes the Laurel & Hardy shorts "From Soup To Nuts" [1927], "Putting Pants On Philip" [1927], "Sugar Daddies" [1927], "The Finishing Touch" [1928], "Wrong Again" [1929] & two Max Davidson shorts, plus clips of Laurel & Hardy, Charley Chase, Jimmy Finlayson, Edgar Kennedy & others not available on DVD; M.G.M. Home Video b&w VHS [1/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Laurel and Hardy" 20-episode cartoon TV series [Wolper/Hanna-Barbera 1966]
Produced by Joseph Barbera & William Hanna; co-produced & written by Larry Harmon; voices of L&H by Larry Harmon & Jim MacGeorge not available on DVD; Simitar Ent. color VHS [8/00] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | mis-named "The Best of Laurel and Hardy" compilation [1967]
NOT recommended, included here for completists; contains five pre-team solo shorts – "Hustling For Health" [1919] with SL, "The Lucky Dog" [1921] starring SL (with OH), "Roughest Africa" [1923] starring SL, "The Soilers" [1923] starring SL & "Stick Around" [1925] starring OH (with Bobby Ray) – and a biography/filmography of both SL & OH Produced & directed by James L. Wolcott; movie credits from IMDb Televista b&w DVD [7/2007] for $13.49 B.C.I. Eclipse b&w VHS [8/98] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used |
 | "The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy" [Dec 1967] Produced by Hal Roach Jr. & Jay Ward; written by Bill Scott; narrated by Garry Moore unseen 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $29.99 not available on video/DVD; full credits from IMDb |
 | "The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy" [Fox March 1968] 99-minute compilation co-produced, written & directed by Robert Youngson; includes clips from many L&H solo & team shorts, plus clips of Charley Chase, Jean Harlow, 'Snub' Pollard & Billy West Telavista b&w DVD [6/2007] for $12.99 full credits from IMDb |
 | "Four Clowns" [Fox b&w docu feature 1970] Written & directed by Robert Youngson; co-starring Buster Keaton and Charley Chase video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
"Dance of The Cookoos" [Germany 1982]
an artistic fantasy, using clips from all 106 Laurel & Hardy films, edited to music
Written & directed by Alan Douglas; video/DVD not available;
full credits from IMDb
"A Tribute To The Boys: Laurel and Hardy" [R.H.I./Hallmark TV movie April 1992]
Produced, written & directed by Gene Rosow; hosted by Dom DeLuise;
not available on video/DVD;
full credits from IMDb
"Laurel & Hardy U.K. Tours" documentary short [1995]
not available on Region 1 (USA) video/DVD;
credits from IMDb
 | "The All-New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy" [Coast Ent. Aug 1999] A live-action, direct-to-video feature comedy, with actors Bronson Pinchot & Gailard Sartain playing the look-alike nephews of the original Laurel and Hardy, who attempt to protect a professor and his pretty wife from a mummy.Co-produced & co-directed by Larry Harmon (Bozo The Clown); co-directed by John R. Cherry III; also starring Lara Bye, F. Murray Abraham & Matthew Haldenby Coast Ent. color DVD [1/2003] out of prodn/used Monarch Home Video color VHS [8/99] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy" documentary TV short [France 2002]
Written & directed by Laurent Preyale; not available on video/DVD;
credits from IMDb
"Laurel and Hardy At The Movies" [P.B.S. TV special 2003]
available on DVD within several collections above; not listed on IMDb
"Laurel & Hardy: The Fox Years" [Fox Home Video Sept 2006]
narrated by Will Ryan; credits from IMDb;
available on DVD as part of
Fox's "The Laurel & Hardy Collection - Volume 2" [2006] {details above}
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