3/19/11 BEV HILLS HOME of the LATE GREAT OLIVER HARDY ("LAUREL & HARDY") (1892-57)

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 3/19/11
 BEV HILLS
HOME of the
LATE GREAT
OLIVER HARDY
("LAUREL & HARDY")
(1892-57)

here in BH, oliver lived only a few blocks aways from his pal stan..."Oliver Hardy (January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955... In 1927, Laurel and Hardy began sharing screen time together in 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)..."(wiki)