LAUREL & HARDY GROUP 2 EA VINTAGE 1940 SAPS AT SEA PHOTOGRAPHS
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LAUREL & HARDY GROUP 2 EA VINTAGE ORIGINAL 1940 SAPS AT SEA PHOTOGRAPHS
DESCRIPTION: RARE GROUP LOT OF 2 EACH: LAUR...EL & HARDY vintage 1940 authentic original gelatin silver photographs from the film SAPS AT SEA (indicated in the publicity snipe as TWO'S COMPANY) - SIZE: approx. 9 1/2" X 7 1/2"
- TONE: B&W- FINISH: glossy__________________________________________________________
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- I ship all items using, what I call, triple protection packing. The photos are inserted into a display bag with a white board, then packed in between two thick packaging boards and lastly wrapped with plastic film for weather protection before being placed into the shipping envelope.
- The shipping cost for U.S. shipments includes USPS "Delivery Confirmation" tracking.
- Combined Shipping Discounts: If you purchase more than one item within a two week period that will be shipped together just add $2.00 to the base shipping cost. This will cover any additional quantity of a similar item purchased. If you purchase different types of items (i.e. clothes and photos) please contact me for the lowest possible shipping discount. Please wait for me to issue the invoice with the reduced shipping cost before making payment.
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________________________________________________________________________OLIVER HARDY BIO
(January 18, 1892 ? August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as onehalf of Laurel and Hardy, theclassic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30years, from 1927 to 1955.Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia.His father, Oliver, was a Confederate veteran wounded at the Battle ofAntietam on September 17, 1862. After his demobilization as a recruiting officerfor Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment, the elder Oliver Hardy assisted his father inrunning the vestiges of the family cotton plantation, bought a share in a retail business and was elected full-time Tax Collector forColumbia County.His mother, Emily Norvell, the daughter of Thomas Benjamin Norvell and MaryFreeman, was descended from CaptainHugh Norvell of Williamsburg, Virginia. Her family arrived in Virginia before 1635.Their marriage took place on March 12, 1890; it was the second marriage for the widow Emily, and the third for Oliver. He was ofpaternal English American descent and maternal Scottish American descent.The family moved to Madisonin 1891, before Norvell?s birth. Norvell?s mother owned a house in Harlem, whichwas either empty or tenanted by her mother.It is probable that Norvell was born in Harlem, though some sources say it was in his mother?s home town, Covington. His father died less than a year after his birth. Hardy was the youngest of five. As a child, Hardy was sometimes difficult. Hewas sent to a Milledgeville military academy as a youngster. In the 1905/1906 school year, fall semester (September?January), when he was 13, Hardy was sent to Young HarrisCollege in north Georgia. However, he was in the junior high component of that institution (the equivalent of highschool today), not the two-year collegewhich exists today.He had little interest in education, although he acquired an early interest in music and theater, possibly from his mother?s tenants. He joined a theatrical group, and later ran away from a boarding school near Atlanta to sing with the group. His mother recognized his talent for singing, and sent him to Atlanta to study music and voice with singingteacher Adolf Dahm-Petersen, butHardy skipped some of his lessons to sing in the Alcazar Theater, a cinema, for US$3.50 a week. He subsequently decided to go back toMilledgeville.Sometime prior to 1910, Hardybegan styling himself "Oliver Norvell Hardy", with the first name ?Oliver? being added as a tribute to his father. He appeared as ?Oliver N.Hardy? in the 1910 U.S.census, and in all subsequent legalrecords, marriage announcements, etc., Hardy used ?Oliver? as his first name.Hardy?s mother wanted him to attend the University of Georgiain the fall of 1912, to study law, but there is no evidence that he ever did or didnot.In 1910, a movie theater openedin Hardy?s home town of Milledgeville, Georgia, and he became the projectionist, ticket taker, janitormanager. He soon became obsessed with the new motionpicture industry, and becameconvinced that he could do a better job than the actors he saw on the screen. A friend suggested that he move to Jacksonville, Florida, where some films were being made. In1913, he did just that, where he worked as a cabaret and vaudeville singerat night, and at the LubinManufacturing Company during the day.It was at this time that he met and married his first wife, pianist Madelyn Saloshin.and The next year he made his first movie, Outwitting Dad, for the Lubinstudio. He was billed as O. N.Hardy, taking his father?s name as amemorial. In his personal life, he was known as ?Babe? Hardy, a