Laurel and Hardy's only Academy Award together was for which short film featuring the moving of a piano?
"of this film survive. In 1931, they starred in their first full-length movie ""Pardon Us"", and they continued to make features and shorts until 1935. The 1932 film ""The Music Box"" won an Academy Award for best short film, their only effort to receive such an award. In 1937, Hardy and Myrtle Reeves divorced. He made ""Zenobia"" with Harry Langdon in 1939 while waiting for a contractual issue to be resolved between Laurel and Hal Roach. Eventually, however, new contracts were agreed upon and the team was lent to producer Boris Morros at General Service Studios to make ""The Flying"
"Laurel and Hardy provided a filmed insert in which they reminisce about their friends in British variety. They made their final appearance on camera in 1956 in a private home movie, shot by a family friend at the Reseda, CA home of Stan Laurel's daughter, Lois. It contains no audio and is three minutes in length. In 1956, while following his doctor's orders to improve his health due to a heart condition, Hardy lost over . However, he suffered several strokes that resulted in the loss of mobility and speech. Despite having a long and successful career, it was reported"
"(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 movie shorts together. Laurel and Hardy officially became a team the following year, in their eleventh 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 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After finishing"
"Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy. The duo's signature tune is known variously as ""The Cuckoo Song"", ""Ku-Ku"", or ""The Dance of the Cuckoos"". It was played over the opening credits of their films and has become as emblematic of the duo as their"
"Hardy Love Affair"", a short story by Ray Bradbury, as the meeting place of the couple in the story, who call each other Ollie and Stan in homage to the comedic duo. Contrary to popular belief, the long staircase is not the same one used by The Three Stooges in their 1941 film ""An Ache in Every Stake"". Those stairs (147 steps in length) are approximately two miles northeast, located at 2212 Edendale Place in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. The Music Box The Music Box is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy released in 1932. It"
"he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy. He and Chaplin arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe. Laurel began his film career in 1917 and made his final appearance in 1951. From 1928 onwards, he appeared exclusively with Hardy, and Laurel officially retired from the screen following his comedy partner's death in 1957. In 1961, Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. Laurel and Hardy ranked top among best double"
"Laurel and Hardy's films ""Way Out West"" and ""Block-Heads"" earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. In 1939, Hatley was fired from the Roach studio. At the insistence of Stan Laurel, however, he did return to score one final Laurel & Hardy film, ""Saps at Sea"". Hatley went on to become a lounge pianist, and often remarked that he earned more money in that career than during his days at the Roach studio. Marvin Hatley was a native of Reed, Oklahoma. He died on August 23, 1986 in Hollywood, California. Marvin Hatley Thomas Marvin Hatley (April"
"and gone unhindered several times, boldly returns with a wheelbarrow). A policeman eventually comes and straightens out the brouhaha, but when Laurel and Hardy return to their store, there's nothing left: the shoplifter has returned a final time with a huge moving-van, and taken everything away. uncredited: Tit for Tat (film) Tit for Tat is a 1935 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was the only direct sequel they made, following the story of the previous year's ""Them Thar Hills"". ""Tit for Tat"" was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film (Comedy), but"
"Marvin Hatley Thomas Marvin Hatley (April 3, 1905 – August 23, 1986), professionally known simply as Marvin Hatley, was an American film composer and musical director, best known for his work for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 until 1940. Hatley wrote many of the musical cues appearing in the ""Our Gang"", ""Laurel and Hardy"", and ""Charley Chase"" films. His most memorable composition is ""Dance of the Cuckoos"" (also known as ""Ku-Ku"", or ""The Cookoo Song""), which serves as Laurel and Hardy's theme song. He was also the ""player piano"" (performing off-screen) in ""The Music Box"" (1932). His work in"
"Two Tars Two Tars is a Laurel and Hardy short film, directed by James Parrott and released in 1928. A silent film, it largely consists of a 'reciprocal destruction' involving motorists in a traffic jam, which has much inventive mayhem with the destruction of various automobiles. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy play two sailors on shore leave. They are driving a rented automobile. With Laurel at the wheel, he nearly crashes the car into a pedestrian at a street corner. Oliver apologizes for Stan's poor driving, takes the wheel, and shortly thereafter crashes the car into a lamppost. Chagrined, Oliver"
"sound films, and 23 full-length feature films. They also made 12 guest or cameo appearances that included the ""Galaxy of Stars"" promotional film of 1936. On December 1, 1954, the pair made one American television appearance when they were surprised and interviewed by Ralph Edwards on his live NBC-TV program ""This Is Your Life"". Since the 1930s, the works of Laurel and Hardy have been released in numerous theatrical reissues, television revivals, 8-mm and 16-mm home movies, feature-film compilations, and home videos. In 2005, they were voted the seventh-greatest comedy act of all time by a UK poll of fellow"
