Author: Jack ScagnettiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
American masters of the comedic art.
The Laurel and Hardy Scrapbook
Author: Jack ScagnettiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
American masters of the comedic art.
Laurel & Hardy
Author: Harry LimePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244163871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo who performed during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, comprising Englishman Stan Laurel (June 16th, 1890 ? February 23rd, 1965), with American Oliver Hardy (January 18th, 1892 ? August 7th, 1957). They became famous for their slapstick comedy during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy. The duo's signature tune known as "The Cuckoo Song", "Ku-Ku", or "The Dance of the Cuckoos," was played over the opening credits of their movies, having become as emblematic of the duo as their bowler hats.
The Three Stooges Scrapbook
Author: John Howard MaurerPublisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806509464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Dour-faced Moe Howard with his sugar-bowl haircut, his bald, chubby brother Curly and frizzy-haired Larry have poked, slapped, ear-yanked and nose-twisted their way into people's hearts across the world - and into film history. Their nearly 200 two-reel comedies, made between 1933 and 1958, have been translated into over 25 languages, entertained nearly six generations of fans and are seen somewhere in the world every single day. The Three Stooges Scrapbook is a historical overview of their time in showbusiness.
Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy
Author: Simon LouvishPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312325985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
A biography of Laurel and Hardy describes their original teaming in the 1927 short, "Duck Soup, " their considerable innovations, and their ongoing influence.
The Making of Stan Laurel
Author: Danny LawrencePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786485159
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
As an adult, Stan Laurel (1890-1965) lived in the United States. As a boy, he lived in north-east England, the son of a prominent local theatrical figure. This ground-breaking biography examines Laurel's family background, his formative years and his struggle to establish a show business career. Stan retained the emotional bonds forged in his youth throughout his life and visited his boyhood homes during his UK tours with Oliver Hardy. Describing Stan Laurel's key roles in making his films with his partner Oliver Hardy so successful internationally, the book analyzes how Stan's boyhood experiences are often echoed in those films. It also notes his influence on successive generations of comic actors who, to this day, still pay fulsome tribute to him. Included is a selection of photographs relevant to Laurel's boyhood, some related to themes in the Laurel and Hardy comedies.
The Laurel and Hardy Scrapbook
Author: Jack ScagnettiPublisher: Jonathan David Publishers
ISBN: 9780824602789
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Laurel & Hardy on Stage
Author: Randy SkretvedtPublisher:
ISBN: 9780989499897
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Laurel and Hardy
Author: Wes D. GehringPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This book presents a combined biographical, critical, and bibliographical estimate of Laurel and Hardy's significance in film comedy, the arts in general, and as popular culture icons. The book features biographical information on the public and privates lives of Laurel and Hardy, a critique of four broad influences of Laurel and Hardy, and a bibliographical essay, assessing key reference materials and locating research collections open to the student and/or scholar.
A Paignton Scrapbook
Author: Peggy ParnellPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750953349
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Telling stories about well-known local characters of Paignton, the history of local businesses, A Paignton Scrapbook explores the truth behind various myths and legends, and, reminds readers of long-gone buildings, and bygone pubs and clubs, among others.
Stan
Author: Fred Lawrence GuilesPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1684424798
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Stan, surprisingly, is the first full-length biography of the legendary comic who was the creative half of the universally loved duo, Laurel and Hardy. Based upon scores of interviews with family and friends (including the intimate diaries of Virginia Ruth Laurel, whom Stan married three times) and enhanced by a magnificent collection of previously unpublished photographs, Stan tells the very human story of Laurel’s struggle to survive against difficult odds, personal and professional. From precarious beginnings in vaudeville with Charlie Chaplin, skinny Stan changed his name and rose to enjoy success and universal acclaim with his big-bellied partner Oliver Hardy. Yet beneath the exterior of the wistful comic whose sense of humor gave pleasure to so many millions was a man beset by financial worries, alcohol, and unhappy personal relationships that encompassed many dalliances and six marriages. This superb biography provides new insight into the supremely talented man behind the screen image and a fascinating panorama of show business in the first half of this century.