The family then moved to Jacksonville, Florida where Ollie had the idea of a character based on Happy Hooligan, a Hearst newspaper cartoon hero who always tried to be helpful but inadvertently caused mayhem and disaster - IMDb Mini Biography By: . Laurel's brother died under anesthesia while at the dentist; Hardy's brother drowned in a swimming mishap. Stans mum, who was known as Madge, was an actress and was often on the road, especially in his earliest years. The actor Sir Alec Guinness was a big admirer of him. His father was a theatre manager who ran a number of theatres in small towns North of Newcastle ,. The matter was settled out of court. In 1950, Laurel and Hardy were invited to France to make a feature film. Five of their silent films were remade as talkies Love; Em and Weep (1927) as Chickens Come Home (1931), Duck Soup (1927) as Another Fine Mess (1930), Hats Off (1927) as The Music Box (1932) Slipping Wives (1927) as The Fixer Uppers (1935) and Angora Love (1929 as Laughing Gravy (1931). Now Cassidy hopes the film starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, which was released on Friday, will introduce Laurel and Hardy to new generations. In his teens her became an understudy to Charlie Chaplin with the Fred Karno Comedy Company in London, In 1910 the company sailed from Liverpool to America for an engagement .after which Stan stayed in America and 10 years later he met Oliver Hardy when they were cast in a 2 reel film, becoming a well known partnership that was loved all round the world and continues even now (2021} with branches of the 'Sons of the Desert' (their fan club) pretty much all round the world. His parents were very active in the theatre. "[6] He was interred in Forest LawnHollywood Hills Cemetery. The correspondence, spanning around 50 years and including photos of them being reunited in the US, was put up for auction by Desmond's grandson, Geoffrey Nolan, in 2018. They made films for another 20 years. Comedian. Stan was always big on treating people equally. 8 from 1897 to 1902. What business do we have telling people who to vote for? They continued to make both features and shorts until 1935, including their 1932 three-reeler The Music Box, which won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject. Outside of filming, Stan's interests were fishing, raising ducks, and hydroponic gardening (growing plants in chemical solutions rather than soil). Stan Laurel, of course, partnered with Oliver Hardy to appear in more than 100 short films and features, including the classics The Music Box (1932), Sons of the Desert (1933), Babes in Toyland (1934) and Way Out West (1937). In 1935, Laurel married Virginia Ruth Rogers (known as Ruth). They were in uniform in With Love and Hisses, Bonnie Scotland, Block Heads, Great Guns and Pack up Your Troubles (army), Two Tars and Men 'O War (sailors), Flying Deuces and Beau Hunks (Foreign Legion) Midnight Patrol (Police Officers) and Douible Whoopee (Hotel doormen). He was actually around normal height (about 5' 8") and weight. Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed. [10], He moved with his parents to Glasgow, Scotland, where he completed his education at Rutherglen Academy. Among the films in which Dahlberg and Laurel appeared together was the 1922 parody Mud and Sand. 'Scram is mentioned in "Chickens Come Home", 'The Big Noise' is mentioned in "Great Guns". [3] With a natural affinity for the theatre, Laurel gave his first professional performance on stage at the Panopticon in Glasgow at the age of sixteen, where he polished his skills at pantomime and music hall sketches. One of the directors at the Hal Roach studio known around the world as director of such great movies The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) and Going My Way (1944), Leo McCarey joined these comic geniuses and an immediate partnership unfolded. Filmed in slow motion then projected at normal speed, the ears would wave vigorously. When Stan wiggled his ears in films, he would be filmed with his ears as normal, then they would be held forward with putty or similar material and the camera restarted. In 1928 Stan and Ollie appeared in the short film 'A Pair of Tights' but their scenes were deleted. He was the second child of five children whose parents were both in the performing arts. As a result, he lived in his grandparents house, where he was also born, in Ulverston, while his parents were working away. For his first professional stage appearance as a teenager, Stan took a pair of his father's pants, altered them with scissors, and took the stage. [46], A plaque on the Bull Inn, Bottesford, Leicestershire, England, marks Laurel and Hardy appearing in Nottingham over Christmas 1952, and staying with