Himself (voice)
The first religious film about Laurel and Hardy.
Thanks
Stan y Ollie, conocidos en castellano como "El gordo y el flaco", se embarcan en su gira de despedida ahora que su época dorada parece haber quedado anclada en el pasado. Con la ayuda de sus respectivas mujeres, Lucille e Ida, ambos logran conquistar al público de las salas de Reino Unido gracias a su peculiar manera de interpretar y de entender el mundo. Este biopic ahonda en la personalidad de ambos personajes y en las circunstancias personales que les convirtieron en figuras cómicas de leyenda.
Self (archive footage)
Documental que se adentra en las vidas del célebre dúo cómico conocido como El Gordo y el Flaco. A través de imágenes inéditas, el reportaje descubre la vidas de Stan Laurel y Oliver Hardy, cuya amistad se trasladó fuera de la pantalla y se mantuvo hasta la muerte.
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about Laurel & Hardy
Himself (archive footage)
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
Schauspieler
Self (archive footage)
The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.
Stan
Experience Stan and Ollie in their funniest scenes: whether they build a house as construction workers or try to impress two young ladies as sailors. Watch as Stan fights a superior opponent in the boxing ring and as Ollie is taking an involuntary bath and see where a steadfast friendship between two men can get you...
Stan
Stan
(archive footage)
El tercer documental de la trilogía en el que se pueden ver interesantes tomas falsas protagonizadas por Judy Garland o Lena Horne. Anteriores estrellas musicales de la MGM como Gene Kelly presentan los números musicales.
Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise.
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
(archive footage)
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Dance of the Cookoos is merged a cinematic cross section with the high points from almost 100 works of Laurel & Hardy, into an original framework action
Self (archive footage)
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
(archive footage)
Segunda parte de "Érase una vez en Hollywood". A diferencia del primer documental, sólo hay dos narradores: Gene Kelly y Fred Astaire. Incluye escenas de comedias y dramas en los que intervienen los hermanos Marx, Laurel y Hardy o Katharine Hepburn.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Himself (archive footage)
Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.
(archive footage)
Robert Youngson once again compiles scenes from the golden age of comedy's silent film era. Laurel and Hardy are shown battling a gum machine, and Hardy is a debaucherous Romeo whose amorous plans are thwarted by Rex, the Wonder Horse. Charley Chase is hampered by hiccups and a female professor, and he fleeces a drunken Oliver Hardy with a mannequin in a nightclub. The third part finds bachelor Buster Keaton desperately trying to get married by 7:00 PM in order to collect a $7-million-dollar inheritance. Keaton is pursued by money-hungry prospects in one of the best chase scenes ever filmed. Narration is provided by Jay Jackson.
A compilation of clips from various Laurel and Hardy films
Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along with clips from many of the shorts that made the duo stars, it includes clips from a 1918 comedy starring Laurel on his own as well as scenes from three shorts Hardy made in 1917 and '18 with his original comedy partner, Billy West. To put the duo's work in context, the film briefly features other comedians who worked with producer Hal Roach.
Self (archive footage)
A program featuring original comedy skits written as a tribute to Stan Laurel.
Stan (archive footage)
Una compilación de cortos de Laurel y Hardy: De la sopa a las nueces, otra vez mal, Poniendo los pantalones a Philip, The Finishing Touch, Sugar Daddies y videos cortos de otros --- además de Max Davidson Call of the Cuckoo y Dumb Daddies, con algunas imágenes de Charley Chase cruzadas, que, junto con "La edad de oro de la comedia" de Robert Youngson, "When Comedy Was King", "Days of Thrills and Laughter", generaron un renovado interés y un renacimiento de la televisión Presentaciones de los pantalones cortos Laurel y Hardy.
Thanks
Aventuras y desventuras de los participantes en una carrera automovilística entre Nueva York y París, a principios del siglo XX. Jack Lemmon y Tony Curtis interpretan a dos excéntricos participantes que, a bordo de sus flamantes vehículos, mantienen una feroz rivalidad entre ellos. Todo tipo de incidentes y situaciones cómicas se irán sucediendo.
Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Una recopilación de los momentos más divertidos de las comedias MGM.
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
archive footage
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
archive footage
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
Stan
Stan and Ollie are marooned on an atoll. This was their last film together.
(archive footage)
Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson. Although trailed by the latter, Stan, who is reporting on the movie world, manages to be hired by Mack Sennett. He makes his debut in Nevada, in the middle of gold diggers. After managing to clear his name he becomes, with Oliver Hardy, a big comedy star.
Writer
Bumbling detective Stan Laurel disguises himself as a famous matador in order to hide from the vengeful Richard K. Muldoon, who spent time in prison on Stan's bogus testimony.
Stanley
Bumbling detective Stan Laurel disguises himself as a famous matador in order to hide from the vengeful Richard K. Muldoon, who spent time in prison on Stan's bogus testimony.
Stan
Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal to visiting royalty.
Stan
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
Stan
Laurel y Hardy dirigen una escuela de danza. Laurel se encarga de los bailes clásicos y Hardy de los modernos. Bob Bailey ha hecho un invento importante, pero no puede casarse con la mujer a la que ama porque el padre de ésta se opone a la boda. Hardy trata de ayudarle en la comercialización del invento y ensaya distintos métodos para hacer dinero. Uno de ellos consiste en suscribir una póliza de seguros a favor de Laurel. Hardy, para cobrar la póliza, se entrevista con una banda de maleantes especialistas en eliminar a personajes asegurados...
Stan
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.
Stan
Dos torpes, fracasados como hombres de negocios y guardias de ataques aéreos, se topan con un nido de saboteadores nazis empeñados en volar la planta local de magnesio.
Himself
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.
Stan
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
Stan
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.