"and Stan singing the Notre Dame fight song together with the policemen. Buster Keaton, a close friend of Stan Laurel, worked as a gagman on ""Nothing but Trouble"". At Laurel's funeral in 1965, Keaton said that he felt Laurel was a greater comedian than Charlie Chaplin. Nothing but Trouble (1944 film) Nothing But Trouble is a 1944 Laurel and Hardy feature film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Sam Taylor Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel return to America after ten years of voluntary exile to find jobs. Oliver has worked as a mediocre cook and Stan has served as a"
"the son so badly wants to see Hollywood that he convinces his mother to let him go too. 45 Minutes from Hollywood 45 Minutes From Hollywood (1926) is an American two-reel silent film released by Pathé Exchange. The runtime is 15 minutes. At the time, it was known as a Glenn Tryon vehicle, but today it is best remembered as the second instance of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appearing in the same film together — although they do not share any scenes — at least half a decade after their first chance billing in ""The Lucky Dog"" (1921). Since"
"size. In 1917, after the collapse of the Florida film industry, Hardy and his wife Madelyn moved to California to seek new opportunities. Hal Roach has described how the two actors came together as a team. First, Hardy had already been working for Roach (and others), when Roach who had seen Laurel in vaudeville, hired Laurel. Laurel has very light blue eyes, and Roach discovered that due to the technology of the film at that time Laurel's eyes wouldn't photograph properly — blue photographed as white. This problem is apparent in their first silent film together, ""The Lucky Dog"", in"
"In 2000, the Dutch revivalist orchestra The Beau Hunks collaborated with the Metropole Orchestra to re-create composer Leroy Shield's soundtrack to ""Our Relations"" from original sheet music that had been discovered in a Los Angeles archive in 1994 and 1995. Our Relations Our Relations is a 1936 feature film starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Stan Laurel for Hal Roach Studios. This is the third of three films in which the boys each play a dual role: the first is ""Brats"" and the second is ""Twice Two"". The story is based on the short story ""The Money Box"" by W.W."
"A biopic called ""Stan & Ollie"" starring Steve Coogan as Laurel and John C. Reilly as Hardy debuted in October 2018 at the BFI London Film Festival. Notes Citations Bibliography Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy. The duo's signature tune is known variously as"
"Hollywood Revue of 1929"" was made, ""Wir Schalten um auf Hollywood"" (We switch to Hollywood), and released in 1931. Apparently Laurel and Hardy do not appear in it. Laurel and Hardy filmography Laurel and Hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released from 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, ""Galaxy of Stars"" (1936), made for European film distributors. Stan"
"new generation of comedians and celebrities including Dick Cavett, Jerry Lewis, Peter Sellers, Marcel Marceau, and Dick Van Dyke. Laurel lived until 1965 and survived to see the duo's work rediscovered through television and classic film revivals. He died on February 23 in Santa Monica and is buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California. Laurel and Hardy's films included a supporting cast of comic actors, some of whom appeared regularly. The duo's famous signature tune, known variously as ""The Cuckoo Song"", ""Ku-Ku"" or ""The Dance of the Cuckoos"", was composed by Roach musical director Marvin Hatley as the"
"while a voice actress just off-camera spoke into a ""hot"" mic. Laughing Gravy Laughing Gravy is a 1930 short film comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (The eponymous dog's name is a sly reference to liquor - Prohibition was still in force in the USA at the time the film was made.) On a snowy winter's night, Laurel and Hardy try to keep their pet dog 'Laughing Gravy' hidden from their landlord, mostly without success. The landlord eventually orders them to leave, but fate takes a"
"in their underwear. After a brief chase, Stan and Ollie are marched back to their home behind bars. Chapters — called ""Tents"" — of The Sons of the Desert, the international Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, all take their names from L&H films; there is a ""The Second Hundred Years Tent"" on Long Island, New York. The Second Hundred Years (film) The Second Hundred Years (a.k.a. The Second 100 Years) is a 1927 American silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a"
"on a kinescope and later released on home video. Partly due to the positive response from the television broadcast the pair was renegotiating with Hal Roach, Jr. for a series of color NBC Television specials to be called ""Laurel and Hardy's Fabulous Fables"". However, plans for the specials had to be shelved as the aging comedians continued to suffer from declining health. In 1955, Laurel and Hardy made their final public appearance together while taking part in the program ""This Is Music Hall"". This was a BBC Television program about the Grand Order of Water Rats, a British variety organization."