Laurel's sister, Olga, who was the landlady of the pub. In "Bonnie Scotland" Stan says to the landlady "You're 'darn tootin'" In "Sons of the Desert" Stan says "Oliver I want you to 'be big' and a conventioneer says "You know 'that's my wife'". . Whenever. As a child in Glasgow, his family lived at 17 Craigmillar Road. He appeared in Sleeping Beauty at Oldham Coliseum. His boyhood hero was Dan Leno, considered one of the greatest English music hall comedians. ISBN: 978-1-85858-576-5; 16.95; 320 pp. Stan's Ear Wiggles. In 1934, he lived at 10353 Glenbarr Avenue, Cheviot Hills, California near the house that was featured in. The film would have opened with each of them sleeping in one of the letter O's of the Hollywood sign. He had learnt the full craft of the stage from being an actor playwright and a manager progressing to leasing and managing a string of theatres. He and. Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 - February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, into a theatrical family. He and Ollie had trouble with dentists in Flying Elephants, Leave 'Em Laughing and Pardon Us, trouble with landlords in Angora Love, They Go Boom, Leave 'Em Laughing, Laughing Gravy and The Chimp and were in prison in The Hoosegow, Liberty, The Second Hundred Years, Pardon Us and Flying Deuces. was actually dreamed up by the publicity department. A mural of Stan has been painted on an end terrace house in Railway Street on Bishop Auckland (2021). Laurel and Neilson divorced in December 1934. Throughout his career, Laurel refused to include anything resembling salacious humor. It appears, however, his involvement reached the stage of filming a background matching shot of his old time convertible, with a stand-in seated, at the wheel, donning a derby hat. Completely vacant stare into the camera, accentuated by white pancake makeup. Stan removed the heels from his shoes while filming. Stan started to do his character as an imitation of Charlie Chaplin, and the Hurleys began to do their parts as silent comedians Chester Conklin and Mabel Normand. [3], In 1912 Laurel worked together with Ted Desmond on tour in Netherlands and Belgium as a comedy double act known as the Barto Bros. Their act, which involved them dressing as Romans, finished when Laurel was offered a spot in an American touring troupe. 2017, at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, CA. In 1908-1909 they lived at Craigmillar Road, Glasgow while Stan's father was running the Metropole Theatre. Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Something went wrong - please try again later. Stan Laurel (1890-1965) Actor Writer Director IMDbPro Starmeter See rank Play trailer 1:07 Utopia (1950) 9 Videos 99+ Photos Stan Laurel came from a theatrical family, his father was an actor and theatre manager, and he made his stage debut at the age of 16 at Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. He and Ollie played twins in 3 films: Brats, Our Relations and Twice Two. A friend once asked me what comedy was. Late in life, Stan Laurel faced financial difficulties because of his many ailments. In a 2005 UK poll, Comedians' Comedian, Laurel and Hardy were ranked top double act, and seventh overall. He spent every day of his life in search of fresh ideas and inspiration. The public loved it, so the producers forced him to do it in most of his movies. There are two Laurel and Hardy museums in Hardy's hometown of Harlem, Georgia. Stan was working as a writer and director for, By the time they produced their first true Laurel and Hardy film, Stan was 37 and, When Stan's daughter, Lois, was little, she hated. He died five years later. A bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy was unveiled in Ulverston, Cumbria, UK where Stan Laurel was born. | 87 B&W images); size 240mm x170mm. [43] In 1989, a statue of Laurel was erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, where he lived at No. It helped him accent his already humorous walk. Having visited the city on four previous stage tours in minor comedy roles with the Chaplin led Karno troupe this was his visit as a solo vaudeville act aided by Mae Laurel (nee Dahlberg) his common law wife in a skit called 'raffles the Dentist'. Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy outside the Red Lion, Grantham High Street in March 1947. Their daughter Lois died on (2017-07-27)27 July 2017 aged 89.