Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were stars in their own right before teaming up in 1927 the form one of the first two man comedy teams on the Silver Screen. Their style of slapstick humour took the world by storm and they are still remembered as the pioneers of film comic relief. The world saw them as loyal friends on and off the screen.

VOLUME 2 CONTAINS:

HOP TO IT, BELLHOP (1925)

A very funny film about a couple of bellhops at a hotel played by comic legend Bobby Ray and the yet to be famous, Oliver ‘Babe’ Hardy. Written & Directed by Ted Burnsten

THE SAWMILL (1922)

A slapstick comedy set in a lumberyard, finds Hardy playing a foreman in competition with Larry Semon, for the girl. Written & Directed by Larry Semon I & Norman Taurog

KID SPEED (1924)

Hardy and Semon star in this stunt filled race to win the love of a wealthy businessman’s daughter. Both men doing more than usual to win the race. Written & Directed by Larry Semon I & Noel M. Smith

YES, YES, NANETTE (1915)

Hardy plays a former lover of Nanette, who has come to confront the man she has married, when her family (and dog) disapprove of him. Written by Carl Harbaugh. Directed by Clarence Hennecke & Stan Laurel.

THE PAPERHANGER’S HELPER (1915)

Chaos erupts in a sanatorium, when it hires two paperhangers to put up a few posters. Also known as ‘Stick Around’, this short comedy stars a 23-year-old Hardy. Directed by Ward Hayes

ENOUGH TO DO (1926)

Hardy stars as the very funny foreman in this comic short film telling how a chef collects meals for the bridge worker’s dinner. Written by Edward Dillon & Carl Harbaugh. Directed by Stan Laurel

FIRST FLYING MACHINE

Recorded in this motion picture are actual scenes of the experimental flights of the Wright Brothers and other events in the early days of aviation.

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