Stan
El malogrado Oliver trabaja desde hace tiempo en una factoría de bocinas. Tal trabajo le está costando la salud, ya que padece una extraña excitación que se convierte en delirio cada vez que suena, junto a sus oídos, una trompa o algo parecido. El médico que ha visitado para acabar con su afección le ha recomendado dos cosas: realizar un viaje largo para relajar los nervios y beber leche de cabra para mejorar su estado. Al conocer el estado de Oliver, su inseparable amigo, Stan le comenta que no es necesario realizar una gran travesía para disfrutar del aire marino, y le propone alquilar una pequeña embarcación del muelle. Oli acepta y Stan consigue una cochambrosa barca por cuatro cuartos. Junto a la pareja de amigos, viajan una entrañable cabra que le proporcionará leche a Oliver y un inesperado polizonte, un peligroso asesino que se acaba de fugar de la cárcel
Stan
Tras varios intentos desesperados de buscar trabajo, Laurel y Hardy terminan trabajando de barrenderos. Sin proponérselo, detienen a un ladrón de bancos, por lo que el director, en agradecimiento, decide pagarles los estudios en la prestigiosa universidad de Oxford. Cuando llegan allí, protagonizan varios enredos y bromas.
Stan
Un hombre sufre un desengaño cuando descubre que la chica a la que quiere está casada con un soldado. Pretende suicidarse con la ayuda de un amigo, pero mientras lo intenta aparece un oficial de la Legión Extranjera que los anima a alistarse, asegurándoles que en pocos días olvidarán lo sucedido. Una vez allí, las aventuras se sucederán con cómicos resultados.
Stan
La película arranca en las trincheras de la Primera Guerra Mundial, donde un Stan despistado se queda guardando la posición... ¡por veinte años! Al fin, se entera que el conflicto ha terminado. Entretanto, su amigo Ollie se ha casado. El reencuentro supone reiniciar la amistad, pero esto puede traer consecuencias en el matrimonio de Ollie.
Producer
Stan y Ollie son vendedores de trampas para ratones que esperan mejores negocios en Suiza, con la teoría de Stan de que debido a que hay más queso en Suiza, debería haber más ratones.
Stan
Stan y Ollie son vendedores de trampas para ratones que esperan mejores negocios en Suiza, con la teoría de Stan de que debido a que hay más queso en Suiza, debería haber más ratones.
Executive Producer
Melody arrives looking for the killer of his uncle and at the same time Dumont arrives looking for the murderer of her father. They both suspect Skelton and Dumont finds incriminating evidence in his office. But when Melody finds the murder weapon in Skelton's office he is arrested by Shelton's stooge Sheriff.
Executive Producer
Peterson has a plan to obtain all the ranches in the valley. He gives Carson a phony Spanish land grant and has him pose as the Mexican owner. When Fred and Fuzzy have their cattle stolen by Peterson's men, they quickly become involved in the scheme.
Stan Laurel
A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.
Producer
Stan y Ollie acuden a Brushwood Gulch para entregarle a la hija de un buscador de oro la escritura de propiedad de la mina. Al ser engañados por el propietario del salón y su mujer, deciden recuperar el documento empleando el procedimiento de los rateros: cuerdas, poleas... ¡y una mula!
Stan
Stan y Ollie acuden a Brushwood Gulch para entregarle a la hija de un buscador de oro la escritura de propiedad de la mina. Al ser engañados por el propietario del salón y su mujer, deciden recuperar el documento empleando el procedimiento de los rateros: cuerdas, poleas... ¡y una mula!
Himself
The rarest of Laurel and Hardy films this side of The Rogue Song (1930), That's That is a gag reel made up of alternate takes and bloopers said to have been compiled by film editor Bert Jordan as a present for Stan Laurel's birthday in 1937.
Producer
Los magos del humor, Laurel y Hardy, interpretan a dos marineros encargados de entregar un valioso paquete en el puerto donde, por casualidad, viven sus hermanos gemelos, felizmente casados. Los gemelos y sus dos novias se intercambian, por error, con sus hermanos. Uno de los más divertidos trabajos de los míticos Laurel y Hardy, conocidos en España como El gordo y el flaco. En esta ocasión interpretan dos papeles cada uno, lo que fue posible gracias a los magistrales trucos fotográficos del cámara Rudolph Maté, uno de los grandes directores de fotografía de la historia del cine
Stan / Alf Laurel
Los magos del humor, Laurel y Hardy, interpretan a dos marineros encargados de entregar un valioso paquete en el puerto donde, por casualidad, viven sus hermanos gemelos, felizmente casados. Los gemelos y sus dos novias se intercambian, por error, con sus hermanos. Uno de los más divertidos trabajos de los míticos Laurel y Hardy, conocidos en España como El gordo y el flaco. En esta ocasión interpretan dos papeles cada uno, lo que fue posible gracias a los magistrales trucos fotográficos del cámara Rudolph Maté, uno de los grandes directores de fotografía de la historia del cine
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee. To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in with two vagabond hitchhikers.
Producer
Una caravana de gitanos con la que viajan los ladronzuelos Stan y Ollie acampa junto a las murallas del palacio del conde de Arnheim. Un día, la infiel y vengativa esposa de Ollie, enfurecida por el arresto de su amante, secuestra a la hija del Conde, Arline, y huye dejándola con Stan y Ollie, quienes la criarán desconociendo su auténtica identidad. Tras pasar doce años, Arline es detenida en las tierras del palacio y llevada al calabozo, sus torpes amigos armarán un auténtico embrollo tratando de rescatarla.
Stan
Una caravana de gitanos con la que viajan los ladronzuelos Stan y Ollie acampa junto a las murallas del palacio del conde de Arnheim. Un día, la infiel y vengativa esposa de Ollie, enfurecida por el arresto de su amante, secuestra a la hija del Conde, Arline, y huye dejándola con Stan y Ollie, quienes la criarán desconociendo su auténtica identidad. Tras pasar doce años, Arline es detenida en las tierras del palacio y llevada al calabozo, sus torpes amigos armarán un auténtico embrollo tratando de rescatarla.
Cleaner
Promo for MGM's upcoming 1935-36 releases hosted by Laurel & Hardy and Jimmy Finlayson. Brief clips are shown from Rose Marie, Anna Karenina, Broadway Melody, China Seas, The Great Ziegfield and others. Don't miss a few seconds from the 1935 version (now lost) of Tarzan Escapes showing Jane with a great ape; there were no great apes in the 1936 release.
