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In 1912, Laurel left England with a Fred Karno Troupe, to tour the United States of America. Laurel said of Karno 'There was no one like him. In 1909 he was employed by Britain's leading comedy impresario, Fred Karno, working as a supporting actor and as an understudy of Charlie Chaplin. Arthur Jefferson secured Laurel his first acting job with a theatrical juvenile company, Levy and Cardwell, specialising in Christmas Pantomimes. In 1905 the Jefferson family moved to Glasgow to be closer to their business mainstay, The Metropole Theatre, with Laurel making his stage debut in a Glasgow hall called the Panoptikon, a month short of his 16th birthday. Laurel was born into a family with theatre in its blood. His father, Arthur Joseph Jefferson, was a theatrical entrepreneur and theatre owner in Northern England and Scotland, who with his wife was a major force in the industry. Stan Laurel (JвЂ“ February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire, England. The official Laurel and Hardy appreciation society is known as The Sons of the Desert, after a fraternal society in their film of the same name. The duo's signature tune, known variously as 'The Cuckoo Song', 'Ku-Ku', or 'The Dance of the Cuckoos', played on the opening credits of their films. They were voted the seventh greatest comedy act in a 2005 UK poll by fellow comedians. The works of Laurel and Hardy have been re-released in numerous theatrical reissues, television revivals, 16mm and 8mm home movies, feature-film compilations, and home video since the 1930s. On December 1, 1954, the team made their only American television appearance, surprised by Ralph Edwards on his live NBC-TV program, This Is Your Life. Notable Laurel traits included crying like a baby while being berated and scratching his hair when in shock. Their silent film Big Business (1929), which includes one of these routines, was added to the Library of Congress as a national treasure in 1992. They starred in 40 short sound films, 32 short silent films and 23 full-length feature films, and made 12 guest or cameo appearances, including the recently discovered Galaxy of Stars promotional film (1936).ДЄ common comedy routine was a tit-for-tat fight. In total they appeared together in 107 films. In 1950 they made their last film, a French/ Italian co-production called Atoll K, before retiring from the screen.

LAUREL AND HARDY MOVIES MOVIE

After finishing their movie commitments at the end of 1944, they concentrated on stage shows, embarking on a music hall tour of England, Ireland, and Scotland. The pair remained with the Roach studio until 1940, then appeared in eight 'B' comedies for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1941 to 1945. Laurel and Hardy officially became a team the following year in the silent short film Putting Pants on Philip (1927). Although the two comedians first worked together on the film The Lucky Dog (1921), this was a chance pairing and it was not until 1926, when both separately signed contracts with the Hal Roach film studio, that they began appearing in movie shorts together. Prior to the double act both were established actors with Laurel appearing in over 50 films and Hardy in over 250 films.

Hardy's catchphrase 'Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!' is still widely recognized. Their films include Sons of the Desert (1933), the Academy Award winning short film The Music Box (1932), Babes in Toyland (1934), and Way Out West (1937).

They made over 100 films together, initially two-reelers (short films) before expanding into feature length films in the 1930s. Composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890вЂ“1965) and heavy American Oliver Hardy (1892вЂ“1957) they became well known during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous Hardy.

Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.

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