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Laurel and Hardy in the 1939 film The Flying Deuces. Their 1929 release Big Business is by far the most critically acclaimed of the silents. [67] Laurel and Hardy are Christmas tree salesmen who are drawn into a classic tit-for-tat battle, with a character played by James Finlayson, that eventually destroys his house and their car. [68]
Laurel and Hardy officially became a team the following year with their 11th silent short film, The Second Hundred Years (1927). [5] The pair remained with the Roach studio until 1940. [ 6 ] Between 1941 and 1945, they appeared in eight features and one short for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . [ 7 ]
The Bohemian Girl is a 1936 comedic feature film version of the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe.Directed by James W. Horne and Charles Rogers, and it was produced at the Hal Roach Studios, and stars Laurel and Hardy, and Thelma Todd in her final film role.
Pack Up Your Troubles is a 1932 pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film directed by George Marshall and Raymond McCarey, named after the World War I song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile". It is the team's second feature-length film.
County Hospital is a Laurel and Hardy short film made in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Ollie is in hospital with a broken leg, Stan comes to visit and ends up getting Ollie kicked out; on the way home Stan crashes the car.
Tit for Tat is a 1935 short comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.It is the only direct sequel they made, following the story of Them Thar Hills, which was released the previous year and includes the same two supporting characters, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, portrayed by Charlie Hall and Mae Busch. [2]
As they grapple with the dire predicament, panic ensues, further compounded when Hardy's sneeze triggers the mattress to explode. The commotion attracts the attention of the hotel owner and law enforcement authorities, who enter the room just as Hardy's sneeze causes the ceiling to collapse, adding to the chaos and calamity.
The Hoose-Gow (1929). Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy find themselves embroiled in a comedic misadventure upon their arrival as new inmates at a prison, purportedly implicated in a hold-up raid, an assertion they vehemently deny to a prison officer, claiming mere bystander status.