Stanley MacLaurel
Ollie y Stanley marchan hacia tierras escocesas en busca de fortuna. Lo que allí les lleva no es otra cosa que una herencia de Stan, aquí apellidado MacLaurel. Pero, hete aquí, que cuando recibe la herencia todos sus anhelos se frustran: el montante consiste en unas gafas y una pitillera. Así las cosas, la pareja se enrola en las fuerzas de Su Majestad para luchar en las fronteras de la India.
Stan
Oliver está en problemas con su esposa después de no hacer un pago de sus muebles, después de haberle dado el dinero a Stanley, quien lo usó para pagarle a la Sra. Hardy su alojamiento y comida. A sugerencia de Stan, Ollie retira los ahorros de la pareja del banco para pagar los muebles y, sin darse cuenta, paga prácticamente la cantidad total en una subasta por un reloj de pie que pronto es aplastado por un camión que pasa. La Sra. Hardy luego, sin querer, causa lesiones graves a Ollie, lo que requiere que lo lleven de urgencia al hospital para una transfusión de sangre. El médico recluta a Stan para que sea el donante de sangre involuntario. Ocurren problemas con la transfusión y cuando Stan y Ollie salen del hospital, parecen haberse transformado el uno en el otro.
Story
Oliver está en problemas con su esposa después de no hacer un pago de sus muebles, después de haberle dado el dinero a Stanley, quien lo usó para pagarle a la Sra. Hardy su alojamiento y comida. A sugerencia de Stan, Ollie retira los ahorros de la pareja del banco para pagar los muebles y, sin darse cuenta, paga prácticamente la cantidad total en una subasta por un reloj de pie que pronto es aplastado por un camión que pasa. La Sra. Hardy luego, sin querer, causa lesiones graves a Ollie, lo que requiere que lo lleven de urgencia al hospital para una transfusión de sangre. El médico recluta a Stan para que sea el donante de sangre involuntario. Ocurren problemas con la transfusión y cuando Stan y Ollie salen del hospital, parecen haberse transformado el uno en el otro.
Stan
Los vendedores de postales Stan y Ollie llaman a la puerta de una mujer desesperada por la falta de atenciones de su marido. Éstos se ofrecen a ayudarla despertando los celos de éste. El plan resulta exitoso, pero el enfurecido marido reta a duelo al pobre Ollie, que trata de huir con su amigo Stan.
Writer
Stan y Ollie han abierto su propia tienda de electrodomésticos pero, por desgracia para ellos, la tienda de comestibles de al lado está a cargo del hombre y la mujer que conocieron en "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan y Ollie van de visita para ofrecerle la mano de la amistad, pero el tendero nuevamente se convence de que Ollie y su esposa están bromeando.
Stan
Stan y Ollie han abierto su propia tienda de electrodomésticos pero, por desgracia para ellos, la tienda de comestibles de al lado está a cargo del hombre y la mujer que conocieron en "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan y Ollie van de visita para ofrecerle la mano de la amistad, pero el tendero nuevamente se convence de que Ollie y su esposa están bromeando.
Stannie Dum
En Toyland vive la pareja formada por Stannie Dum y Ollie Dee. Los dos se encuentran hospedados en la casa de Madre Peep y trabajan en una fábrica de juguetes. En dicho fantástico país el malvado y siniestro Silas Barnaby corteja a la hija de la anciana señora Peep, aunque ella se niega a acceder a sus deseos de matrimonio, puesto que su corazón está entregado a un joven de su entorno. Debido a esta negativa, Barnaby pone en práctica un método de presión…
Stan
Los trabajadores del mercado de pescado, Stan y Ollie, son persuadidos por un capitán de barco para que recluten hombres en un bar para formar una tripulación.
Writer
Stan y Ollie viajan a las montañas por la salud de Ollie y estacionan su caravana cerca de un pozo en el que una pandilla de licoreros ha arrojado su alcohol ilegal anteriormente; y los muchachos proceden a saciar su sed pensando que es agua de montaña rica en hierro. Sin embargo, el verdadero problema no comienza hasta que una pareja casada de automovilistas se detiene para pedir prestada gasolina, y el marido, que ya está de mal humor, deja a su esposa sedienta con los niños mientras él se va a llenar el tanque de gasolina vacío de su automóvil. Se hizo una secuela de esta película: TOMA Y DACA, qv
Stan
Stan y Ollie viajan a las montañas por la salud de Ollie y estacionan su caravana cerca de un pozo en el que una pandilla de licoreros ha arrojado su alcohol ilegal anteriormente; y los muchachos proceden a saciar su sed pensando que es agua de montaña rica en hierro. Sin embargo, el verdadero problema no comienza hasta que una pareja casada de automovilistas se detiene para pedir prestada gasolina, y el marido, que ya está de mal humor, deja a su esposa sedienta con los niños mientras él se va a llenar el tanque de gasolina vacío de su automóvil. Se hizo una secuela de esta película: TOMA Y DACA, qv
Writer
En una sala del tribunal abarrotada, Butch Long jura vengarse de los 'chivatos' Laurel y Hardy, cuyas pruebas ayudaron a enviarlo a prisión. Asustados, los niños planean irse de la ciudad y buscar a alguien para compartir los gastos con ellos. La mujer que responde al anuncio es en realidad la novia de Butch. Mientras tanto, Butch escapa y se esconde en un baúl en el apartamento de su novia, donde queda encerrado. Sin darse cuenta de quién es, Stan y Ollie finalmente logran abrir el baúl y luego Butch se venga.
Mr. Laurel
En una sala del tribunal abarrotada, Butch Long jura vengarse de los 'chivatos' Laurel y Hardy, cuyas pruebas ayudaron a enviarlo a prisión. Asustados, los niños planean irse de la ciudad y buscar a alguien para compartir los gastos con ellos. La mujer que responde al anuncio es en realidad la novia de Butch. Mientras tanto, Butch escapa y se esconde en un baúl en el apartamento de su novia, donde queda encerrado. Sin darse cuenta de quién es, Stan y Ollie finalmente logran abrir el baúl y luego Butch se venga.
