Best laurel and hardy biography
Best laurel and hardy biography
Mr laurel and mr hardy: an affectionate biography.
The Untold Truth Of Laurel And Hardy
ByFrank F.
The comedy double act Laurel and Hardy is considered to be among the best, if not the very best, comedy group(s) in history.
Like many comedy duos — from Abbott and Costello to Kenan and Kel — the pair found great success in highlighting their real or fictional differences and communicating through conflicts, disagreements, and misunderstandings. The small, ambitious, and British Arthur Stanley Jefferson, better known as Stan Laurel, embodied the tried-and-true role of a fool.
The large, smiling, and Southern-American Oliver "Babe" Hardy took on the opposite role of a haughty "straight man."
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Laurel and Hardy had individual, and very different, careers in show business before they joined forces in the 1920s, when they were in their thirties.
Once they began working together, they forged a comedic partnership that started with short, silent films and led to feature-length films and app