Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy
Author: Randy Skretvedt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1987
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780940410787

The Complete Films of Laurel and Hardy

The Complete Films of Laurel and Hardy
Author: William K. Everson
Publisher: Citadel Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1967
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780806501468

For the first time, all 99 Laurel and Hardy comedies, from early two-reelers through classic shorts and great features, are fully documented with cast-lists, credits and plot outlines. 400 photos.

The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy
Author: Norbert Aping
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786451742

The remarkable story behind the planning, development and marketing of Laurel and Hardy's ill-received final film, Atoll K, has been little explored. Details on the script development, cast, crew, locations, and even basic information on running times and release dates have been sketchy at best since the film's 1951 release. This work reconstructs the circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents detailing the film's production and funding, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and a rare interview with French movie star Suzy Delair, the author explores the continuous changes to the film's script during its chaotic production and the final marketing of the film's many different versions (Atoll K was also released as Robinson Crusoeland in the United Kingdom and as Utopia in the United States). Several appendices detail alternative sequences and cut scenes in various versions of the film and include French box-office reports from 1951 to 1952 as well as a complete filmography.

Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy

Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy
Author: Simon Louvish
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2005-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312325985

A biography of Laurel and Hardy describes their original teaming in the 1927 short, "Duck Soup, " their considerable innovations, and their ongoing influence.

Laurel Or Hardy

Laurel Or Hardy
Author: Rob Stone
Publisher: Split Reel
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1996
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780965238403

Following the Comedy Trail

Following the Comedy Trail
Author: Leon Smith
Publisher: Pomegrante Press (CA)
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1988
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

This throughly researched guide — complete with maps, photographs and old Hollywood trivia — points readers to Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang film locations.

Stan Without Ollie

Stan Without Ollie
Author: Ted Okuda
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786489871

Long before his momentous teaming with Oliver Hardy, comedian Stan Laurel (1890-1965) was a motion picture star in his own right. From his film debut in Nuts in May (1917) through his final solo starring effort Should Tall Men Marry? (1928), Laurel headlined dozens of short comedies for a variety of producers and production companies, often playing characters far removed from the meek, dimwitted "Stanley" persona that we know and love. This is a film-by-film look at the pictures Stan made as a solo artist, as well as those he wrote and directed for other stars, shows his development as a movie comedian and filmmaker. Comedy legend Jerry Lewis, a longtime friend and admirer of Stan Laurel, provides an affectionate and eloquent foreword. Included are several rare photographs and production stills.

Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Author: John McCabe
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2003-06-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781861056061

This delightful biography conveys the warmth and humour of the much-loved duo whose hilarious escapades convulsed a generation of movie-goers and who continue to acquire new worldwide audiences via the medium of television. Describing the book as 'positively miraculous', the Times Literary Supplement was moved to add 'it is difficult to see how this book could be improved upon'.