Stan
Schnarzan (Jimmy Durante), el héroe del cine de aventuras, está siendo cuestionado por sus falsas y ridículas peleas con animales. Cuando se entera de que el Barón de Munchausen y sus leones amaestrados andan de gira por Hollywood, el actor y el productor organizan una gran fiesta a la que invitan al barón para ver si logran convencerlo de que sus leones aparezcan en su siguiente película.
Stan
Ollie regentan un salón de peluquería. Mientras esperan que aparezca algún cliente, Stan descubre el anuncio de una rica viuda que busca marido joven. Ambos se retan mutuamente a conquistar el corazón de la misteriosa señora. Hardy hace trampa enviando sólo su carta y resulta ser el candidato elegido. Pronto descubrirá que la viuda es peligrosa y que lo ha elegido únicamente por su nombre... ¡para llevar a cabo una terrible venganza!
Writer
Stan y Ollie se comprometen a asistir a una convención de los “Hijos del Desierto” que coincide con un viaje a las montañas planeado por el matrimonio Hardy. Ollie simula una enfermedad que exige un viaje por mar. Mientras él y Stan disfrutan de la convención, el barco tropieza con una catástrofe.
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
Stan y Ollie se comprometen a asistir a una convención de los “Hijos del Desierto” que coincide con un viaje a las montañas planeado por el matrimonio Hardy. Ollie simula una enfermedad que exige un viaje por mar. Mientras él y Stan disfrutan de la convención, el barco tropieza con una catástrofe.
Stan
Stan y Ollie son deshollinadores que trabajan en la casa del científico loco Profesor Noodle.
Baby
Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
Writer
Stan y Ollie trabajan en un aserradero. Pero debido a su incompetencia deben acabar huyendo del iracundo capataz.
Stan
Stan y Ollie trabajan en un aserradero. Pero debido a su incompetencia deben acabar huyendo del iracundo capataz.
Writer
Stanley y Oliver son dos polícias novatos y despistados a los que tratan de robar la rueda de recambio de su coche patrulla estando ellos dentro, comiendo. Más tarde, no logran tomar los datos de un atraco y tratan de llamar a la centralita desde el teléfono de una joyería, sin darse cuenta de que en ella se está cometiendo un robo...
Officer Stanley Laurel
Stanley y Oliver son dos polícias novatos y despistados a los que tratan de robar la rueda de recambio de su coche patrulla estando ellos dentro, comiendo. Más tarde, no logran tomar los datos de un atraco y tratan de llamar a la centralita desde el teléfono de una joyería, sin darse cuenta de que en ella se está cometiendo un robo...
Stanlio
El Gordo y el Flaco son dos picaruelos delincuentes de la Italia del siglo XVII llamados Stanlio y Ollio. Libre adaptación de la ópera de Auber.
Writer
El día en que Ollie se va a casar con la hija de su jefe, su amigo y padrino de boda, Stan, llega con un rompecabezas como regalo. El juego no sólo absorberá la atención de los dos compañeros, sino también del mayordomo y del chófer que los ha de llevar a la iglesia. Mientras, la novia y su padre esperan y desesperan...
Stan
El día en que Ollie se va a casar con la hija de su jefe, su amigo y padrino de boda, Stan, llega con un rompecabezas como regalo. El juego no sólo absorberá la atención de los dos compañeros, sino también del mayordomo y del chófer que los ha de llevar a la iglesia. Mientras, la novia y su padre esperan y desesperan...
Writer
Un año antes de la primera escena, Stan se casó con la hermana de Ollie y Ollie se casó con la hermana de Stan en una boda doble. Todos viven juntos y Stan y Ollie trabajan en la misma oficina.
Stan / Mrs. Hardy
Un año antes de la primera escena, Stan se casó con la hermana de Ollie y Ollie se casó con la hermana de Stan en una boda doble. Todos viven juntos y Stan y Ollie trabajan en la misma oficina.
Writer
Stan y Ollie son vendedores ambulantes de pescado. Cuando a Stan se le ocurre una brillante idea para mejorar el negocio, pescando su propios peces, Ollie se lo toma al pie de la letra.
Stan
Stan y Ollie son vendedores ambulantes de pescado. Cuando a Stan se le ocurre una brillante idea para mejorar el negocio, pescando su propios peces, Ollie se lo toma al pie de la letra.
Writer
Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.
Stan
Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.
Writer
Mientras Laurel y Hardy luchan en el frente durante la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), un buen amigo suyo resulta gravemente herido y, antes de morir, les pide que busquen a su hija y la lleven a casa de sus abuelos; pero la misión resultará más difícil de lo previsto. En su segundo largometraje, Laurel y Hardy se propusieron suavizar con unas pinceladas de humor un asunto tan serio como la guerra.
Stan
Mientras Laurel y Hardy luchan en el frente durante la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), un buen amigo suyo resulta gravemente herido y, antes de morir, les pide que busquen a su hija y la lleven a casa de sus abuelos; pero la misión resultará más difícil de lo previsto. En su segundo largometraje, Laurel y Hardy se propusieron suavizar con unas pinceladas de humor un asunto tan serio como la guerra.
Stan
Ya que en la cárcel no cabe ni un preso más, el juez ordena a los vagabundos Stan y Ollie que abandonen la ciudad antes de una hora. Una vez en la calle y bajo la lluvia, los chicos ayudan a un borracho a recuperar las llaves de su coche. Éste, agradecido, los llevará de vuelta a casa, ¡pero a la casa equivocada!
Himself
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy visit Scotland in the Summer of 1932
Himself
Actors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy visit Tynemouth in North East England.
Stan
Ollie está en el hospital con una pierna rota. Stan le paga una visita, acompañada de un regalo bien de huevos duros y nueces. Stan causa tantos problemas que una furiosa Dr. Gilbert órdenes paciente y resultados del hospital a la vez. Antes de salir, Stan accidentalmente se sienta en una aguja hipodérmica llena de sedantes. Él intenta volver a casa Ollie, pero es casi dormido al volante, y el coche circula salvajemente por las calles.
