Laurel and hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released from 1921 and 1951. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Actors anita garvin and stan laurel in a scene from the laurel and hardy movie from soup to nuts, get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images laurel and hardy. This would be a great addition to add to your collection. Saps at sea, 1940 original vintage lobby card 11x14 starring stan. Laurel and hardy were a comedy duo act during the early classical hollywood era of american cinema. List doesnt include work the duo didnt do together. Eternal pals and eternal antagonists, stan laurel and oliver hardy are the great partnership of movie slapstick. Laurel and hardy, comedy team that is widely regarded as the greatest. Most laurel and hardy books cover the years 1926 to 1940 in their professional and personal lives in great depth. Although they first worked together in the film the lucky dog 1921.
It was laurel and hardy s last film produced by the hal roach studios, as well as the last film to. Laurel and hardy were one of the most popular comedy teams of the. It is a partial remake of their 1931 short film beau hunks. In saps at sea comedy movie 1940, ollie oliver hardy is at the end of his rope. It was laurel and hardys last film produced by the hal roach studios, as well as the last film to feature ben turpin and harry bernard. Laurel and hardys supporting cast click on the name of the cast that are links to find out more information on the star more names will be added in the future. Together they appeared in 34 silent shorts, a 45 sound shorts, and 27 fulllength sound feature films. Here are a few minor players that appeared in at least one roach and post roach film in which laurel and hardy also appeared. Laurel and hardy on film in the 1950s we are used to seeing stan laurel and oliver hardy as relatively young men in films from the prime of their career together that spanned 19261945. Laurel and hardy work for sickly heir dan forrester, who has been diagnosed with a myriad of debilitating allergies. Originally released as a streamliner featurette at forty minutes long, the original streamliner version was slightly reedited and twenty minutes of footage largely unrelated.
Get the best deals on laurel hardy photo when you shop the largest online selection at. Get the best deals on laurel and hardy movie film stock when you shop the largest online selection at. Saps at sea is a 1940 american film directed by gordon douglas, distributed by united artists. Saps at sea is the last film produced by hal roach. Her tender utterance to husband finlayson thanks, baldy youre such a dear is one of the funniest lines ever spoken in a laurel and hardy movie scene not featuring laurel or hardy. Apr 29, 2017 a chump at oxford 1940 starring stan laurel, oliver hardy, forrester harvey, charlie hall, peter cushing a chump at oxford is one of laurel and hardys best films, on many levels.
By his late teens, hardy was a popular stage singer and he operated a movie house in milledgeville, georgia, the palace theater, financed in part by his mother. Please look at the picture very carefully before bidding pictures show condition of photo any question please email me. In 1932 laurel and hardys short the music box won the academy award for live action short film comedy. Laurel and hardya chump at oxford watch free classic movie. Get the best deals on 16mm laurel and hardy movie film stock when you shop the largest online selection at. They made their feature debut in pardon us 1931 and went on to star in more features through 1940. Stan laurel and oliver hardy in a dance routine from the film way out west, directed by james horne. Largely out of economic necessity, the roach studios began to star laurel and hardy in feature films.
Its well written and features some great comedy moments and situations. Oct 17, 2016 ollie oliver hardy is at the end of his rope. Saps at sea, 1940 original vintage lobby card 11x14 starring stan laure. It was laurel and hardy s last film produced by the hal roach studios, as well as the last film to feature ben turpin and harry bernard. Mar 30, 2020 laurel and hardy, comedy team that is widely regarded as the greatest in film history. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world. Laurel and hardy stood and sat for tens of thousands of stills. Then and now my visits to laurel and hardy movie locations hal roach studio hal roach studio 1920s march, 2006. The team was composed of englishman stan laurel and american oliver hardy. In their last film for hal roach, stan laurel and oliver hardy play employees at the sharp and pierce horn factory, where the workers tend to go beserk at a rate of one per hour. The young, spoiled but feeble daniel forrester iv dick nelson, a very rich eligible bachelor, gets his draft notice from the us army and is. They starred in 40 short sound films, 32 short silent films and 23 full.
The hal roach studio produced some of the best short subjects of the 1920s and 30s, including the laurel and hardy, harold lloyd and our gang comedies. The year 1940 in film involved some significant events. Sons of the desert 1933 is their highest rated movie while hollywood party 1934 was their lowest rated movie. With stan laurel, oliver hardy, bobby burns, bob callahan. Yes, stan is in drag, recreating the character of agnes from another fine mess. Laurel and hardy, comedy team that is widely regarded as the greatest in film history. Posterazzi pdx487346small laurel and hardy saps at sea, 1940 photo print, 24 x 18, multi. You can use this as a guide to building up your collection.
They became well known during the late 1920s to the mid1940s for their slapstick comedy, with laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully hardy. Stan laurel and oliver hardy made more than 100 comedies together, laurel playing the bumbling and innocent foil to the pompous hardy. Hardy also appeared in three sound features without laurel. James finlayson anita garvin charlie hall peter cushing. By chance, both did appear as even younger men in the movie the lucky dog 1921, although it was before the two became a team. Goulding and released in 1940 by united artists, was the penultimate laurel and hardy film made at the hal roach. He works at a horn factory, but every time he hears a horn, he. Approved 56min comedy 3 may 1940 usa oliver suffers a nervous breakdown as a result of working in a horn factory, but when he follows doctors orders about sea air, he finds an excon is aboard. The film stars steve coogan as stan laurel and american star john c reilly as oliver.
