12: L&H and the Law - Classic shortsīLOCK-HEADS VOL. 6: Murder in the Air - Classic shortsīIG BUSINESS VOL. 4: Ollie and Matrimony - Classic shortsīERTH MARKS VOL. 18: Married Life – Classic ShortsīEAU HUNKS VOL.
20: More Brushes with the Law - Classic shortsīE BIG VOL. 16: Maritime Adventures - Classic shortsīACON GRABBERS VOL. 1: A Chump At Oxford and Related StoriesĪNY OLD PORT! VOL. 20: More Brushes with the Law - Classic shortsĪNOTHER FINE MESS VOL. 9: The Bohemian Girl and related shortsĪNGORA LOVE VOL. 1: A Chump At Oxford and Related StoriesĪLONG CAME AUNTIE VOL. Posted with thanks to compiler Neil Evans, Grand Sheik, Bacongrabbers Tent, Wigan and St Helens.Ī CHUMP AT OXFORD VOL. The March of The Wooden Soldiers (AKA Babes in Toyland)Ītoll K (AKA Utopia, Robinson Crusoeland)Ĭontents listed below reprinted from The Laurel & Hardy Forum Otherwise, great set and at a bargain currently. Eliminating the latter would have saved quite a bit of space. About half of the DVDs include both the B&W AND colorized versions. The official Laurel and Hardy appreciation society is known as The Sons of the Desert which was named after a fictitious fraternal society featured in the Laurel and Hardy film of the same name.The set is massive. In 2005, they were voted the seventh-greatest comedy act of all time by a UK poll of fellow comedians. Since the 1930s, the works of Laurel and Hardy have been released in numerous theatrical reissues, television revivals, 8-mm and 16-mm home movies, feature-film compilations, and home videos. On December 1, 1954, the pair made one American television appearance when they were surprised and interviewed by Ralph Edwards on his live NBC-TV program This Is Your Life. They also made 12 guest or cameo appearances that included the Galaxy of Stars promotional film of 1936. They appeared as a team in 107 films, starring in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, and 23 full-length feature films.
It was played over the opening credits of their films and has become as emblematic of the duo as their bowler hats. The duo's signature tune is known variously as "The Cuckoo Song", "Ku-Ku", or "The Dance of the Cuckoos". They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous Hardy. The team was composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavyset American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.
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