Stan
Los desastres causados por los torpes artistas Stanley y Oliver llevan a la ruina al circo en el que trabajan. Su endeudado propietario decide compensar a los empleados repartiendo el circo entre ellos. A Stanley le toca el circo de pulgas mientras que Oliver se lleva un exótico chimpancé con tutú llamado Ethel...
Stan
La empresa de mudanzas Laurel & Hardy tiene el cometido de entregar un piano mecánico, que ha de subir por un elevado tramo de escaleras. Entorpecen su labor una enfermera, un policía y, finalmente, el supuesto destinatario del piano. Primera comedia en la historia del cine en obtener un Oscar al mejor cortometraje
Stan
Ya en puerto, tras una expedición ballenera, Stan y Ollie se hospedan en un hotelucho en el que salvan a una chica de tener que casarse con el rudo propietario del lugar. En su huida, olvidan el dinero ganado. Pronto, Stan se ve convertido en boxeador para conseguir de nuevo dinero.
Story
Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.
Stan
Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.
New Suitor (uncredited)
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.
Stan
Stan y Ollie se unen a la Legión Extranjera Francesa después de que la novia de Ollie lo rechace.
Stan
Stan y Ollie, dos víctimas de la Gran Depresión que recorren América sin apenas pertenencias, agradecen la comida que les ofrece una anciana. Mientras almuerzan en su cocina, oyen como ésta implora a su casero que no la eche. Deciden ayudarla con una subasta sin saber que lo que oyeron fue el ensayo de una obra de teatro.
Writer
La tranquilidad en casa de los Hardy se ve interrumpida por la llegada de los Laurel. Stan y Ollie salen a comprar helado y por el camino salvan a una mujer de morir ahogada. No tardarán en arrepentirse de su proeza...
Stan
La tranquilidad en casa de los Hardy se ve interrumpida por la llegada de los Laurel. Stan y Ollie salen a comprar helado y por el camino salvan a una mujer de morir ahogada. No tardarán en arrepentirse de su proeza...
Other
Encarcelados por vender cerveza casera en tiempos de ley seca, Laurel y Hardy logran el apoyo de un sorprendente aliado para escapar de prisión gracias al voz de pedorreta emitido por Laurel por culpa de un diente flojo.
Stan
Encarcelados por vender cerveza casera en tiempos de ley seca, Laurel y Hardy logran el apoyo de un sorprendente aliado para escapar de prisión gracias al voz de pedorreta emitido por Laurel por culpa de un diente flojo.
Stan
Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case" When Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebenezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.
Writer
Oliver está haciendo planes para casar a su novia Dulcy con Stan como su padrino, pero los planes se frustran cuando el padre de Dulcy ve una foto de Ollie y prohíbe el matrimonio. La pareja planea fugarse y huir a un juez de paz. Después de los típicos errores de Laurel y Hardy, logran escabullirse de la casa de su padre.
Stan
Oliver está haciendo planes para casar a su novia Dulcy con Stan como su padrino, pero los planes se frustran cuando el padre de Dulcy ve una foto de Ollie y prohíbe el matrimonio. La pareja planea fugarse y huir a un juez de paz. Después de los típicos errores de Laurel y Hardy, logran escabullirse de la casa de su padre.
Stan
Ollie se postula para alcalde y un viejo amor amenaza con chantajearlo.
Señor Laurel
Dos vagabundos sin hogar se esconden en una mansión vacía y se hacen pasar por los residentes cuando los arrendatarios potenciales llegan y tratan el alquiler.
Policeman
Cortometraje promocional lleno de estrellas de la época destinado a recaudar fondos para el sanatorio de tuberculosis National Variety Artists, producido en asociación con una compañía de cigarrillos. La trama sigue la investigación del robo de la joyería de Norma Shearer. Laurel & Hardy aparecen brevemente (como lo hace el resto del elenco) como dos detectives.
Stan
Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.
Mr. Laurel
Ollie es candidato a alcalde cuando un viejo amor (Mae Busch) intenta chantajearlo con una foto antigua ("el mismo viejo muchacho con mejillas como manzanas"). Los intentos de Stan por ayudar a mantener a raya a la chantajiste de Ollie hacen incurrir en la ira de la señora Laurel, que se venga con un hacha.
M. Laurel
Having been kicked out by their wives on a wintry night they attempt to smuggle their little dog into an apartment house where dogs are not allowed.
Stan
Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and sends the wives on ahead, promising that he and Stan will meet them in the morning. The pair dress in their lodge gear, but their wives return having missed their train. With no obvious escape route, Stan and Ollie take to a bed in fear and in response to Stan's plea of "What'll I do?", Ollie replies "Be big!".
Stan
Dos vagabundos sin hogar se esconden en una mansión vacía y se hacen pasar por los residentes cuando los arrendatarios potenciales llegan y tratan el alquiler.
Stan
Noche de duendes es la versión española de 1930 de dos cortometrajes de Stan Laurel y Oliver Hardy (Stanlio y Ollio): Concierto para violonchelo (1929) y los vagabundos (1930), dirigido por James Parrott. La película ve los dos cortometrajes unidos entre sí, con diálogos cambiados, como si se tratara de un solo medio largometraje.
Stan
Ollie da con una nota del periódico en la que se reclama la presencia de los herederos de Ebeneezer Laurel, de Chicago, que falleció dejando una herencia de 3.000.000 millones de dólares. Éste convence a Stan de que debe asistir pretendiendo ser un familiar y hacerse con el legado. Tras un tremendo viaje en tren, llegan a la residencia del difunto y se encuentran metidos en una trama de asesinato...
Story
Ollie no puede encontrar su sombrero, para diversión de su esposa y su criada. Luego, Ollie y Stan intentan instalar una antena de radio en la azotea.
Stan
Ollie no puede encontrar su sombrero, para diversión de su esposa y su criada. Luego, Ollie y Stan intentan instalar una antena de radio en la azotea.
Stan
Los músicos callejeros Stan y Ollie no tienen éxito en ganar dinero en pleno invierno en un barrio malo. Sus instrumentos se destruyen en una discusión con una mujer, pero su suerte parece cambiar cuando Stan encuentra una billetera.