Laurel and hardy posthumous reunion, a find a grave. Laurel and hardy original vintage movie posters autographs memorabilia collectibles for sale. Incidentally, as of thanksgiving 1940, lois was 12, not 14, as stated on page 6 of. Stan laurel, oliver hardy, richard carle, charley rogers. Original international movie posters pre1940 for sale.
Director alfred j gouldings 1940 movie a chump at oxford is a thoroughly likeable, appealing and enjoyable vintage comedy from movie greats stan laurel and oliver hardy, even if it is arguably maybe a mere fraction less brilliant than their best form. It was laurel and hardys last film produced by the hal roach. Original international movie posters pre1940 for sale ebay. See more ideas about laurel and hardy, stan laurel oliver hardy and stan laurel. I wish i could say it was a worthy last one for all of them. As a reward for capturing a bank robber, stan and ollie get scholarship to oxford, but are met with resentment by other students. Stan laurel 18901965 and oliver hardy 18921957 were established as film comedians prior to their teaming, with laurel appearing in over 50 silent films and hardy in over 250.
The complete filmography of laurel and hardy shorts and films. Stan laurel and oliver hardy are hired as the maid and butler, respectively. Get the best deals on laurel and hardy movie film stock when you shop the largest online. Sadly, his father passed away before his first birthday, and in later years, the young hardy would. The word that solves this crossword puzzle is 4 letters long and begins with s. The team was composed of thin englishman, stan laurel and heavyset american, oliver hardy. Laurel and hardy original vintage movie posters, memorabilia collectibles for sale. Fifteen years after harold lloyd, eight years after the marx brothers, laurel and hardy finally make it to college.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Oliver hardy january 18, 1892 august 7, 1957 was born norvell hardy in harlem, georgia. Their best fulllength comedies include fra diavolo 1933. Perhaps the writers feel that the readers want information about the heart of their careers, but three decades is a long period to ignore. The titles that are links lead to feature pages on the actual film. In 1950, they made their last film atoll k, a frenchitalian coproduction.
Wurtzel for 20th century fox starring laurel and hardy. February 16, 1940, a chump at oxford, feature, released by. Laurel and hardy on film in the 1950s chimesfreedom. May 22, 2019 insofar as main classic supporting characters, yes. The movie starts to fall apart before the ending but the good beginning and fun middle compensate for this. Saps at sea, 1940 laurel and hardy, classic movie posters. With stan laurel, oliver hardy, forrester harvey, wilfred lucas. English great guns is a 1941 film directed by monty banks, and produced by sol m.
A chump at oxford is that rare laurel and hardy feature with one brilliant sequence that overshadows the rest of the film. July 27 bugs bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon a wild hare. Their bestknown movies included sons of the desert and way out west. Goulding and released in 1940 by united artists, was the penultimate laurel and hardy film made at the hal roach studios. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. While filming the movie originally entitled atoll k in 1950 later released as utopia in 1954, hardys general health worsened, exacerbated by his obesity, and stan laurels preexisting. Standard 8mm film leave them laughing with laurel and hardy 2200ft reels. It also was their last movie with regulars such as james finlayson, charlie hall and jack hill.
The duos signature tune is known variously as the cuckoo song, kuku, or the dance of the cuckoos. After finishing their movie commitments laurel and hardy concentrated on stage shows, embarking on a music hall tour of great britain. The beloved comedy teams best films, those made for producer hal roach from the mid1920s through 1940, were maddeningly stuck in a kind of apathetic corporate limbo. Director alfred j gouldings 1940 movie a chump at oxford is a thoroughly. The flying deuces, also known as flying aces, is a 1939 comedy film starring laurel and hardy, in which the duo join the french foreign legion. Jan 14, 2020 saps at sea is a 1940 american film directed by gordon douglas, distributed by united artists. Laurel and hardy fins wig gets blown off by mark jones. Get the best deals on original international movie posters pre 1940. Vintage laurel and hardy movie posterclassic movie postermovie posterposter reprinthome decorwall decorvintage art laurel and hardys classic, and very funny, short film, brats, where they play their normal characters as well as. Laurel and hardy original vintage movie posters autographs. I think that it really nicely sums up the friendship that the.
In their first screen appearance together, stan plays a penniless dog lover and oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him and his new paramour. Loony scientist carle hires laurel and hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments. May a reproduction of americas first movie studio, thomas edisons black maria, is constructed. Insofar as main classic supporting characters, yes. Get the best deals on 16mm laurel and hardy movie film stock when you shop the largest online. He works at a horn factory, but every time he hears a horn, he launches into maniacal rage. Laurel and hardy laurel, hardy, stan laurel oliver hardy. The team was composed of englishman stan laurel 18901965 and american oliver hardy 18921957. Get the best deals on original international movie posters pre 1940 when you shop the largest online selection at. When laurel and hardy arrive on the scene, after some funny business in the employment agency, hardy seems to be more selfaware than usual. The essential collection, a 10disc orgy of pratfalls, slow burns, and slap fightsin short, a collection that truly qualifies as a musthave for connoisseurs of comedy. However, when the draft board sees things differently and he seems very happy to leave the confines of his sick room, his loyal employees join him in the u. A chump at oxford 1940 starring stan laurel, oliver hardy, forrester harvey, charlie hall, peter cushing a chump at oxford is one of laurel and hardys best films, on many levels.