nickname that he was given by an Italian barber, who would apply talcum powder to Oliver?s cheeks and say, ?nice-a-bab-y.? In many of his laterfilms at Lubin, he was billed as?Babe Hardy.? Hardy was a big man atsix feet, one inch tall and weighedup to 300 pounds. His size placedlimitations on the roles he could play.He was most often cast as ?the heavy? or the villain.He also frequently had roles in comedy shorts, his size complementing the character.By 1915, he had made 50 shortone-reeler films at Lubin. He latermoved to New Yorkand made films for the Pathé, Casinoand Edison Studios. He then returnedto Jacksonvilleand made films for the Vim Comedy Company, until that studio closed its doors after Hardy discovered the owners werestealing from the payroll. He thenworked for the King Bee studio after they bought Vim.He worked with Charlie Chaplin imitator Billy West and comedic actress EthelBurton Palmer during this time.(Hardy continued playing the ?heavy? for West well into the early 1920s, often imitating Eric Campbell to West?s Chaplin.) In 1917, Oliver Hardy moved to Los Angeles, working freelance for several Hollywoodstudios. Later that year, he appeared in the movie The Lucky Dog, produced by G.M. (?Broncho Billy?) Anderson and starring a young Britishcomedian named Stan Laurel.[2]Oliver Hardy played the part of a robber, trying to stick up Stan?s character.They did not work together again for several years.Between 1918 and 1923, OliverHardy made more than forty films for Vitagraph, mostly playing the ?heavy? for Larry Semon.In 1919, he separated from his wife, ending with a divorce in 1920, allegedly due to Hardy?s infidelity. The very next year, on November 24, 1921, Hardy married again, to actress Myrtle Reeves. Thismarriage was also unhappy and Myrtle eventually became an alcoholic.In 1924, Hardy began working atHal Roach Studios working with the Our Gang films and Charley Chase. In 1925, he starred as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz.Also that year he was in the film, Yes, Yes, Nanette!, starring JimmyFinlayson, who in later years wouldbe a recurring actor in the Laureland Hardy film series. The film wasdirected by Stan Laurel. He alsocontinued playing supporting roles in films featuring Clyde Cooke and Bobby Ray.In 1926, Hardy was scheduled toappear in Get ?Em Young but was unexpectedly hospitalized after beingburned by a hot leg of lamb. Laurel, who had been working as a gag man and director atRoach Studios, was recruited to fillin. Laurelkept appearing in front of the camera rather than behind it, and later that year appeared in the same movie asHardy, 45 Minutes from Hollywood, although they didn?t share any scenes together.In 1927, Laurel and Hardy begansharing screen time together in Slipping Wives, Duck Soup (no relation to the 1933 Marx Brothers? film of the same name)and With Love and Hisses.Roach Studios? supervising director Leo McCarey, realizing the audience reaction to the two, began intentionally teaming them together, leading to the start of a Laurel and Hardy series late that year. With this pairing, he created arguably the most famous double act in movie history. They began producing a huge body of short movies, including The Battle of the Century (1927)(with one of the largest pie fights ever filmed), Should Married Men Go Home? (1928), Two Tars (1928), UnaccustomedAs We Are (1929, marking theirtransition to talking pictures) Berth Marks (1929), Blotto (1930), Brats(1930) (with Stan and Ollie portraying themselves, as well as their own sons, usingoversized furniture to sets for the ?young? Laurel and Hardy), Another Fine Mess (1930), Be Big! (1931), and many others. In 1929, they appeared in their first feature, in one of the revue sequences of HollywoodRevue of 1929 and the following year they appeared as the comic relief in alavish all-color (in Technicolor) musical feature entitled The Rogue Song. This film marked their first appearance in color. In 1931, they made their first full length movie (in which they were the actual stars), Pardon Us although they continued to makefeatures and shorts until 1935. TheMusic Box, a 1932 short, won them an Academy Award for best short film ?their only such award.In 1936, Hardy?s personal lifesuffered a blow as he and Myrtle divorced.While waiting for a contractual issue between Laurel and Hal Roach to beresolved, Hardy made Zenobiawith Harry Langdon. Eventually, however, new contracts were agreed and the team was loaned out to General Services Studioto make The Flying Deuces.While on the lot, Hardy fell in lovewith Virginia Lucille Jones, ascript girl, whom he married thenext year. They enjoyed a happy, successful marriage until his death.In the early 1940s, Laurel andHardy made A Chump at Oxford (1940)(which features a moment of rolereversal, with Oliver becoming asubordinate to a temporarily concussed Stan) and Saps at Sea (1940)before leaving Roach Studios. Theybegan performing for the USO, supporting the Allied troops during World War II, and teamed up to make films for 20th century Fox, and later MGM. Although