They made their last film in 1950, a French-Italian co-production called Atoll K. After finishing their film commitments at the end of 1944, they concentrated on performing stage shows, and embarked on a music hall tour of England, Ireland and Scotland. They remained with Roach until 1940, and then appeared in eight B movie comedies for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1941 to 1945. They officially became a team in 1927 when they appeared in the silent short Putting Pants on Philip. They first appeared together in a short film in 1926, when they signed separate contracts with the Hal Roach film studio.
Both had appeared in The Lucky Dog (1921), but were not teamed at the time. Laurel had acted in over 50 films, and worked as a writer and director, while Hardy was in more than 250 productions. Prior to emerging as a team, both had well-established film careers. Marvin Hatley) was heard over their films' opening credits, and became as emblematic of them as their bowler hats. Their signature theme song, known as "The Cuckoo Song", "Ku-Ku", or "The Dance of the Cuckoos" (by Hollywood composer T. From the late 1920s to the mid-1940s, they were internationally famous for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy, childlike friend to Hardy's pompous bully.
Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). The Music Box, Babes in Toyland, Way Out West, Helpmates, Another Fine Mess, Sons of the Desert, Block-Heads, Busy Bodies we haven’t eaten since breakfast.Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, promotional shot Student: Yes but you’re dressed for Eton. Student: Pardon me but haven’t you come to the wrong college? The pair are enrolled at Oxford University. In A Chump at Oxford, Laurel and Hardy find themselves in the most unlikely of places. He fell through a trap door and broke his neck. Ollie: Didn’t you once tell me that you had an uncle? This next piece is from the film The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case and centres around one of Stan’s relations who had met an unfortunate death. Although back in 1930 when the comedy film was shot, this was probably an original slice of humour. In Another Fine Mess, Stan and Ollie prove that old jokes are sometimes the best ones. Ollie: I would say about fifty cents a street. Lady: About how much money do you boys average a street ? The two friends have been known to sing a tune or two in their time together but their efforts in trying to raise money by singing on the city streets in Below Zero didn’t impress one lady. (Stan places the thermometer into Ollie’s mouth and starts to take his pulse) Ollie: Thermometer! You’ll find it on the shelf. Ollie: You’d better take my temperature…. Oliver is in bed feeling a touch sick but luckily his good friend Stanley is around to help. This sketch from Sons of the Desert is one of my favourite Laurel and Hardy routines. Stan: Well, I know he was but it was only in a small way. You once told me your father was in the lumber business. Stan: Well, I don’t know anything about cutting wood. In One Good Turn the boys have an interesting conversation over who should chop up some wood. Ollie played the overweight rhetorical ‘brains’ of the lovable pair, and Stanley the bumbling and ham-handed soul whose ideas often got them into ‘another fine mess’.ĭoes classic comedy grow old and stale as time passes by? I’ll let you make up your own mind on that one by reading my select choice of quotes from some of Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s best films. Slapstick comedy kings Laurel and Hardy reeled out their funny double act in over 100 films and their progression from silent movies to ‘talkies’ brought about many funny and somewhat confusing conversations between them.
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