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Laurel and Hardy
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Laurel and Hardy

US film comedians. They were one of the most successful comedy teams in film history (Laurel was slim, Hardy rotund). Their partnership began in 1927, survived the transition from silent films to sound, and resulted in more than 200 short and feature-length films. Among these are Pack Up Your Troubles (1932), Our Relations (1936), and A Chump at Oxford (1940). The Music Box (1932) won an Academy Award as Best Short Film.

The duo first collaborated in the studio of US film producer Hal Roach. Laurel played the bumbling, confused, innocent foil to Hardy's overly confident and pretentious character.

Laurel, a British-born former music-hall comedian and understudy to Charlie Chaplin, produced several of their feature films, notably Way Out West (1937). He received an honorary Academy Award in 1960.
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A STATUE honouring comic genius Stan Laurel and his film partner Oliver Hardy was unveiled in the town of his birth yesterday Ken Dodd arrived with Stan and Ollie look-a-likes in a Model T Ford to do the honours.
Dodd tickled to honour Laurel by The Mirror (London, England)
Byline: MIKE HORNBY HUNDREDS of people gathered to see Ken Dodd unveil a statue of fellow comedians Stan Laurel and his sidekick Oliver Hardy yesterday .
Dodd acclaims comic legends; Bronze statue unveiled to Laurel and ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
HUNDREDS gathered to watch Ken Dodd unveil a statue of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Doddy unveils tribute to L& H by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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