Stan
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
Stan
Stan le miente a su esposa acerca de ir a un club nocturno con Ollie, pero la Sra. Laurel escucha el complot y los engaña a ambos.
Writer
Stanley y Oliver están tratando de pasar una noche tranquila en casa jugando a las damas, pero las travesuras de sus hijos traviesos no paran de interrumpir sus actividades recreativas.
Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
Stanley y Oliver están tratando de pasar una noche tranquila en casa jugando a las damas, pero las travesuras de sus hijos traviesos no paran de interrumpir sus actividades recreativas.
Writer
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Stan
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Ali-Bek
In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.
Versión bilingüe y extendida del cortometraje "Night Owls" (1930), rodada simultáneamente con su predecesora para el mercado español.
Stan
Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan and Ollie to rob the chief's house so he can regain his reputation by catching them. The policeman promises to later get the boys off. Things do not go as planned.
Stan
Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord.
Self
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Stan
Stan y Ollie son arrestados “por estar viendo un robo”. Ya en prisión, el guardia los pilla intentando escapar y como castigo son enviados a realizar trabajos forzados en una carretera. Allí recibirán una visita de inspección del Gobernador.
Stan
Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.
Stan
Los extravagantes y accidentados intentos de Stanley de curar el resfriado de su amigo Oliver provocan la ira del casero de la pensión donde viven. Las cosas empeoran desbordantemente, ¡al igual que el colchón inflable sobre el que duermen!
Stan
Los planes de picnic de las familias Laurel y Hardy parecen verse frustrados incluso antes de partir. Para empezar, Stan y Ollie destruyen los emparedados con sus disparatadas riñas y, a continuación, su vehículo sufre una serie de averías que provocan un hilarante entrar y salir del coche de toda la troupe con tío Edgar incluido.
Stan
Los marinos Stan y Ollie conocen a dos chicas en el parque. Después de una agradable visita a una heladería, deciden ir al lago a remar, allí comenzarán los líos.
Stan
The story involves Stan and Ollie as two musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville. It was only their second sound film, but a silent version was also made for cinemas at the time that were not equipped to show talkies.
Stan
Stan y Ollie causan estragos en un hotel de clase alta en sus trabajos como lacayo (Hardy) y portero (Laurel). Desvisten parcialmente a la bomba rubia Jean Harlow (en una breve aparición) y escoltan repetidamente a un noble estirado hasta el hueco de un ascensor vacío.
Stan
La señora Hardy se marcha enojada cuando Ollie invita a su amigo Stan a cenar. Los torpes intentos culinarios de éstos atraen a una atractiva vecina, la Señora Kennedy, a la cual le acabará ardiendo el vestido por accidente en el momento menos oportuno.
Stan
Stan y Ollie tratan de vender un arbol de Navidad a un cliente gruñon.Un malentendido provoca que se origine una colosal batalla en la que Stan y Ollie destruyen la casa del cliente y este a su vez el coche de los dos.
Stan
Oliver heredará una gran fortuna de su rico tío Bernal, con la condición de que esté felizmente casado. Pero cuando la Sra. Hardy se va justo antes de que el tío Bernal venga de visita, Stanley se ve obligado a cumplir su deber (y arrastrarse) para hacerse pasar por la amada esposa de Oliver.
Stan
Los mozos de cuadra Stan y Ollie cuidan un pura sangre llamado "Blue Boy". Pero cuando escuchan a dos hombres hablar sobre una recompensa de $ 5000 por la devolución del "Blue Boy" robado, se pierden la parte de que es la pintura, no el caballo. Llevan el caballo a la casa del dueño para reclamar la recompensa. El propietario les indica que pongan "Blue Boy" en el piano y Ollie explica que "estos millonarios son peculiares".
Stan
Mientras se cambiaban de ropa en un auto de fuga, los convictos fugados Stan y Ollie se pusieron los pantalones por error. Pasan el resto de la película tratando de intercambiar pantalones en varios escenarios poco probables.
Stan
Stan y Ollie intentan engañar a sus esposas escabulléndose a un juego de póquer, pero en cambio se involucran con dos mujeres coquetas, una de las cuales es la novia de un boxeador celoso.
Stan
Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.
Stan
Dos marineros dejan en tierra alquilar un coche y salen a dar una vuelta con sus citas, pero pronto se ven envueltos en un enorme atasco de tráfico con decenas de automovilistas malhumorados. Una colisión menor desencadena una serie creciente de represalias.
Stan
Oliver hereda una fortuna y contrata a Stan como su mayordomo y procede a atormentarlo. Stan finalmente se rebela y se enfurece, destruyendo los elegantes muebles de Oliver.
Stan
Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.
Mr. Pincher
The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner at a snazzy nightclub and much trouble ensues.
Stanley, clarinet player
Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor.
Hired butler
Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.
Stan
Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants his money back.
Writer
Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants his money back.
Little Twinkle Star
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
Stan
Stan complains of a toothache and he and Ollie visit the dentist. Ollie gets his teeth pulled by mistake. Under the influence of laughing gas, they leave and cause much commotion on the road annoying a traffic cop.
Texas Tommy
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowhand Stan bumble their way into a successful defense of her and the ranch.
Prize fighter
El gerente de pelea contrata una póliza de seguro para su pugilista insignificante y luego procede a tratar de arreglar un accidente para que pueda cobrar.
Director
Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.
Philip
Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.
Ferdinand Finkleberry
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
Stan
Stan and Ollie are salesmen attempting to sell a washing machine; they fail constantly after several near misses. One would-be sale has them carrying the machine up a large flight of steps, only to find out that a young lady wants them to post a letter for her. The boys later get into an argument knocking off each other's hats, which eventually involves scores of others. A police van eventually carts all those involved away except Stan and Ollie, who afterwards try to find their own headgear amongst the hundreds of others lying on the street.
Asylum Inmate
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.
Little Goofy
Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.
Lawyer
This film was presumed lost for a long time, until the second reel of this movie showed up again in the '90's. So half of the movie can be seen. It's a fast paced slapstick comedy with also a good comical story about a man (Charley Chase) who is being prosecuted for shooting his wife (Edna Marion).
