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Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy team during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957).
Jan 11, 2019 · As the tour continued, audience numbers did begin to rise, but the fun came to an abrupt end on 17 May 1954. After performing a single night at the Palace Theatre in Plymouth, Hardy had a...
Jul 2, 2024 · Owing to an illness to Oliver Hardy, the fun begins and ends on the May 17, 1954, forcing Stan and Ollie to cancel the remainder of their tour and in time head for the port city of Hull...
Jan 9, 2019 · Forty years later, Stan Laurel was back in Britain, touring some of the same theatres he had appeared in before the first World War. As film artists, Laurel and Hardy were washed up: their...
Sep 16, 2020 · Oliver Hardy died surprisingly broke, and New Statesman reveals that in 1946, Stan Laurel was forced to admit he only had $2,000 in his bank account — and $200 a month to live on.
- Jeff Somers
Dec 28, 2018 · The movie is a fictionalized take on the comedians’ British tour in 1953 and 1954. Their third such tour, it would end up being their last tour together, due to the declining health of the...
Oct 24, 2018 · ‘Gentleness and tenderness’. The pair’s close friendship lasted to the very end. In 1956, Hardy suffered a major stroke which left him bedridden and unable to speak. Author John Connolly...