they werefinancially better off, they hadvery little artistic control at the large studios, and hence the films lack the very qualities that had made Laurel and Hardyworldwide names.In 1947, Laurel and Hardy went ona six week tour of Great Britain.Initially unsure of how they would be received, they were mobbed wherever they went.The tour was then lengthened to include engagements in Scandinavia, Belgium, France, as well as a Royal Command Performance for KingGeorge VI and Queen Elizabeth.Biographer John McCabe said they continued to make live appearances in the United Kingdom and Francefor the next several years, until1954, often using new sketches andmaterial that Laurelhad written for them.In 1949, Hardy?s friend, John Wayne, asked him to play a supporting role in The Fighting Kentuckian. Hardy had previously worked with Wayne and JohnFord in a charity production of the play What Price Glory? while Laurel began treatmentfor his diabetes a few years previously.Initially hesitant, Hardy acceptedthe role at the insistence of his comedy partner.Frank Capra later invited Hardy to play a cameo role in Riding High withBing Crosby in 1950.In 1950?51, Laurel and Hardy made their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia) was asimple concept; Laurelinherits an island, and the boys setout to sea, where they encounter astorm and discover a brand new island, rich in uranium, making thempowerful and wealthy. However, it was produced by a consortium of Europeaninterests, with an internationalcast and crew that could not speak to each other.In addition, the script needed to berewritten by Stan to make it fit the comedy team?s style, and both suffered serious physical illness during the filming.In 1955, the pair had contractedwith Hal Roach, Jr., toproduce a series of TV shows based on the Mother Goose fables. They would be filmed in color for NBC. However, this was never to be. Laurel suffered a stroke, which required a lengthy convalescence. Hardy had a heart attack and stroke later thatyear, from which he never physicallyrecovered.In May 1954, Hardy suffered amild heart attack. During 1956, Hardy began looking after his health for the firsttime in his life. He lost more than150 pounds in a few months which completely changed his appearance. Letters written by Stan Laurel, however, mention that Hardy had terminal cancer, which has caused some to suspect that this was the real reason for Hardy?srapid weight loss. Hardy was a heavysmoker, as was Stan Laurel. Hal Roach made the statement they were a couple of"freight train smoke stacks".Hardy suffered a major stroke on September 14, which left him confined to bed and unable to speak for several months. He remained at home, in the care of his beloved Lucille.He suffered two more strokes in early August 1957, and slipped into a coma from which he never recovered.Oliver Hardy died on August 7, 1957, aged 65 years old.His remains are located in the Masonic Garden of Valhalla Memorial ParkCemetery in North Hollywood. In 2006, BBC Four showed a dramacalled Stan based on Laurelmeeting Hardy on his deathbed and reminiscing about their career. Although based on fact, it took great liberties with both the events and main characters. Stan Laurel could not bring himself to go to hisfilm partner and friend's funeral.He stated, "Babe wouldunderstand."Hardy?s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1500 Vine Street, Hollywood, California.1914 Outwitting Dad (as O.N. Hardy) Casey's Birthday Building a Fire He Won a Ranch The Particular Cowboys For Two Pins A Tango Tragedy A Brewerytown Romance The Female Cop Good Cider Long May It Wave Who's Boss? His Sudden Recovery The Kidnapped Bride Worms Will Turn The Rise of the Johnsons (as Oliver Hardy) He Wanted Work They Bought a Boat Back to the Farm Making Auntie Welcome Never Too Old The Green Alarm (as O.N. Hardy) A Fool There Was Pins Are Lucky (as O.N. Hardy) Jealous James When the Ham Turned The Smuggler's Daughter She Married for Love The Soubrette and the Simp Kidnapping the Kid The Honor of the Force She Was the Other The Daddy of Them All Mother's Baby Boy The Servant Girl's Legacy He Wanted His Pants Dobs at the Shore The Fresh Air Cure Weary Willie's Rags
1915 The Tramps (as Oliver Hardy) The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (as O.N. Hardy) Ethel's Romeos Charley's Aunt (as Oliver Hardy) What He Forgot They Looked Alike Spaghetti a la Mode Gus and the Anarchists Cupid's Target Shoddy the Tailor The Prize Baby An Expensive Visit (as Oliver Hardy) Cleaning Time Mixed Flats (as Oliver Hardy) Safety Worst The Twin Sister (as Oliver Hardy) Who Stole the Doggies? (as Oliver Hardy) Baby (as Oliver Hardy) A Lucky Strike (as Oliver Hardy) Matilda's Legacy (as Oliver Hardy) Capturing Bad Bill Her Choice Cannibal King It May Be You (as O.N. Hardy) What a Cinch Poor Baby (as O.N. Hardy) Not Much Force (as O.N. Hardy) The Dead Letter Clothes Make the Man (as O.N. Hardy) The Haunted Hat Avenging Bill The Simp and the Sophomores (as O.N. Hardy) Babe's School Days Fatty's Fatal Fun Something in Her Eye The Crazy Clock Maker The Midnight Prowlers Pressing Business Love, Pepper and Sweets A Janitor's Joyful Job Strangled Harmony Speed Kings Mixed and Fixed Ups and Downs