Chester Chaste, cabdriver
A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.
Brittle's lawyer
James Finlayson es un rico hombre de negocios que un día se despierta sin recordar que se ha casado la noche anterior. Su abogado (Laurel) y el mayordomo (Hardy) tratarán de ayudarle a salir de esta situación.
Cuthbert Hope
Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant trouble.
Willie Brisling
Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.
Writer
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.
Romaine Ricketts
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.
Screenplay
Agnes Ayres was apparently a star of feature film who is top billed in this one-off Hal Roach short. She does well as the woman at the centre of the story, but it's pretty plain that it's actually the comic mind and performing talents of Stan Laurel, who plays her butler, that make this two-reel short shine.
Anatole, the butler
Agnes Ayres was apparently a star of feature film who is top billed in this one-off Hal Roach short. She does well as the woman at the centre of the story, but it's pretty plain that it's actually the comic mind and performing talents of Stan Laurel, who plays her butler, that make this two-reel short shine.
Writer
A raíz de un accidente de coche, el gran Max Davidson desarrolla un pequeño fraude de seguros gracias a la pierna rota de su hijo.
Writer
Mr. Buggs is an insect collector. A beautiful and mysterious Asian woman (the lovely Anna May Wong) brings him a rare specimen, but she is actually a wanted thief who has stolen a valuable brooch.
Handyman
Priscilla está casada con un artista llamado León. Sin embargo Leon no está mostrando mucho interés por ella. A si que trama un plan para darle celos con Stan que es un vendedor de pintura.Ollie lo viste para que cene esa noche con Priscila y engañar a Leon..pero todo se enredara...
Hives
Huyendo de un grupo de guardabosques, que están reuniendo vagabundos para servir de bomberos, se refugian en una mansión. El propietario se ha ido de vacaciones y los sirvientes están ausentes, por lo que Hardy pretende ser el propietario y le ofrece alquilar la casa a una pareja inglesa. Hardy consigue que Laurel se haga pasar por la criada. Desafortunadamente, el propietario regresa y le dice a los posibles inquilinos que él es el propietario de la casa; Laurel y Hardy luego huyen de nuevo y son atrapados por los guardabosques y obligados a combatir incendios forestales.
Writer
A short comedy by Leo McCarey about a jewish father who is worried about his daughter.
Assistant Director
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, London, and finally Paris, where problems arise on top of the Eiffel Tower.
English pedestrian
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, London, and finally Paris, where problems arise on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Hotel Guest
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.
Writer
Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer.
Dangerfield
After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story about the countess. After spending the night in the wrong street looking for the wrong countess, he comes up with a plan: the butler will be seen in a comprimising situation with the countess, and then photographed. The countess, who is sick of reporters, has other ideas... Written by Paul L
Summers, the butler
A butler is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.
Writer
A butler is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.
Director
A butler is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.
Director
The crotchety dean of Pinkham University blames the "bad behavior of the school's female students on a dress shop owned by Helene, and informs her he's shutting her shop down. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Napoleon has invented a plaster that restores youth. The dean accidentally sits on the plaster and reverts back to his younger days when he himself used to chase college girls. Complications ensue.
Writer
A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the woman's divorce-disapproving aunt.
Writer
Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him up with a pretty girl who is stranded in their neighborhood. He takes her out to dinner, but to his disgust he discovers that she lacks even one ounce of class and her table manners are frightening. Soon enough, Barrymore is reunited with his wife.
Writer
A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succeed in doing so, but the gas turns out to be not quite what they expected.
Director
A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succeed in doing so, but the gas turns out to be not quite what they expected.
Writer
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner
Director
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner
Writer
A daughter's rich father wants to marry her off to a rich but older man. The daughter has other ideas however and sets out to find a nice young man she can fall in love with.
Writer
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, with husband Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Katherine Grant goes tomcatting around town.
The Man in the Window
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, with husband Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Katherine Grant goes tomcatting around town.
Writer
Two burglars break into the home of an eccentric doctor. The doctor catches them, but offers to let them go free -- and give them a thousand dollars -- if they go to a cemetery and bring back the body of a man who he believes died of "water on the brain."
Director
Two burglars break into the home of an eccentric doctor. The doctor catches them, but offers to let them go free -- and give them a thousand dollars -- if they go to a cemetery and bring back the body of a man who he believes died of "water on the brain."
Writer
Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his hapless assistant. Cranking away in no man's land, they take foolish chances and must dodge flying shells, falling down and losing their film repeatedly.
Director
Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his hapless assistant. Cranking away in no man's land, they take foolish chances and must dodge flying shells, falling down and losing their film repeatedly.
Winchell McSweeney
Laurel plays Winchell McSweeney, whose fisherman parents forced him to leave home and make it on his own when they can no longer afford to keep supporting him. He takes a boat out of the village, but accidentally sets the ship on fire when he attempts to take a photograph of the passengers. The women end up on the island with McSweeney, and is constantly pursued by them, including one Amazon-size girl.
Dr. Pyckle/Mr Pride
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
Stan Laurel before Laurel and Hardy, in this "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"-inspired story, which was released 30 July 1925.
Director
Nanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, including the dog, and loses his wig. After having dinner with the family, Nanette's former lover returns, and Hillory must confront him
Writer
A very good as a faithful husband, whose wife is looking for proof that more than his eyes have been roving. She hires a private detective to provide it.
Director
A very good as a faithful husband, whose wife is looking for proof that more than his eyes have been roving. She hires a private detective to provide it.
Webster Dingle
American silent comedy film
Stan
Stationed in a Latin American country, sailor Stan is lonely and wants company. He tries to get his Chief to bring him along to a dinner the Chief has been invited to, but the Chief wants nothing to do with Stan.
Mountie
Drunk
It's 3:00 AM at the Firewater Club, and Stanley has had more than enough to drink. When he tries to take over leading the orchestra, the manager - a former boxer - lets him know that he needs to restrain himself. But it's not long before Stanley causes another disruption anyway, and when he then tries to dance with the manager's wife, the manager's patience finally runs out.