"on-the-hour chime for the Roach studio radio station. Laurel heard the tune on the station and asked Hatley if they could use it as the Laurel and Hardy theme song. The original theme, recorded by two clarinets in 1930, was recorded again with a full orchestra in 1935. Leroy Shield composed the majority of the music used in the Laurel and Hardy short sound films. A compilation of songs from their films, titled ""Trail of the Lonesome Pine"", was released in 1975. The title track was released as a single in the UK and reached #2 in the charts. Laurel"
"The Battle of the Century The Battle of the Century is a 1927 silent short film starring American comedy double act Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951. The film is famous for using over 3,000 cream pies (although an edition of the Guinness Book on film history quotes that as many as 10,000 pies may have been used) in the film's climactic pie fight; however, for many years, its second reel, containing the fight, only survived in three minutes of fragments used in the documentaries of Robert Youngson. The complete"
"Laurel and Hardy filmography Laurel and Hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released from 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, ""Galaxy of Stars"" (1936), made for European film distributors. Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) were established as film comedians prior to their teaming, with Laurel appearing in over 50 silent films and Hardy in over 250."
"and Hardy speaking phonetically from blackboards placed just out of camera range; Spanish-speaking actors replacing the English supporting players. Below Zero (1930 film) Below Zero is a 1930 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James Parrott and produced by Hal Roach. The film was the first to use some background music in a portion of the film and had a few early Leroy Shield pieces. Still the film did not feature a substantial amount of music. Laurel and Hardy have no success earning money on a bleak, snowy winter's day as sidewalk musicians, especially when playing ""In the"
"45 Minutes from Hollywood 45 Minutes From Hollywood (1926) is an American two-reel silent film released by Pathé Exchange. The runtime is 15 minutes. At the time, it was known as a Glenn Tryon vehicle, but today it is best remembered as the second instance of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appearing in the same film together — although they do not share any scenes — at least half a decade after their first chance billing in ""The Lucky Dog"" (1921). Since the film uses footage from the Theda Bara star vehicle ""Madame Mystery"" (released April 1926), it is also"
"reunited Laurel and Hardy with Knight; the feature also gave Knight a small role—a gypsy singer who performs a number from the Michael William Balfe—Alfred Bunn opera of 1843. A test Knight had done for Roach ended up in ""Pick a Star"", an MGM musical comedy film that also featured Laurel and Hardy in a non-speaking guest bit; Knight was briefly seen as a nightclub singer. Even though he studied acting with Irving Pichel, no further film opportunities came to Knight, other than a potential film series in Australia that in time, failed to materialize. Knight moved to New York"
"with the Karno troupe and toured the country. During the First World War, Laurel registered for military service in America on 5 June 1917, as required under the Selective Service Act. He was not called up; his registration card states resident alien and deafness as exemptions. Between 1916 and 1918, he teamed up with Alice Cooke and Baldwin Cooke, who became his lifelong friends. Amongst other performers, Laurel worked briefly alongside Oliver Hardy before the two were a team in the silent film short ""The Lucky Dog"" (1921). It was around this time that Laurel met Mae Dahlberg. Around the"
"Oliver opens the bathroom door, the water from the bathroom gushes out. ""Brats"" was one of four Laurel and Hardy sound shorts reissued in 1937. At that time, new background music scores by Leroy Shield that were used in many 1937 Hal Roach films were added. The films reissued that way were ""Blotto"", ""County Hospital"" and ""Perfect Day"". Additionally, ""Brats""' introductory title (""Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy remained at home to take care of the children---""/""Their wives had gone out for target practice--"") was eliminated from the reissue prints. This is one of just two shorts to feature only Stan"
"Tit for Tat (film) Tit for Tat is a 1935 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was the only direct sequel they made, following the story of the previous year's ""Them Thar Hills"". ""Tit for Tat"" was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film (Comedy), but did not win. The film has similarities to the silent film ""Big Business"" and the sign in the electrical store's window ""Open for Big Business"" points to the escalating revenge chaos common to both films. Laurel and Hardy establish an electrical goods store next door to Charlie"
"Nothing but Trouble (1944 film) Nothing But Trouble is a 1944 Laurel and Hardy feature film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Sam Taylor Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel return to America after ten years of voluntary exile to find jobs. Oliver has worked as a mediocre cook and Stan has served as a butler for many years. Upon their return they find that there are plenty of positions to apply to, unlike when they left ten years earlier. Both men get hired by a wealthy woman named Elvira Hawkley, who is in desperate need of help to prepare for"
"celebrate their first anniversary during which a cake lands on Mrs. Laurel's head, causing her to bear an uncanny resemblance to a portrait of Elizabeth I on the dining room wall. Stan and Ollie then arrive but the couples cannot help but squabble throughout the party. In the final scenes a delivery boy (played by Charlie Hall) arrives with another cake which is thrown in Mrs. Laurel's face by an acrimonious Mrs. Hardy. Twice Two Twice Two is a 1933 American Pre-Code Laurel and Hardy short film. It his is the second of only three films where the pair each"
"film was based was written by Stan Laurel's father, Arthur J. Jefferson. ""Duck Soup"" was remade as ""Another Fine Mess"" (1930). Duck Soup (1927 film) Duck Soup is a silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951. Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, Laurel and Hardy take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends"