Laurel & Hardy | The Sound of Silents | A Docu-Mini
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- čas přidán 4. 08. 2024
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Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy - the greatest screen duo of all time. This documentary short, the first of three, explores their initial formation as a team, as well as their incredible adaptation from silent films to sound.
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High praise! Thank you!
"DefunctComedians"
Couldn’t agree with you more
except he doesn't get political
Very good point
The performances of Laurel and Hardy were not only humorous and inventive, they were also "beautiful," in a way that only the greatest of art is beautiful. We see that in some of the work done by Gleason and Art Carney or Lemmon and Matthau, but with Stan and Ollie the perfection was there almost always.
My two year old granddaughter has a t-shirt that says, "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into". Appropriate for a two year old, courtesy of Pops.
Many people in the depression died from starvation, suicide or violence related to acts of desperation. Many others died of suffocation and cardiac arrest from laughing so hard at Laurel and Hardy.
The duration of the stair fall is gold. A go-to standard for comedy that followed.
They're the absolute greatest film comedy team.
Greatest duo, yes, but it is between them and The Three Stooges for the best team.
Laurel and Hardy were the greatest comedy team of all time. They were the among the few performers to make the transition from silent to sound and not miss a beat. And Oliver Hardy deserves credit for having invented the double take. My favorite thing about the relationship between the two is that Ollie always thought he was the smart one when in fact he was just as dumb as Stan.
Larry Shackle Not as dumb as Stan, but not brilliant.
"Laurel" was stupid, and he knew it; "Hardy" was stupid, but he DIDN'T know it-----That was the key to their comedy.
Yet, Laurel was the mastermind during their entire career. Babe loved golf, Laurel loved to direct. The dumbest person supposedly in the room was Laurel. That was key and it worked so well!
That's a great way of putting it.
2 stars, each a genius, together the best duo in commedy of all times!
Also, Oliver was aware of the fourth wall, Stan never is: We often get a 'Someone help me with this idiot' look from Ollie
My father was a huge fan of the duo. And his description, concerning "the key" to their
comedy, was exactly the way you have described it here. How cool.
CZcams randomly recommended me your Gene Wilder video the other day and I've been hooked. Keep up the good work!
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@@bevrosity Same for me. It must've been because CZcams put some Ernest Movies on the Free Movie section.
Same for me with Gene Wilder. This channel is fantastic!
Same
Well....here's another nice video you've gotten me to watch! MMM!😁
Hope you enjoy!
Dozens of films? HUNDREDS!
I freaking love them.
I love that more recent movie, called Ollie & Stan, as I recall.
I grew up with these guys, and they still make me laugh like hell.
Well, 106, actually.
@@mjemigh3304 it still counts!
Laurel & Hardy were great in silent or sound films. They were truly GREAT!
"If I had any sense I'd walk out on you!"
"Well it's a good thing you haven't any!"
"It CERTIANLY IS!"
they both lack self awareness but in different, perfectly complimentary ways.
Great job! I think I heard you say Oliver was born in 1895 though, but he was born in 1892. No biggie I loved your vid!
This channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Excited to watch! Cheers.
Thanks so much!
I lived in Harlem, GA when I was young, and the Laurel & Hardy fest was an annual tradition. They have a bunch of murals of them around town. One of which I'll never forget because I thought they made Laurel look like the Cryptkeeper.
The great thing about the duo was they were both truly good, fine, upstanding kind-hearted men who led good lives, never heard an unkind word about either, they were beloved for a reason ...and they put out some of the funniest comedy ever! 😁
Awesome video! L&H are by far the greatest comedy team and must be passed on to future generations. If you dont like them than you dont like comedy
I love these guys! I’m particularly amazed at how they silently acts out their thoughts. They were both golden.
Thank you very much for this beautiful, well made docu mini part 1. Excellent!
This was so good! I have to be honest, I've never watched Laurel and Hardy before, but I laughed at so many of the clips you shared that I've GOT to check out their work!
Thank you so much! That's my honest goal in making these. Check out the short Helpmates (John C. Reilly's favorite).
Please watch shorts Music Box. Towed in a Hole is also terrific!
Their full length features. Way Out West and Sons of the Desert. Enjoy
Quality and commentary is top shelf. Thanks so much
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this channel, I am singing it's praises! I needed this :) Ps...I may have shed a tear at the John Candy episode. Keep it up! :)
You’ve covered my favorites of all time! Thank you! Stan Laurel really was the comedic genius! He could do anything Chaplin could do, but more!
