Laurel and Hardy

You're Darn Tootin' You're Darn Tootin' is a 1928 Laurel & Hardy silent comedy short , produced by Hal Roach . It was shot in January 1928 and released April 21, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The story of two musicians who played neither by...

In this article: You're Darn Tootin', Stan, Dog, BBC Four, Leslie Halliwell, Mobile, Alabama, Hal Roach, and Paul Merton

...as Mack Sennett out of business. Hal Roach moved Laurel and Hardy full-time into feature films after 1935, and halved his popular Our Gang films to one reel at the request of distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Roach, who could no longer afford...

In this article: Short films, DVD, Hal Roach, Our Gang, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United States, Movieola, BritFilms, and Newgrounds

...special effects department. In 1933 he began a long association with producer Hal Roach of Hal Roach Studios ,, where he shot many of the comedy shorts of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy fame. In his later career, he worked...

In this article: Kenneth D. Peach Sr., Hal Roach, Pauline Curley, Tiffany Pictures, Stan Laurel, RKO Pictures, and Warner Bros

Pitts and Todd Pitts and Todd was a female comedy duo from the 1930s, put together by Hal Roach as the female counterpart to Laurel and Hardy Both actresses, ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd, had been working with Roach in various short films and...

In this article: ZaSu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, Hal Roach, Lyda Roberti, Leroy Shield, A Pain in the Pullman, On the Loose, and Jules White

...produced by Hal Roach and distributed by MGM. On a snowy winter's night, Laurel and Hardy try and keep their pet dog 'Laughing Gravy' hidden from their landlord, mostly without success. The landlord eventually orders them to leave, but...

In this article: Laughing Gravy, The Chimp, Dog, Charlie Hall, MGM, Suicide, and Angora Love

...Keaton hired him to direct his 1927 comedy College. From there he moved to the Hal Roach studio, where he worked with Roach's leading stars, Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase, and Our Gang. Horne's Laurel and Hardy comedies Big Business...

In this article: James W. Horne, Hal Roach, Kalem Studios, Universal, Cerebral hemorrhage, Big Business, College, The Spider's Web, and Dick Tracy Returns

...travelling companion in 1927's The Cat and the Canary. Astor worked prolifically at Hal Roach studios with such headliners as Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, and especially Charley Chase. She was also kept busy at Columbia Pictures' short...

In this article: Gertrude Astor, Sherlock Holmes, The Strong Man, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Hal Roach, Columbia Pictures, Universal, Our Gang, and Charley Chase

The Finishing Touch The Finishing Touch is a 1928 short comedy silent film produced by Hal Roach, directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1927 and released February 25, 1928 by...

In this article: The Finishing Touch, Hal Roach, and Dorothy Coburn

...known for his work for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 until 1940. Hatley wrote many of the musical cues appearing in the Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, and Charley Chase films. His most memorable composition is "The Cookoo Song" (also known as...

In this article: Marvin Hatley, Hal Roach, Stan Laurel, Saps at Sea, Our Gang, Charley Chase, Hollywood, and California