1916 Bouncing Baby (as Oliver Hardy) This Way Out Chickens Frenzied Finance A Special Delivery Busted Hearts A Sticky Affair Bungles' Rainy Day One Too Many Bungles Enforces the Law The Serenade Bungles' Elopement Nerve and Gasoline Bungles Lands a Job Their Vacation Mamma's Boys The Battle Royal All for a Girl Hired and Fired What's Sauce for the Goose The Brave Ones The Water Cure Thirty Days Baby Doll The Schemers Sea Dogs Hungry Hearts Never Again The Lottery Man (as Oliver Hardy) Better Halves Edison Bugg's Invention A Day at School A Terrible Tragedy Spaghetti Aunt Bill The Heroes It Happened in Pikesville Human Hounds Dreamy Knights Life Savers Their Honeymoon The Try Out An Aerial Joyride (as Oliver Hardy) Sidetracked Stranded Love and Duty The Reformers Royal Blood The Candy Trail The Precious Parcel A Maid to Order Twin Flats A Warm Reception Pipe Dreams Mother's Child Prize Winners Ambitious Ethel The Guilty Ones He Winked and Won He Went and Won Fat and Fickle
1917 The Prospectors (as Oliver Hardy) The Modiste Little Nell The Boycotted Baby The Love Bugs The Other Girl A Mix Up In Hearts Wanted ? A Bad Man Back Stage The Hero Dough Nuts Cupid's Rival The Villain The Millionaire The Goat The Fly Cop The Chief Cook The Candy Kid The Hobo The Pest The Band Master The Slave (as Oliver Hardy)
1918 The Stranger (as Oliver Hardy) Bright and Early The Rogue His Day Out (as Oliver Hardy) The Orderly The Scholar The Messenger The Handy Man The Straight and Narrow Playmates Beauties in Distress Business Before Honesty Hello Trouble Painless Love The King of the Kitchen He's in Again
1919 Hop, the Bellhop The Freckled Fish Lions and Ladies Soapsuds and Sapheads Hearts in Hock Jazz and Jailbirds Mules and Mortgages Tootsies and Tamales Healthy and Happy Flips and Flops Yaps and Yokels Mates and Models Dull Care Squabs and Squabbles Bungs and Bunglers The Head Waiter Switches and Sweeties (as Oliver Hardy)
1920 Dames and Dentists (as Oliver Hardy) Maids and Muslin Squeaks and Squawks Distilled Love Fists and Fodder Pals and Pugs He Laughs Last Springtime The Decorator The Stage Hand Married to Order The Trouble Hunter His Jonah Day The Backyard
1921 The Nuisance The Mysterious Stranger The Blizzard The Bakery The Rent Collector The Tourist The Fall Guy The Bell Hop
1922 The Sawmill The Show A Pair of Kings Golf Fortune's Mask (as Oliver Hardy) Little Wildcat (as Oliver Hardy) The Agent The Counter Jumper
1923 No Wedding Bells The Barnyard The Midnight Cabaret The Gown Shop Lightning Love Horseshoes
1924 Trouble Brewing The Girl in the Limousine Her Boy Friend (as Oliver N. Hardy) Kid Speed (as Oliver N. Hardy)
1925 Stick Around Hey, Taxi! Wizard of Oz (as Oliver N. Hardy) Rivals (as Oliver Hardy) Wild Papa Fiddlin' Around (as Oliver Hardy) Isn't Life Terrible? Hop to It! The Joke's on You (as Oliver Hardy) Yes, Yes, Nanette They All Fall Should Sailors Marry? (as Oliver Hardy) The Perfect Clown (as Oliver Hardy)
1926 Stop, Look and Listen A Bankrupt Honeymoon Wandering Papas Madame Mystery (as Oliver Hardy) Say It with Babies Long Fliv the King (as Oliver Hardy) The Cow's Kimona (scenes deleted) The Gentle Cyclone (as Oliver Hardy) Thundering Fleas (as Oliver Babe Hardy) Along Came Auntie (as Oliver Hardy) Crazy Like a Fox (uncredited) Bromo and Juliet (as Oliver Hardy) Be Your Age (as Oliver Hardy) The Nickel-Hopper (uncredited)
1927 Two-Time Mama Should Men Walk Home? (as Oliver Hardy) Why Girls Say No (as Oliver Hardy) The Honorable Mr. Buggs (as Oliver Hardy) No Man's Law (as Oliver Hardy) Crazy to Act (as Oliver Hardy) Fluttering Hearts (as Oliver Hardy) Baby Brother (as Oliver Hardy) Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (as Oliver Hardy)
Later films Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (as Oliver Hardy) (1928) Choo-Choo! (as Oliver Hardy - voice only) (1932) Zenobia (as Oliver Hardy) (1939) The Fighting Kentuckian (as Oliver Hardy) (1949) Riding High, uncredited cameo appearance (1950) Unconfirmed filmappearances The Artist's Model (1916) Terrible Kate (1917) His Movie Mustache (1917) Bad Kate (1917) This Is Not My Room (1917) Pipe Dreams and Prizes (1920) The Perfect Lady (1924) Roaring Lions at Home (1924) Laughing Ladies (1925) (courtesy of wikipedia)
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DESCRIPTION: RARE GROUP LOT OF 2 EACH: LAUR...EL & HARDY vintage 1940 authentic original gelatin silver photographs from the film SAPS AT SEA (indicated in the publicity snipe as TWO'S COMPANY) - SIZE: approx. 9 1/2" X 7 1/2"
- TONE: B&W- FINISH: glossy__________________________________________________________
SHIPPING TERMS
- I ship all items using, what I call, triple protection packing. The photos are inserted into a display bag with a white board, then packed in between two thick packaging boards and lastly wrapped with plastic film for weather protection before being placed into the shipping envelope.