Another excellent video as always. Keep up the great work.
Just wanted to say that I found this channel today and really love your vids. Keep up the good work and thanks so much for keeping the actors i’ve grown up with alive.
Glad you like them!
I'm really enjoying your videos! Looking forward to the rest of the Laurel & Hardy series!
I watched several of your other videos and really liked them. I first got into laurel and Hardy through repeats on the BBC when I was a kid and they will always have a place in my heart
Thank you for making these! Been a huge L&H fan since I can remember, thanks again.
Man you cover some of my favorite people. Keep up the great work. Can't wait for the next one.
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I just binge watched all your videos the other night. Such good quality content! Thank you so much for sharing, it's really appreciated!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.
Loving your mini documentaries. Great use of footage and filled with brilliant facts about the subject.
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.
Wonderful video, thanks so much for taking the time to make this! I just recently found your channel, and after enjoying a few other videos of yours, I was really hoping to see a Laurel and Hardy feature by you sometime soon...And here it is! Can't wait to see what you have coming out as time goes on. Take care and be well! :)
Oh man, I love this. Thanks so much ❤️
This is a masterful channel, deserves so many more subscribers!
Thanks for this. I really appreciate it. Great doc.
Great video man, I really enjoy watching these. Keep up the good work
I've just finished watching several other videos of yours and I am absolutely hooked! 13.6k subscribers though? That number should be higher. I can't wait to watch this channel grow. It's definitely up there with the likes of defunctland and your style and presentation make your videos informative and entertaining without spewing the same old facts we've seen covered over and over again.
You're too kind! Thank you for the support. I hope you enjoy what's to come.
The Leslie Nielson video brought me to your channel and I'm glad I get to enjoy more of your genuine appreciation of these classics
Wow this is brilliantly put together, I can definitely see this channel becoming huge! Huge props to you for shining a light on two of the greatest comedy performers to have ever been filmed.
Thank you so much!
Excellent channel with great content. Bravo.
As a lifelong Laurel & Hardy fan, this video is so well done I subscribed immediately. Well done, and I can't wait for the remaining ones.
Thanks for watching! I am a lifelong fan myself and hope to do these guys justice in the next installments.
Brilliant documentary abs can’t wait to see the rest. Great seeing Thelma Todd in Laurel and Hardy’s first sound film. Bless them all 🙏
Great video cant wait for part 2
Great job! Thanks for this upload.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your content. Keep up the good work. Now subscribed
the way Stan goes from pick axing ollies hat to putting it in his shirt/coat is seemless.. absolutely perfect.. and when the woman punches him in the musicbox clip LMAO... love this channel...recently found and subscribed... thanks for helping me through this lockdown
Thanks for the support!
Just found your channel, I seriously love it.
Keep up the great work! So glad I discovered this channel😁
Thanks for watching!
I just found a Ray Bradbury Theater episode with a Laurel and Hardy side plot - they accurately referenced several L&H shorts!
Please keep up the great work you have turned me on to several excellent movies I hadn't seen before. I still can't get the Dune Buggy tune out of my head😂😂😂
Brilliant! They really are legends of comedy. Some really good info about them I never knew, so thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Love the documentary shorts :) Good job
Glad you enjoyed it!
Can't wait for the next part!
Awesome Video! Awesome Channel!!!
Oliver Hardy was born in Harlem, Georgia and they have a festival every year in honor of his birth!
Legends in their own time and still comedic geniuses to this day. I really enjoyed your analysis and your narration is well done and pleasant to listen to. Good job, I look forward to the continuation.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@HatsOffEntertainment You earned yourself a subscriber ;-)
Very much looking forward to the next installments.
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video, thank you very much. Have just subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for watching!
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I predict your channel is going to REALLY blow up! There's an audience for this subject matter... I'm another one of that audience that recently discovered this channel. Good luck!
Thanks so much!
It's great to learn more about our favorite comedians, singers/ cheese salesmen! Keep it up!
Thank you! Will do!
Well done!
Finally the algorithm has given me a gem that's not just one video. Must have been watching too much Down the Rabbit Hole. So happy I found this.
Have recently seen a few reviews from your chan, pretty well done would be interested in seeing what else you have, that being said, I love classic american cinema. I don't think the same magic will ever be so pronounced as it was during this era ,it's truly grand that we live now in a time when we can access all of the great works from this amazing period.