Stan / his twin
Stan Laurel solo, playing doubles
A tramp
Stan plays a kind hearted tramp whose love goes un-requited in this sweet short film from 1925.
Stan, a Tenderfoot
Stan travels to the small town of Hot Dog to collect an inheritance. He learns his late uncle left him everything - but in the event of Stan's death it all goes to his two outlaw cousins.
A convict
When a convict forcibly changes places with our hero Stan, he's taken to the pokey in the prisoner's place. Run-ins with pies, pickaxes, and the electric chair follow. Will the warden find Stan innocent or presume him guilty?
Sum Sap
Stan Laurel plays a Chinese laundryman and he displays some good physical slapstick reminiscent of his days with the Karno troupe in England.
McPherson's Son
As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, but things don't turn out quite as expected.
Gabriel Goober
Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
King / Rudolph Razz
Con
Sir Patrick attempts to marry a young lady against her will. Nice guy Stan Laurel tries to help out but gets thrown in jail for his trouble.
A 1924 silent comedy.
Dippy Donawho
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
Stan
Postage Due is a 1924 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Smithy
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company owner leaves for a week, and tells his secretary to send a letter to Mr. Smith telling him to complete the construction of the house while he (the owner) is away. The letter is accidently sent to Smithy who manages to complete the house. When the owner returns the house is complete, and Smithy is commended until the last support beam is removed...
Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
Bob Canister
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the mother lode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
'Save the Ship' is a plotless silent short film which has the 33 year old Stan Laurel acting in a run of the mill production to pay his bills and as a token by Hal Roach.
The husband
A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness box, and claims she is this way due to her husband, who shows up very infrequently. For the defence (James Finlayson), he never did anything to be proud of - and was proud of it. He sits there smirking and sipping a glass of water before being momentarily distracted. He goes to take another sip of his drink but instead picks up a different glass containing something very different.
Olaf - A peasant
In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) right under the very nose of her father. When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go, seeing as he has nine other children to worry about. As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer.
Professor Stanilaus Laurello
Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.
A Man About Town
A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.
Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines. The first is a Limburger cheese bit that is low-brow but funny. The second is the final scene with dogs following Stan at the end.
Sunkist
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.
Phillup McCann
Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped off, he puts his sign on the doorframe and wanders off to a nearby cafe where waitress Katherine Grant serves him an egg, medium rare, and a cup of tea, well done....
Laurel portrays a commercial traveller, hawking a patent medicine cried Professor I.O. Dine's Knox-All: that name is the funniest joke in this movie, which ain't sayin' much. I should point out that this movie dates from 1923, the shank of Prohibition. During Prohibition, quite a lot of Americans purchased patent medicine if it had (ahem!) 'medicinal' properties, so -- if Knox-All contains alcohol.
Laundry Worker
Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Miner
Surge un problema cuando un hombre incompetente, interpretado por Stan Laurel, va a trabajar a "una mina sin valor" y se enamora de la hija del jefe.
Stan is in the company of ladies in this film. He is serving in the military with female officers, but there is also a demure lady who wins his affections.
Street Cleaner
Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
Stan is a lazy employee at a lumber company. Much of the first portion of the film has to do with Stan trying to sneak into work late--past the violent and rather insane supervisor. Later, however, Stan walks into a plot to steal the company away and frame the owner for a crime he did not commit.
The handy man
A 1923 silent comedy.
Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
Though only the second half survives, here's a synopsis of what's left: Stan is a Robin Hood-type character in a medieval walled town. He's chased by an army of knights, but both he and his pursuers ride music-hall half-horse costumes in lieu of real steads. He proceeds to fight, Fairbanks-like, dozens of swordsmen at once, and defeats his rival one-on-one, leaving him to marry the princess in a state ceremony.
Jimmy Smith
Stan is Jimmy Smith, a salesman who is trying hard to pitch his Napoleon book to an uninterested customer as they stand in front of some iron gates. When an elderly gentleman approaches the two men he uses sign language to communicate to the 'customer' and they leave together. This is when Stan sees the sign for the Deaf & Dumb Institute that his subject was standing in front of. An elderly lady then walks out of the gates and Stan uses sign language in an attempt to talk to her. Of course, she is not deaf or dumb and gives him some verbal abuse for assuming so.
Rhubarb Vaselino
Rhubarb Vaselino lives in a small village, when he and his friend, Sapo, enter a bullfighting contest, Sapo dies, but Rhubarb kills three bulls and becomes a local hero earning money. Two years later, he is living in Madrid as a national hero , when he becomes involved with Filet de Sol, and his lover finds out, he must fight the most deadliest in Spain, in the last bull fight of the season.
The Gardener
A riotous comedy of social errors, as absurd as a butler's whiskers.
Humpty Dumpty
Stan plays a mischievous and clumsy worker in a lumber factory.
Book salesman
Nuts in May, re-cut, with added footage and outtakes from _Pest, The (1922)_ , combined with newly shot sequences to bridge the scenes.
Brash young man accused of dognapping
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.
The Man
Stan Laurel is picked up at the train depot and brought back by the husband to the family home where the wife is having a suffragette meeting. None too pleased they cause mayhem and then the neighbours are brought into it as Stan cleans up the backyard by throwing all the rubbish into their award winning garden.
Toby - the janitor
Stan plays a janitor at a hotel dropping letters and trying to retrieve them with a vacuum, getting wet, helping a lady shoot her cheating husband and being chased by the police.
Simp, Second Prisoner
The story is of two convicts always trying to escape, until one day when they actually manage to. They meet up with a girl and become rivals for her charms.
Nervy Young Man
A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.
Pete
Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel.
Gang member
This film represents one of Larry Semon's pro-war films. He is a clumsy guy working in a restaurant and oddly, everyone who works in the place as well as many of the customers are Kaiser-loving spies. Why they would be headquartered in a restaurant in California, I have no idea! Regardless, their aim is to steal some plans from some old guy and his daughter. When Semon finds out, he comes to the rescue.
Self
The funniest moments from Laurel and Hardy's most hilarious films
