From 1941-1945 they made eight feature films - six for Fox and two for MGM. After SAPS AT SEA (1940) Laurel & Hardy left the Hal Roach Studios and signed with major studios 20th Century-Fox and MGM. Filmgoers then and now treasure WAY OUT WEST, BLOCK-HEADS and SONS OF THE DESERT among their best full-length feature films. 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" (1932).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.Īs the economics of motion picture exhibition changed in the 1930s, Hal Roach needed to produce feature-length vehicles for Laurel & Hardy. After collaborating on many silent films, they took the transition to the talking film in stride. Within a year of their first joint appearance, they were being touted as the new comedy team. Laurel and Hardy's partnership at the Hal Roach studio began in 1926. Hardy later moved to Hollywood, and by the mid 1920s, he was working as an all-purpose comic at the Hal Roach studio. He next found work as an actor in Jacksonville, Florida, home of the Lubin film company.
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Oliver Hardy had been destined for a military career, but opened a movie theater in Milledgeville, Georgia, instead. Laurel stayed in the United States, touring in vaudeville and landing an occasional movie job. In 1910 he made his first trip to America as a member of the Fred Karno musical-comedy troupe, which also included Charlie Chaplin. The son of a British showman, Stan Laurel had been raised in English music halls. Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy on 18 January, 1892 in Harlem, Georgia died on 7 August 1957. Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on 16 June, 1890 in Ulverston, England died on 23 February 1965. If you are using a browser that does not support frames, use the browser buttons to navigate back to the main menu. Links - Sons of the Desert Website ( The International Laurel & Hardy Society) | The Laurel & Hardy Forum | Intra-Tent Journal | Italian Laurel & Hardy Webite (Stanlio & Ollio) | German Laurel & Hardy Website (Dick und Doof) Videos - Laurel & Hardy channel | downloads Gallery - photo album | photos & captions | posters Sons of the Desert - about the Sons of the Desert | Sons of the Desert tents - North America | British Isles | Australia & NZ | Europe | International | links | videos
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