CZcams recommended me one of your videos and I found this awesome video on your channel too. I'm from Georgia myself and about every year for the past several years my sister and I have been going to Harlem Georgia to their annual Oliver Hardy Festival. I'm actually part of their Facebook group and a few other Laurel an Hardy Facebook groups. I'm going to share this video on those pages.
Awesome! Thank you! I might be a member of some of the same groups. I'm a lifelong L&H fanatic.
@@HatsOffEntertainment you're welcome. I've been a fan of old classics since I was young. My mom watched old shows when my sister's and I was younger. So we got used to them and loved them. I've been watching and collecting DVDs of old shows like this ever since. My top number 1 favorite is Red Skelton.
I have a old friend who lives near Harlem Ga and that's how I found out about the Oliver Hardy Festival. Ever since then I've attended almost every year. We will see how this year goes though.
I must say! I'm a huge Old Time Radio fan and have long wanted to love old film like I do radio and your channel has become one of my absolute favorites of all time and I enjoy these videos so much its ridiculous! I look forward to everything else that you do and would LOVE if you looked at Radio some and those stars transition to film etc there is a lot of amazing work and history there! I've looked for channels like this but for radio but find nothing yet 😥 please don't stop making awesome videos lol
Thanks so much to the support! There are lots of comedy mediums and talent to explore in the future. I'm sure Radio would make an interest topic.
@@HatsOffEntertainment Definitely! Lots of really talented cross over stars! I even found one Laurel and Hardy Radio show episode! There really is so much cross over! Great movies and TV created based on Old Time Radio shows or vice versa I know you would get lost in the amazing nostalgia rich entertainment! I have had to stop listening to my audiobook series the past few days to listen to OTR at night because your videos leave me so full of longing and nostalgia for the warmth of the old comedy and wholesome yet fun stories lol! Thank you for that! Its wonderful to feel that joy associated with nostalgia, Its probably my favorite feeling or experience lol
Nice work!
I live near Ulverston where Laurel was born, there’s a nice little museum and a statue of the pair outside of the town’s Theatre, if you’re ever in the area it’s worth a look into! Glad this video was in my recommended hahah!
Huge Laurel & Hardy fan! This video was awesome!!!
Thanks for watching!
Watching the Boys try to move that piano up the stairs is still, just comedy of the heart.
Ohhh my..3 parts can't wait for the other 2
Anyone remember Every frame a painting ?
Yes, I'm still subscribed to him, even though the end of the channel was announced since 2017.
Writing this after having seen this video a few years back, I've seen all your laurel & hardy videos and just wanted to say thanks for putting them on my radar, I just recently picked up a 10 Disc dvd collection of laurel & hardy from the thrift store and have been hooked watching their shorts. Might be the best thrift store disc find I've ever made. Just wanted to let you know and thank you, keep up the awesome work! (also! You should cover Mel Gibsons movie - silent movie, sometime)
Excellent work, very engaging! I’m sure people would love to a video on Lugosi or Lorre when Halloween season rolls around.
Great suggestion! Thanks for watching!
I still watch their skits and laugh more than watching some recent comedy tv show. The movie about their later years really got me in the feels to the point I almost teared up a bit a couple times their acting to be them was so convincing.
CZcams recommended your channel randomly this week or last one. Thanks overlords for finally recommending something good! 👌
Awesome! Thank you!
Hats Off Entertainment no problemo. This rare phenomenon presumably happens 5% of the time.
The quality of your videos is on level with some of the best I have seen. Keep up the great work! Any chance of doing one on Chris Farley?
It's coming! I have to do the appropriate research first.
Oh man, I can't believe I forgot about Laurel and Hardy. I haven't thought about them in so long, but they were right up there with the rascals and stooges when I was younger.
I now appreciate L&H 1000 times more than before now that I know more. Great video.
Wow, thanks so much! That's my goal in making these.
Class act !
Stan Laurel did not impersonate Charles Chaplin's little Tramp character in his early film career; but he did do it on the Vaudeville stage with two other performers impersonating Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling In an Act called the Keystone Trio.
I have to wonder what was going through the minds of people who heard these two for the first time, after seeing all their silent films. Were people surprised to hear Stan's British accent? Were they surprised that Ollie's voice (when he wasn't screaming) had that Southern ring to it, on top of how well he could sing? Going off my own reaction when I started watching these shorts, yes.....yes, I can imaging it happening because I never expected them to sound like this. These two were figures I always say REFERENCED everywhere but being more of a Stooge fan, I didn't know much about them or even watched their shorts until now and the things you brought up in the video were things that hit me when I started watching the shorts. I had no idea that Stan was British and while he doesn't speak as much as Ollie, when he does he plays it off so well. And Ollie's voice comes off as the opposite of how he looks. He LOOKS big and intimidating and that's because is kind of IS but when he's not raging out, he does have that Southern gentleman tone to him. As I mentioned in another video, Ollie works physically because he literally is looking down on everyone else around him but when he ends up on his face, that's him being cut down MANY pegs.