- The shipping cost for U.S. shipments includes USPS "Delivery Confirmation" tracking.
- Combined Shipping Discounts: If you purchase more than one item within a two week period that will be shipped together just add $2.00 to the base shipping cost. This will cover any additional quantity of a similar item purchased. If you purchase different types of items (i.e. clothes and photos) please contact me for the lowest possible shipping discount. Please wait for me to issue the invoice with the reduced shipping cost before making payment.
PAYMENT TERMS
- Please pay within three (3) days of purchase.
- All sales taxes applicable to the City of Los Angeles, State ofCalifornia and the 2019 Marketplace Sales Tax Law in other states shall beapplied.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
I will respond to all inquiries within 24 hours. Please feel free to contact me anytime at 1-310-880-8140 (Pacific Standard Time)
________________________________________________________________________OLIVER HARDY BIO
(January 18, 1892 ? August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as onehalf of Laurel and Hardy, theclassic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30years, from 1927 to 1955.Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia.His father, Oliver, was a Confederate veteran wounded at the Battle ofAntietam on September 17, 1862. After his demobilization as a recruiting officerfor Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment, the elder Oliver Hardy assisted his father inrunning the vestiges of the family cotton plantation, bought a share in a retail business and was elected full-time Tax Collector forColumbia County.His mother, Emily Norvell, the daughter of Thomas Benjamin Norvell and MaryFreeman, was descended from CaptainHugh Norvell of Williamsburg, Virginia. Her family arrived in Virginia before 1635.Their marriage took place on March 12, 1890; it was the second marriage for the widow Emily, and the third for Oliver. He was ofpaternal English American descent and maternal Scottish American descent.The family moved to Madisonin 1891, before Norvell?s birth. Norvell?s mother owned a house in Harlem, whichwas either empty or tenanted by her mother.It is probable that Norvell was born in Harlem, though some sources say it was in his mother?s home town, Covington. His father died less than a year after his birth. Hardy was the youngest of five. As a child, Hardy was sometimes difficult. Hewas sent to a Milledgeville military academy as a youngster. In the 1905/1906 school year, fall semester (September?January), when he was 13, Hardy was sent to Young HarrisCollege in north Georgia. However, he was in the junior high component of that institution (the equivalent of highschool today), not the two-year collegewhich exists today.He had little interest in education, although he acquired an early interest in music and theater, possibly from his mother?s tenants. He joined a theatrical group, and later ran away from a boarding school near Atlanta to sing with the group. His mother recognized his talent for singing, and sent him to Atlanta to study music and voice with singingteacher Adolf Dahm-Petersen, butHardy skipped some of his lessons to sing in the Alcazar Theater, a cinema, for US$3.50 a week. He subsequently decided to go back toMilledgeville.Sometime prior to 1910, Hardybegan styling himself "Oliver Norvell Hardy", with the first name ?Oliver? being added as a tribute to his father. He appeared as ?Oliver N.Hardy? in the 1910 U.S.census, and in all subsequent legalrecords, marriage announcements, etc., Hardy used ?Oliver? as his first name.Hardy?s mother wanted him to attend the University of Georgiain the fall of 1912, to study law, but there is no evidence that he ever did or didnot.In 1910, a movie theater openedin Hardy?s home town of Milledgeville, Georgia, and he became the projectionist, ticket taker, janitormanager. He soon became obsessed with the new motionpicture industry, and becameconvinced that he could do a better job than the actors he saw on the screen. A friend suggested that he move to Jacksonville, Florida, where some films were being made. In1913, he did just that, where he worked as a cabaret and vaudeville singerat night, and at the LubinManufacturing Company during the day.It was at this time that he met and married his first wife, pianist Madelyn Saloshin.and The next year he made his first movie, Outwitting Dad, for the Lubinstudio. He was billed as O. N.Hardy, taking his father?s name as amemorial. In his personal life, he was known as ?Babe? Hardy, a nickname that he was given by an Italian barber, who would apply talcum powder to Oliver?s cheeks and say, ?nice-a-bab-y.? In many of his laterfilms at Lubin, he was billed as?Babe Hardy.? Hardy was a big man atsix feet, one inch tall and weighedup to 300 pounds. His size placedlimitations on the roles he could play.He was most often cast as ?the heavy? or the villain.He also frequently had roles in comedy shorts, his size complementing the character.By 1915, he had made 50 shortone-reeler films at Lubin. He latermoved to New Yorkand made films for the Pathé, Casinoand Edison Studios. He then returnedto Jacksonvilleand made films for the Vim Comedy Company, until that studio closed its doors after Hardy discovered the owners werestealing from the payroll. He thenworked for the King Bee studio after they bought Vim.He worked with Charlie Chaplin imitator Billy West and comedic actress EthelBurton Palmer during this time.