Scott MacGillivray (born June 29, 1957) is an American non-fiction author specializing in motion picture history. His book ''

Laurel & Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American 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). Starting their career as a duo in t ...

: From the Forties Forward,'' revised and expanded in 2009, chronicles the later films of

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 ...

and Oliver Hardy. Some of his other books are ''The

Soundies Soundies are three-minute American musical films, and each short displays a performance. The shorts were produced between 1940 and 1946 and have been referred to as "precursors to music videos" by UCLA. Soundies exhibited a variety of musical gen ...

Book: A Revised and Expanded Guide'' (2007, co-authored with

Ted Okuda Ted Okuda (born December 8, 1953) is an American non-fiction author and film historian. He has many books and magazine features to his credit, under his own name and in collaboration with others. Career Okuda's long-held interest in movie comedies ...

), ''

Gloria Jean Gloria Jean (born Gloria Jean Schoonover; April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018) was an American actress and singer who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films from 1939 to 1959, and made numerous radio, television, stage, and nightclub app ...

: A Little Bit of Heaven'' (2005, co-authored with Jan MacGillivray), and ''

Castle Films Castle Films was a film company founded in California by former newsreel cameraman Eugene W. Castle (1897–1960) in 1924. Originally, Castle Films produced industrial and advertising films. Then in 1937, the company pioneered the production and d ...

: A Hobbyist's Guide'' (2004, foreword by Okuda). MacGillivray has been the chairman of the Boston chapter of the international Laurel and Hardy society ''

The Sons of the Desert The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The group takes its name from a fictional lodge that Laurel and Hardy belonged to in the 1933 film ''Son ...

'' since 1977, and is the longest-tenured chairman in the organization. His commentaries appear on 20th Century-Fox's DVD set ''The Laurel and Hardy Collection, Volume 2.''

External links

Boston Brats website

References

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