I'm glad I've been spending the time we've had to stay indoors watching these two. It's been a blast and I love finally watching them. They're better than I could have even imagined.
Those two were great. I think that long set of stairs is the same one they used in another short where they were trying to deliver a block of ice before it melted. Or maybe I'm mixing them up with someone else. One of my favorite Laurel and Hardy short is the one where Stan is made a college professor and Ollie remarks: "He's the dumbest guy I know. He wouldn't know Einstein from a beer stein." Such cool stuff, even almost 100 years later it is still fresh.
My dad and I always bonded over these guys and Three Stooges!!
As a child of 3 my two favourite films were the blues brothers and laurel and hardy's way out west! And I still love both of them!
My favorite comedy team of all time!!!!
Just watched that opening "levity" joke twice and laughed out loud both times.
When are you going to do a Marx brothers episode? Or anything about any one of the marx brothers? I'm dying for that one.
It'll happen at some point, for sure! I'm trying to do a healthy mix of the classics and 80's/90's stuff. Thanks for the suggestion!
Used to watch the music box with my dad all the time as a kid in the 90s.
No one my age knows who these guys are. They are two of my fave actors and I love all their movies. My fave is Pardon Us. Such a funny duo!
was great, i am looking forward to the rest
would love to see something on Bud Abbott and Wheeler and Woosley
So far, so good. It's always interesting to look back at the things in media we grew up with, admire, see what was behind the process and what the people were that did it. I like that you used their real names, a lot of fans just call them Stan and Oliver. I'm reading too far ahead, but I personally feel it is going to be a tad difficult to pin point their "relationship" IF you go into that.
Some fans just say they were friends, theres another camp that says they were more (Even Lois says that). For me, even though I satire their relationship I only go with what Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Hardy and Lois/the "Laurel" Estate said/says about the two.
I realize that McCann put in a lot of dedicated work and had exclusive interviews with the duo, but they even said that they didn't like to bring up the past, Lois said they hated the "This is your life" surprise and they really didn't have many interviews, she also said that McCann got it wrong when he said her father didn't like to read, but also said that he had the best bio books BEFORE they were revised. I dont go with friends, or even Hal Roach, just "Stan" and "Ollie" & the family, because there are somethings that even friends will never see their pals doing or saying. I dont see why people trust Hal from a personal point of view anyway, it was really business between the three. Yes, Hal did help "Stan" and Oliver a lot but I PERSONALLY feel he was saving/helping a investment.
Thank you for allowing my tangent, I'm looking forward to the next part and maybe we can talk about the comedic duo sometime.
I think there is a lot of unknown in reference to their own personal lives and working relationship. Each author presents their own account, and 2018's Stan & Ollie presented their own version, of course. I air on the side of caution in that no one knows for sure the exact details on their working partnership; if there were ever any heated feuds, arguments etc. I hope to present a look at just their films on their comedy merits alone and not dive too much into their personal lives.
Thanks for watching!
When sound came along they also shot their shorts multiple times, with different stand-ins. Those shorts were produced for the non-English speaking markets, with stand-ins that were native speakers to the language. It's actually kind of weird when they speak German for example, totally mispronouncing the words, because they didn't know what they were saying, just going by what they had memorized.
Such wit.
4:05 Wow, after being Chaplin's understudy for so long, he actually has a lot of his mannerisms!
I really don't know why you say that, Stan is really completely original
@@rufust.firefly2474 Definitely. He's not a copycat. I only meant at that timestamp, before he came into his own. He was Charlie Chaplin's understudy on *vaudeville,* though, before they both got into films.
Chaplin practice in Fred Karno company. Same to Stan. Both learned pantomime from the same school. That's reason for perhaps similar mannerisms.
They were and still are the best. Absolutely hilarious.
These two are geniuses
Greatest duo comedy I had the privilege to be introduced to after seeing their 2018 movie Stan and Ollie.
Yes I love that movie. But I was a fan of them long before the Stan and Ollie movie. I've been a fan of them since I was a kid.
Brats is my favorite short where they play their own sons lol