(Hardy continued playing the ?heavy? for West well into the early 1920s, often imitating Eric Campbell to West?s Chaplin.) In 1917, Oliver Hardy moved to Los Angeles, working freelance for several Hollywoodstudios. Later that year, he appeared in the movie The Lucky Dog, produced by G.M. (?Broncho Billy?) Anderson and starring a young Britishcomedian named Stan Laurel.[2]Oliver Hardy played the part of a robber, trying to stick up Stan?s character.They did not work together again for several years.Between 1918 and 1923, OliverHardy made more than forty films for Vitagraph, mostly playing the ?heavy? for Larry Semon.In 1919, he separated from his wife, ending with a divorce in 1920, allegedly due to Hardy?s infidelity. The very next year, on November 24, 1921, Hardy married again, to actress Myrtle Reeves. Thismarriage was also unhappy and Myrtle eventually became an alcoholic.In 1924, Hardy began working atHal Roach Studios working with the Our Gang films and Charley Chase. In 1925, he starred as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz.Also that year he was in the film, Yes, Yes, Nanette!, starring JimmyFinlayson, who in later years wouldbe a recurring actor in the Laureland Hardy film series. The film wasdirected by Stan Laurel. He alsocontinued playing supporting roles in films featuring Clyde Cooke and Bobby Ray.In 1926, Hardy was scheduled toappear in Get ?Em Young but was unexpectedly hospitalized after beingburned by a hot leg of lamb. Laurel, who had been working as a gag man and director atRoach Studios, was recruited to fillin. Laurelkept appearing in front of the camera rather than behind it, and later that year appeared in the same movie asHardy, 45 Minutes from Hollywood, although they didn?t share any scenes together.In 1927, Laurel and Hardy begansharing screen time together in Slipping Wives, Duck Soup (no relation to the 1933 Marx Brothers? film of the same name)and With Love and Hisses.Roach Studios? supervising director Leo McCarey, realizing the audience reaction to the two, began intentionally teaming them together, leading to the start of a Laurel and Hardy series late that year. With this pairing, he created arguably the most famous double act in movie history. They began producing a huge body of short movies, including The Battle of the Century (1927)(with one of the largest pie fights ever filmed), Should Married Men Go Home? (1928), Two Tars (1928), UnaccustomedAs We Are (1929, marking theirtransition to talking pictures) Berth Marks (1929), Blotto (1930), Brats(1930) (with Stan and Ollie portraying themselves, as well as their own sons, usingoversized furniture to sets for the ?young? Laurel and Hardy), Another Fine Mess (1930), Be Big! (1931), and many others. In 1929, they appeared in their first feature, in one of the revue sequences of HollywoodRevue of 1929 and the following year they appeared as the comic relief in alavish all-color (in Technicolor) musical feature entitled The Rogue Song. This film marked their first appearance in color. In 1931, they made their first full length movie (in which they were the actual stars), Pardon Us although they continued to makefeatures and shorts until 1935. TheMusic Box, a 1932 short, won them an Academy Award for best short film ?their only such award.In 1936, Hardy?s personal lifesuffered a blow as he and Myrtle divorced.While waiting for a contractual issue between Laurel and Hal Roach to beresolved, Hardy made Zenobiawith Harry Langdon. Eventually, however, new contracts were agreed and the team was loaned out to General Services Studioto make The Flying Deuces.While on the lot, Hardy fell in lovewith Virginia Lucille Jones, ascript girl, whom he married thenext year. They enjoyed a happy, successful marriage until his death.In the early 1940s, Laurel andHardy made A Chump at Oxford (1940)(which features a moment of rolereversal, with Oliver becoming asubordinate to a temporarily concussed Stan) and Saps at Sea (1940)before leaving Roach Studios. Theybegan performing for the USO, supporting the Allied troops during World War II, and teamed up