Stan Laurel — Actor (100)
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Their Purple Moment (1928)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Die Geldgierigen / Laurel et Hardy - Un moment d'humiliation …
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.
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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
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Robert Youngson actor: Charley Chase / Oliver Hardy …
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.
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Our Wife (1931)
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James W. Horne actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Die Braut wird geklaut / Laurel et Hardy - Justes noces …
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
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Oliver the Eighth (1934)
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Lloyd French actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Das Privatleben von Oliver dem Achten / Laurel Et Hardy - Oliver Le Huitième …
Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.
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Them Thar Hills (1934)
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Charley Rogers actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Selige Campingfreuden / Laurel et Hardy - Les joyeux compères …
Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.
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Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
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Charley Rogers actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Der große Fang / Laurel et Hardy - Compagnons de voyage …
In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with them. The woman who answers the ad is actually Butch's girlfriend. Meanwhile Butch escapes and hides in a trunk in his girlfriend's apartment where he gets locked inside. Not realizing who it is, Stan and Ollie finally manage to get the trunk open and then Butch exacts his revenge.
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Me and My Pal (1933)
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Charley Rogers / Lloyd French actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof als Mitgiftjäger / Laurel et Hardy - Les deux flemmards …
On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.
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Scram! (1932)
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Ray McCarey actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Gelächter in der Nacht / Laurel et Hardy - Les Deux Vagabonds …
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
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The Chimp (1932)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof in der Manege / Prenez garde au lion …
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
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One Good Turn (1931)
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James W. Horne actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof als Retter in der Not / Laurel et Hardy - Les Deux Campeurs …
Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Spuk um Mitternacht / Laurel et Hardy - La maison de la peur …
The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.
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Brats (1930)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy
other title: Dick und Doof - Vaterfreuden / Laurel et Hardy - Les Bons Petits Diables …
Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.
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Blotto (1930)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Jubel, Trubel, Heiterkeit / Laurel et Hardy - Quelle bringue ! …
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.