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Remembering and promoting the work of Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and their many talented co-stars.
Dirty Work was released in November 1933.

Stan: 'Did you hurt yourself?'
Oliver: 'I have nothing to say. You attend to your work - and I'll attend to mine.'

Later in the film:

Oliver: Don't you ever do ANYTHING right?
Stan: [sarcastically] I have nothing to say!
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
On this day in 1943 The Dancing Masters was released. It was Fox's third biggest earning film of the year and 20th on the list of the top 50 moneymakers for 1943.

Stan: The harder they fall, the bigger I am!
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nothing But Trouble (1944) #laurelandhardy work as chef and butler for Mrs Hawkley.

Mrs. Hawkley: The last man I had stayed for several years. He'll tell you I was most accommodating. In fact, I still get letters from him. He's on an island somewhere in the Pacific. I think they call it Alcatraz.
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Finishing Touch (1928) was filmed in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Angeles. The house #laurelandhardy were building in the film was located at 2830 Motor Avenue (destroyed after filming). The hospital building (2728 McConnell Drive) still stands today.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🎃Happy Halloween🎃 #laurelandhardy 👻
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Slipping Wives (1927) began production on this day in 1926. It was released with the tagline 'The story of a drifting husband and wife who no longer talk to each other-they bark.' It featured #laurelandhardy with Priscilla Dean and Herbert Rawlinson.
October 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Oliver the Eighth (1934) was the last of #laurelandhardy's three reel films. It featured English comedy actor Jack Barty (John Walter Bartholomew, 1888-1942) as Jitters the butler.

Jitters the butler: Nice weather we had tomorrow.
October 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
On this day in 1927 The Second One Hundred Year was released. #laurelandhardy play Little Goofy and Big Goofy, sentenced to 100 years in prison until they eventually succeed in escaping.

Little Goofy: What's a detour?
Big Goofy: It's the wrong way to the right place!
October 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Early to Bed, the first of only two #laurelandhardy films to feature only Stan and Ollie (the second being Brats) was released on this day in 1928.
October 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bank President: What is your business?
Oliver: We're in the restaurant business.
Bank President: Here in town?
Oliver: Oh, all over town. Here, there and thither.
Bank President: Chain business?
Stan: No, restaurant.

Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
September 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Putting Pants on Philip began production on this day in 1927.

J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Ollie): What can I do to entertain you? What are you interested in?
Philip (Stan): Wimmen!
September 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) was a film of firsts. The first (and only) film to feature their names in the title, their first three reel film and the first film we hear Ollie say "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"
September 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Oliver: She [his wife] says I think more of you than I do of her.
Stanley: Well you do, don't you?
Oliver: Well, we won't go into that...
Their First Mistake (1932)
September 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Finishing Touch (1928) #laurelandhardy are promised a $500 incentive to rush the completion of a homeowners new house. What could possibly go wrong? This silent film demonstrates how Stan and Ollie didn't need speech to drive a story and is considered a prototype for their 'working-man films'.
September 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
On this day in 1927 With Love and Hisses was released, although #laurelandhardy weren't an official partnership at this point the film does lay the foundations for what we see in future films and stars many of their costars we see such as James FInlayson, Charlie Hall and Anita Garvin.
August 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#laurelandhardy March 1954 with Jack Graham (of Graham and Barron) at the Empire Theatre, Glasgow.
August 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#laurelandhardy relaxing in between takes on the set of Towed in a Hole (1932), other than a brief appearance by Billy Gilbert, Stan and Ollie are the only characters in the film.
August 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
'Mr. Hardy is a man of wonderful ideas -- so is Mr. Laurel -- as long as he doesn't try to think.' Pardon Us (1931).
August 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On this day in 1957 Oliver Hardy passed away aged 65. His ashes were interred in the Masonic Garden section of the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood. #laurelandhardy
August 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Wrong Again (1929), #laurelandhardy thinking Blue Boy (the horse) is the stolen Blue Boy (painting) in the news they seek to claim the reward for his return.

Ollie: These millionaires are peculiar--They think just the opposite to other people. Even now he's taking a bath, an' it's only Monday.
August 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ollie: ...all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Stan: Jack who?
Sons of the Desert (1933)
August 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Backstage with #laurelandhardy during their 1952 UK tour. This was their second British tour, Stan wrote the sketch "A Spot of Trouble." that they performed at various locations between February and September.
July 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Habeas Corpus (1928) began production 97 years ago this week. If you can lip read you will see Stan referring to Ollie by his nickname Babe, something he done in several silent films.

Stan: Don't you think the Professor is a trifle cuckoo?
Ollie: He is as sound mentally as you or I.
July 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM