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Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–19 ...

were a

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whose official filmography consists of 106 films released between 1921 and 1951. Together they appeared in 34 silent shorts, 45 sound shorts, and 27 full-length sound feature films. In addition to these, Laurel and Hardy appeared in at least 20 foreign-language versions of their films and a promotional film, ''

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'' (1936), produced for European film distributors.

Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was one half of the comedy double act, duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Ha ...

(1890–1965) and

Oliver Hardy Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his c ...

(1892–1957) were established as film comedians prior to their teaming, with Laurel appearing in over 50 silent films and Hardy in over 250. (Hardy also appeared in three sound features without Laurel.) Although they first worked together in the film '' The Lucky Dog'' (1921), this was a chance pairing and it was not until 1926 when both separately signed contracts with the Hal Roach film studio that they appeared in film shorts together. Laurel and Hardy officially became a team the following year with their 11th silent short film, '' The Second Hundred Years'' (1927). The pair remained with the Roach studio until 1940. Between 1941 and 1945, they appeared in eight features and one short for

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and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After finishing their film commitments, Laurel and Hardy concentrated on stage shows, embarking on a music hall tour of Great Britain. In 1950, they appeared in their last film, '' Atoll K'', a

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/ Italian coproduction. In 1932, Laurel and Hardy's short ''

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'' won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film (Comedy). In 1960, Laurel was presented with an

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"for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy." In 1992, 1997, 2012 and 2020 respectively, '' Big Business'' (1929), ''The Music Box'', ''

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'' (1932) and '' The Battle of the Century'' (1927) were added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." For their contributions to cinema, Laurel and Hardy have been awarded separate stars on the

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Filmography

Official films

The following is a list of Laurel and Hardy's official filmography as established in ''Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies'' by

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and ''Laurel and Hardy'' by

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, Al Kilgore, and Richard R. Bann. Each book lists 105 films and Skredvedt's adds a 106th in its

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, ''

Now I'll Tell One ''Now I'll Tell One'' is a 1927 silent film starring Charley Chase. The film features Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. However, while both comedians had bit parts, they were still not officially a team, and share no scenes together. The first half ...

'', a previously lost film that was partly rediscovered. Except where noted, all of these films were photographed in

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, produced by Hal Roach, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Except where noted, all short films are two reels in length. All films produced prior to 1928 are silent and all films made after 1929 are sound. Releases from 1928 are silent except as noted. 1929 releases are identified as silent, all-talkie, or sound films with music and sound effects only.

Foreign-language versions

During the early days of sound American motion picture companies often made foreign-language versions of their films. The following is a list of known foreign-language versions of Laurel and Hardy films. Note: A lost German-language version of '' The Hollywood Revue of 1929'', ''Wir Schalten um auf Hollywood'' (We Switch to Hollywood), was made and released in 1931. Apparently Laurel and Hardy do not appear in it.

Promotional film

Compilation films

References

Notes

Footnotes

Bibliography

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External links

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