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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:laurelhardy_1378.jpg\|frame\|Laurel (left) and Hardy (right) in their iconic bowler hats.]] {{quote\|''As gifted in their repartee as they were in their physical antics, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were the perfect team for the transition from silent film comedy to sound. Their legendary career spanned from 1921 to 1951 and included more than 100 films.''\|The Library of Congress's [[National Film Registry]] website}} Stan Laurel (16 June, 1890 – 23 February, 1965) and Oliver Hardy (18 January, 1892 – 7 August, 1957) are an early 20th century comedy double-act famous for visual-slapstick humour. Among the most enduringly famous of Laurel and Hardy's works are ''[[The Music Box]]'', which features two workers' Sisyphean attempts to move a piano up several flights of stairs, and ''[[Babes in Toyland]]''. Laurel and Hardy got their start as a duo with director [[Hal Roach]]'s Hal Roach Studios in the late 1920s, and occasionally worked with bigger studios such as RKO and MGM. They are notable for their successful transition from silent-era film to "talkies", and were extremely prolific throughout the late '20s and the '30s. In later years they also toured extensively as stage performers. Though the pair's sketches were often the result of a team of writers, Stan Laurel was something of an "idea man" who rewrote segments of scripts and did a lot of improvising. {{examples\|Laurel and Hardy films with their own pages on this wiki:}} ~~=== Tropes Associated With Laurel and Hardy: ===~~ * ''[[Babes in Toyland]]''▼ * ''[[Big Business (1929 film)\|Big Business]]'' * ''[[The Music Box]]''▼ {{creatortropes}} * [[Acrofatic]]: Oliver Hardy was a talented physical comedy performer and a graceful dancer, despite his size. * [[All Just a Dream]]: ''The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case'', ''Oliver the Eighth'' Line 60 ⟶ 65: * [[Henpecked Husband]]: Including one feature titled ''Should Married Men Go Home?'' * [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: The characters they portrayed, more often than not, and the actors themselves. ** [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20130518070522/http://hollywoodusa.co.uk/HollHillsObituaries/stanlaurel.htm From Stan Laurel's obituary]: {{quote\| On August 7, 1957, Oliver Hardy died. Due to his own poor health, Stan did not attend his funeral, stating "Babe (Hardy's nickname) would understand". After that, Stan realized he would never act again, but he did write gags and sketches for fellow comedians. People who knew Laurel said he was absolutely devastated by Hardy's death and never fully recovered. On one occasion following Hardy's passing, a casual fan mistook Laurel for his late partner. "Aren't you Oliver Hardy?" the fan asked. Laurel obliged, claiming he was indeed Oliver Hardy. The fan then asked whatever happened to "the other guy". Laurel tellingly replied: "Oh, him? Well, he went quite mad".}} * [[Identity Amnesia]]: In ''A Chump at Oxford'', Stan is revealed to actually be one "Lord Paddington", a brilliant and snobby university scholar who lost his memory and left campus when a window [[Tap on the Head\|closed on his head]]. Throughout the film he keeps getting hit with the same window and changing back and forth between Paddington and Stan. * [[Large Ham]]: Hardy Line 67 ⟶ 72: * [[Mad Scientist]]: ''Dirty Work'' * [[Malaproper]]: Stan, often. {{quote\| "You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead."}} ** Though ''Sons of the Desert'' finds him briefly achieving [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: {{quote\| '''Stan:''' I've certainly got to hand it to you, Ollie.~~<br />~~ '''Ollie:''' For what?~~<br />~~ '''Stan:''' Well, for the meticulous care with which you have executed your finely-formulated machinations in extricating us from this devastating dilemma.~~<br />~~ '''Ollie:''' ''([[Aside Glance\|stares incredulously at the camera]])''~~<br~~ /> '''Stan:''' Then, on the other hand... ''(lapses back into his usual confused state)''~~<br~~ /> '''Ollie:''' Get in bed. "Meticulous". Hmmph! }} * [[Mirror Monologue]]: Ollie, in ''Helpmates''. Line 98 ⟶ 103: * [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: The second variety. Stan and Ollie spend a lot of time engaging in [[Comedic Sociopathy]] around each other. In [[Real Life]], this too was the case--but unlike many duos that went without with the "best buds" part, Laurel and Hardy omitted "vitriolic". This was perhaps a great part of their appeal: the actors themselves were dear friends, and it showed. ** ''Below Zero'', when Ollie is desperate after he gets kicked out and some bad guys hold Stan prisoner (for failing to pay their dining bill) is practically [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]. ~~=== Works Featured on This Wiki: ===~~ ▲* ''[[Babes in Toyland]]'' ▲* ''[[The Music Box]]'' {{reflist}} [[Category:Double Acts and Groups]] [[Category:Films of the 1920s]]▼ [[Category:Cult Actor]] [[Category:Film Series]] [[Category:Films of the 1930s]] [[Category:Laurel and Hardy]] ▲[[Category:~~Films~~Names ofto ~~the~~Know ~~1920s~~in Comedy]] [[Category:Film]]