to make films for 20th century Fox, and later MGM. Although they werefinancially better off, they hadvery little artistic control at the large studios, and hence the films lack the very qualities that had made Laurel and Hardyworldwide names.In 1947, Laurel and Hardy went ona six week tour of Great Britain.Initially unsure of how they would be received, they were mobbed wherever they went.The tour was then lengthened to include engagements in Scandinavia, Belgium, France, as well as a Royal Command Performance for KingGeorge VI and Queen Elizabeth.Biographer John McCabe said they continued to make live appearances in the United Kingdom and Francefor the next several years, until1954, often using new sketches andmaterial that Laurelhad written for them.In 1949, Hardy?s friend, John Wayne, asked him to play a supporting role in The Fighting Kentuckian. Hardy had previously worked with Wayne and JohnFord in a charity production of the play What Price Glory? while Laurel began treatmentfor his diabetes a few years previously.Initially hesitant, Hardy acceptedthe role at the insistence of his comedy partner.Frank Capra later invited Hardy to play a cameo role in Riding High withBing Crosby in 1950.In 1950?51, Laurel and Hardy made their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia) was asimple concept; Laurelinherits an island, and the boys setout to sea, where they encounter astorm and discover a brand new island, rich in uranium, making thempowerful and wealthy. However, it was produced by a consortium of Europeaninterests, with an internationalcast and crew that could not speak to each other.In addition, the script needed to berewritten by Stan to make it fit the comedy team?s style, and both suffered serious physical illness during the filming.In 1955, the pair had contractedwith Hal Roach, Jr., toproduce a series of TV shows based on the Mother Goose fables. They would be filmed in color for NBC. However, this was never to be. Laurel suffered a stroke, which required a lengthy convalescence. Hardy had a heart attack and stroke later thatyear, from which he never physicallyrecovered.In May 1954, Hardy suffered amild heart attack. During 1956, Hardy began looking after his health for the firsttime in his life. He lost more than150 pounds in a few months which completely changed his appearance. Letters written by Stan Laurel, however, mention that Hardy had terminal cancer, which has caused some to suspect that this was the real reason for Hardy?srapid weight loss. Hardy was a heavysmoker, as was Stan Laurel. Hal Roach made the statement they were a couple of"freight train smoke stacks".Hardy suffered a major stroke on September 14, which left him confined to bed and unable to speak for several months. He remained at home, in the care of his beloved Lucille.He suffered two more strokes in early August 1957, and slipped into a coma from which he never recovered.Oliver Hardy died on August 7, 1957, aged 65 years old.His remains are located in the Masonic Garden of Valhalla Memorial ParkCemetery in North Hollywood. In 2006, BBC Four showed a dramacalled Stan based on Laurelmeeting Hardy on his deathbed and reminiscing about their career. Although based on fact, it took great liberties with both the events and main characters. Stan Laurel could not bring himself to go to hisfilm partner and friend's funeral.He stated, "Babe wouldunderstand."Hardy?s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1500 Vine Street, Hollywood, California.1914 Outwitting Dad (as O.N. Hardy) Casey's Birthday Building a Fire He Won a Ranch The Particular Cowboys For Two Pins A Tango Tragedy A Brewerytown Romance The Female Cop Good Cider Long May It Wave Who's Boss? His Sudden Recovery The Kidnapped Bride Worms Will Turn The Rise of the Johnsons (as Oliver Hardy) He Wanted Work They Bought a Boat Back to the Farm Making Auntie Welcome Never Too Old The Green Alarm (as O.N. Hardy) A Fool There Was Pins Are Lucky (as O.N. Hardy) Jealous James When the Ham Turned The Smuggler's Daughter She Married for Love The Soubrette and the Simp Kidnapping the Kid The Honor of the Force She Was the Other The Daddy of Them All Mother's Baby Boy The Servant Girl's Legacy He Wanted His Pants Dobs at the Shore The Fresh Air Cure Weary Willie's Rags
1915 The Tramps (as Oliver Hardy) The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (as O.N. Hardy) Ethel's Romeos Charley's Aunt (as Oliver Hardy) What He Forgot They Looked Alike Spaghetti a la Mode Gus and the Anarchists Cupid's Target Shoddy the Tailor The Prize Baby An Expensive Visit (as Oliver Hardy) Cleaning Time Mixed Flats (as Oliver Hardy) Safety Worst The Twin Sister (as Oliver Hardy) Who Stole the Doggies? (as Oliver Hardy) Baby (as Oliver Hardy) A Lucky Strike (as Oliver Hardy) Matilda's Legacy (as Oliver Hardy) Capturing Bad Bill Her Choice Cannibal King It May Be You (as O.N. Hardy) What a Cinch Poor Baby (as O.N. Hardy) Not Much Force (as O.N. Hardy) The Dead Letter Clothes Make the Man (as O.N. Hardy) The Haunted Hat Avenging Bill The Simp and the Sophomores (as O.N. Hardy) Babe's School Days Fatty's Fatal Fun Something in Her Eye The Crazy Clock Maker The Midnight Prowlers Pressing Business Love, Pepper and Sweets A Janitor's Joyful Job Strangled Harmony Speed Kings Mixed and Fixed Ups and Downs
