Laurel, any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus laurus within the family lauraceae. The prints of the classic shorts and feature films they made for producer hal roach, including the 1932 oscarwinning short the music box and the 1937 feature way out west, were worn and torn and had been cut to shreds for commercials. Hats off was later remade as laurel and hardy s oscar winning comedy the music box 1932, one of their best known pictures. The complete filmography of laurel and hardy shorts and films. When you rest on your laurels, youre happy with previous successes but not doing much to continue succeeding. You can use this as a guide to building up your collection. After all, in 1929, sound films were still considered a bit of a novelty by many, and the new technology had hastened the demise of many a silent actors career.
Busy bodies is a 1933 short comedy film starring laurel and hardy. Two features and 17 shorts, including the legendary piefight silent film the battle of the century, making its video. List doesnt include work the duo didnt do together. Welcome to the laurel county schools district web site. Laurel and hardy classic shorts dvd for sale online. It is located northeast of ellisville, the first county seat, which contains the first county courthouse. A laurel is a type of wreath circular, made from leaves and branches worn on the head in ancient times. Laurel and hardys films havent been tv staples in decades and the. Laurel and hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists. Moreover, it includes things not on the uk discs, and is generally superior in every other way. Fl then a burgeoning city for film production, and stan began his career as an understudy to charlie chaplin.
But on ebay there were three nitrate original prints for silent films of the boys, and onne from stan laurel film. Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of jones county, mississippi, united states. I have watched them all since i was about 4 and used to tape them off the tele. Laurel definition of laurel by the free dictionary. In 1921, laurel went solo and was hired by broncho billy anderson to star in the first film of a projected series. Legendary comedy duo stan laurel and oliver hardy worked on more than 100 shorts and feature films together.
When laurel teamed with oliver hardy, they made stevens their cameraman of choice. Laurel and hardy, along with others, play escapees from an insane asylum who make his life hell. But hal roach so admired this lampoon of beau geste that he let it sprawl to four reels and bore the loss of charging exhibitors the standard tworeel rate. Laurel and hardy officially became a team in 1927 when they appeared together in the silent short film putting pants on philip. After all, in 1929, sound films were still considered a bit of a novelty by. The biggest barrier and obstacle in filming the music box was actually the cloudy l. This new film was sensitive to blue and recorded laurel s pale blue eyes in a more natural way. That film, the lucky dog, was another landmark, the first time laurel and hardy appeared together on screen, although not as a team. An evergreen tree laurus nobilis of the mediterranean region valued for its aromatic ovate leaves, used in cooking.
Laurel and hardy, comedy team that is widely regarded as the greatest in film history. Duck soup, second hundred years, your darn tootin, two tars, angora love, and their best known short from the silent era, big business, in which the duo start out spreading christmas cheer, but end up sowing discord. The titles that are links lead to feature pages on the actual film. Laurel county schools care about our students, community and nation. New 2k and 4k digital restorations from original 35mm nitrate, laurel and hardy s classic comedies are here in the best quality since their first release. The beloved comedy team of stan laurel and oliver hardy were in another fine mess.
Get the best deals on laurel and hardy movie film stock when you shop the largest online selection at. My top 10 favorite laurel and hardy shorts youtube. They remained with the roach studio until 1940 and then appeared in eight b movie comedies for 20th century fox and metrogoldwynmayer from 1941 to 1945. Laurel and hardys bid for a quiet evening of checkers and pool is constantly interrupted by their squabbling brats little ollie and little stanley. Both sport alarmingly short crew cuts and at one point stan actually has. Blotto is a 1930 american precode comedy film directed by james parrott and starring stan laurel and oliver hardy. Laurel and hardy s supporting cast click on the name of the cast that are links to find out more information on the star more names will be added in the future. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 18,540. I am now 25 and have them all on dvd so i believe i know more than most when it comes to the boys. The laurel is an evergreen shrub or small tree, variable in size and sometimes reaching 718 m 2359 ft tall.
Laurel and hardy produced 10 shorts in 1931, with chickens come home, come clean and one good turn ranking among their funniest. In ancient greece and rome, laurel leaves were used to make wreaths that were worn on a persons head to symbolize victorylike that leaf crown that caesar is always wearing in statues. In their first screen appearance together, stan plays a penniless dog lover and oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him and his new paramour. Two features and 17 shorts, including the legendary piefight silent film the battle of the century, making its video debut and nearly complete for the first time in. Silent film shorts have not been revised too often. For the laurel and hardy fan, the lost films of laurel and hardy is a treat. The laurel is a symbol of victory that lives on in the phrase resting on ones laurels.
Stan laurel and oliver hardy made more than 100 comedies together, laurel playing the bumbling and innocent foil to the pompous hardy. Helpmates in which ollie asks stan to help him clean up. Also in the film are charley chase and charlie hall. Watch the lost films of laurel and hardy online full. Four classic shorts by the great comedy duo, all newly restored. The sound shorts 19291941 laurel and hardy had every right to be apprehensive about the talkies. Hardy played a bit part as a crook who tries to rob laurel. Laurel and hardy short film classic comedy made in 1933. Laurel and hardy share no scenes together and the film is otherwise unremarkable, but the next film is a different story. The lost films of laurel and hardy is a collection of 35 shorts containing stan laurel and oliver hardy. The definitive restorations on bluray disc which coming on june 16th, via kit parker films distributed by mvd entertainment group.
Classic laurel and hardy silent shorts music box theatre. The teachers, administrators, staff, board members, and i share a commitment to ensure that laurel county students receive the best educational services possible. Frozen hearts, why girls love sailors, you re darn tootie, big bussines, frozen hearts. A young man visiting hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene. Unlike most laurel and hardy shorts, which were shot in sequence, the music box had to filmed in disorder and in fits and starts, so the sky and weather in one shot could be.
I grew up watching laurel and hardy, some on television and some on my fathers 16mm movie projector. A laurel is a type of tree with dark, glossy green leaves. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Laurel and hardy officially became a team the following year, in their eleventh silent short film the second hundred years 1927. Stevens became laurel s cameraman on his short films at roach studios. My top 10 laurel and hardy shorts films for generations, laurel and hardy has been entertaining the masses for decades. In the movie industry, it is not uncommon for friendships to transcend the relationship onscreen, but, it seems, there is none as genuine as that which stretched throughout the 23 fulllength feature films, 32 silent shorts, 40 short sound films, and 12 guest and cameo appearances of the inseparable slapstick comedy duo laurel and hardy, the true representatives of the golden age of. With their unforgettable catchphrases, unparalleled slapstick humour, and characters that will leave you laughing for the rest of the day, laurel and hardy never stop bringing in the fun.
The first time stan laurel and oliver hardy both appear in a roachproduced film was in 45 minutes from hollywood 1926, a glenn tryon short subject. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951. Laurel school, founded in 1896, is a nationally recognized, college preparatory, independent day school for girls, kindergarten through grade 12, with a coeducational preprimary program. Twenty of laurel and hardy s best shorts and features including the oscar winning the music box, their most famous feature sons of the desert, and the recently rediscovered battle of the century featuring cinemas greatest and longest pie fight. I have seen every one of their 107 films, many, many times. The sound shorts laurel and hardy had every right to be apprehensive about the talkies. The genus laurus includes four accepted species, whose diagnostic key characters often overlap.