1916 Bouncing Baby (as Oliver Hardy) This Way Out Chickens Frenzied Finance A Special Delivery Busted Hearts A Sticky Affair Bungles' Rainy Day One Too Many Bungles Enforces the Law The Serenade Bungles' Elopement Nerve and Gasoline Bungles Lands a Job Their Vacation Mamma's Boys The Battle Royal All for a Girl Hired and Fired What's Sauce for the Goose The Brave Ones The Water Cure Thirty Days Baby Doll The Schemers Sea Dogs Hungry Hearts Never Again The Lottery Man (as Oliver Hardy) Better Halves Edison Bugg's Invention A Day at School A Terrible Tragedy Spaghetti Aunt Bill The Heroes It Happened in Pikesville Human Hounds Dreamy Knights Life Savers Their Honeymoon The Try Out An Aerial Joyride (as Oliver Hardy) Sidetracked Stranded Love and Duty The Reformers Royal Blood The Candy Trail The Precious Parcel A Maid to Order Twin Flats A Warm Reception Pipe Dreams Mother's Child Prize Winners Ambitious Ethel The Guilty Ones He Winked and Won He Went and Won Fat and Fickle
1917 The Prospectors (as Oliver Hardy) The Modiste Little Nell The Boycotted Baby The Love Bugs The Other Girl A Mix Up In Hearts Wanted ? A Bad Man Back Stage The Hero Dough Nuts Cupid's Rival The Villain The Millionaire The Goat The Fly Cop The Chief Cook The Candy Kid The Hobo The Pest The Band Master The Slave (as Oliver Hardy)
1918 The Stranger (as Oliver Hardy) Bright and Early The Rogue His Day Out (as Oliver Hardy) The Orderly The Scholar The Messenger The Handy Man The Straight and Narrow Playmates Beauties in Distress Business Before Honesty Hello Trouble Painless Love The King of the Kitchen He's in Again
1919 Hop, the Bellhop The Freckled Fish Lions and Ladies Soapsuds and Sapheads Hearts in Hock Jazz and Jailbirds Mules and Mortgages Tootsies and Tamales Healthy and Happy Flips and Flops Yaps and Yokels Mates and Models Dull Care Squabs and Squabbles Bungs and Bunglers The Head Waiter Switches and Sweeties (as Oliver Hardy)
1920 Dames and Dentists (as Oliver Hardy) Maids and Muslin Squeaks and Squawks Distilled Love Fists and Fodder Pals and Pugs He Laughs Last Springtime The Decorator The Stage Hand Married to Order The Trouble Hunter His Jonah Day The Backyard
1921 The Nuisance The Mysterious Stranger The Blizzard The Bakery The Rent Collector The Tourist The Fall Guy The Bell Hop
1922 The Sawmill The Show A Pair of Kings Golf Fortune's Mask (as Oliver Hardy) Little Wildcat (as Oliver Hardy) The Agent The Counter Jumper
1923 No Wedding Bells The Barnyard The Midnight Cabaret The Gown Shop Lightning Love Horseshoes
1924 Trouble Brewing The Girl in the Limousine Her Boy Friend (as Oliver N. Hardy) Kid Speed (as Oliver N. Hardy)
1925 Stick Around Hey, Taxi! Wizard of Oz (as Oliver N. Hardy) Rivals (as Oliver Hardy) Wild Papa Fiddlin' Around (as Oliver Hardy) Isn't Life Terrible? Hop to It! The Joke's on You (as Oliver Hardy) Yes, Yes, Nanette They All Fall Should Sailors Marry? (as Oliver Hardy) The Perfect Clown (as Oliver Hardy)
1926 Stop, Look and Listen A Bankrupt Honeymoon Wandering Papas Madame Mystery (as Oliver Hardy) Say It with Babies Long Fliv the King (as Oliver Hardy) The Cow's Kimona (scenes deleted) The Gentle Cyclone (as Oliver Hardy) Thundering Fleas (as Oliver Babe Hardy) Along Came Auntie (as Oliver Hardy) Crazy Like a Fox (uncredited) Bromo and Juliet (as Oliver Hardy) Be Your Age (as Oliver Hardy) The Nickel-Hopper (uncredited)
1927 Two-Time Mama Should Men Walk Home? (as Oliver Hardy) Why Girls Say No (as Oliver Hardy) The Honorable Mr. Buggs (as Oliver Hardy) No Man's Law (as Oliver Hardy) Crazy to Act (as Oliver Hardy) Fluttering Hearts (as Oliver Hardy) Baby Brother (as Oliver Hardy) Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (as Oliver Hardy)
Later films Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (as Oliver Hardy) (1928) Choo-Choo! (as Oliver Hardy - voice only) (1932) Zenobia (as Oliver Hardy) (1939) The Fighting Kentuckian (as Oliver Hardy) (1949) Riding High, uncredited cameo appearance (1950) Unconfirmed filmappearances The Artist's Model (1916) Terrible Kate (1917) His Movie Mustache (1917) Bad Kate (1917) This Is Not My Room (1917) Pipe Dreams and Prizes (1920) The Perfect Lady (1924) Roaring Lions at Home (1924) Laughing Ladies (1925) (courtesy of wikipedia)
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