[33]. AJ, Stan's father moved to Bishop Auckland in 1885 and with a Thomas Thorne took over the Theatre Royal, eventually he bought Thorne out rebuilt the theatre and named it The Eden Theatre. In 2006, BBC Four showed a drama called Stan, based on Brand's radio play, in which Laurel meets Hardy on his deathbed and reminisces about their career. Van Dyke played Laurel on "The Sam Pomerantz Scandals" episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show. A statue of Stan stands on or near the site of his father's theatre at what is known as Theatre Corner in Bishop Auckland, The statue was created, appropriately by Bob Olley, who also did the one of him in North Shield, and was unveiled by Stan's niece Nancy Wardell. A family statement says Hawes died late Friday, July 28, 2017 at a Los Angeles hospital after a long. Amongst other performers, Laurel worked briefly alongside Oliver Hardy in the silent film short The Lucky Dog (1921),[8] before the two were a team. In 1905, the Jefferson family moved to Glasgow to be closer to their business . In 1926 they began appearing together but not yet as a team. GRANADA HILLS >> Lois Laurel Hawes, the only surviving child of comedy legend Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame, has died at Holy Cross Hospital in Granada Hills following a lengthy. Occupying a featured position on the bill the sketch, according to reviews, was a variety show in itself for into the basic scenario the pair somehow managed to weave comedy, music and dance. When asked why he had his name and number in the telephone directory he's reputed to have said that "How would people find me if I didn't?" [52] Developed by BBC Films, the film is set in the twilight of their careers, and focuses on their farewell tour of Britain and Ireland's variety halls in 1953. CINEMAS are once-again packing them in to see a new Laurel and Hardy film. Skip Ancestry main . The plot centered on a woman coming between them. All I know is that I learned how to get laughs, and that's all I know about it. The two sections would be joined together, then copied and joined many times for repetition. While with that company he was Charles Chaplin's understudy, and he performed imitations of Chaplin. This led onto more short comedies with such greats as Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, and Hal Roach. . Gaze into the camera with arms up and palms out in a "What now?" I can't stand him. ", "Hundreds attend Laurel and Hardy statue unveiling", "Steve Coogan and John C. 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Born on June 16, 1890 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England , United Kingdom Died on February 23, 1965 in Santa Monica, California , United States Born on June 16 31 Deceased on February 23 31 Family tree Report an error Jefferson Henry 1801 - 1877 Davidson Ann 1799 - 1854 Metcalfe William 1816 - Sill Margaret 1817 - 1870 Bushby John 1805 - Moore Ann He was one of five children. (sibling). [2], In 1961, Stan Laurel was given an Academy Honorary Award "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". ", "Laurel proves Hardy after disaster delays: Statue of Laurel arrives in Bishop Auckland. Stan now changed his surname to Laurel thus given the name Stan Laurel. Arthur Stanley Jefferson was born in his grandparents' house on 16 June 1890 in Argyle Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, [a] to Arthur J. Jefferson, an actor and theatre manager from Bishop Auckland, and Margaret (ne Metcalfe), an actress from Ulverston. Jerry Lewis was among the comedians to visit Laurel, and Lewis received suggestions from him for the production of The Bellboy (1960). Around the same time, he adopted the stage name of Laurel at Dahlberg's suggestion that his stage name Stan Jefferson was unlucky, due to it having thirteen letters. He was educated at Bishop Auckland Grammar School (where he was often in the staff room entertaining the teachers), Gainford Academy (outside Darlington), and Queens Park Secondary School, Glasgow (New Victoria Infirmary now stands on the site). King James Grammar School in Bishop Auckland, Durham, was seriously damaged by an arson attack in 2007. Starting early in 1927, Laurel and Hardy began sharing the screen in several short films, including Duck Soup, Slipping Wives and With Love and Hisses. He traveled with Fred Karno's vaudeville company to the United States in 1910 and again in 1913. Daniel Dopierala, On 18 March 1917, nearly a decade before he would become a prominent comedic figure Stan Laurel played a four day vaudeville engagement at Seattle's Palace Hip (short for hippodrome) Theatre. Stan later said they did not see each other for another 2 or 3 years.It was in 1925 that Hardy and Laurel had met again at the Hal Roach studios and at that point in time Laurel was directing movies at the studio with Hardy in the cast for a couple of years. I came to Scotland when I was 12 and we spent three weeks going to different theatres where he performed, to his home, and I remember visiting a pub where his sister worked. She was supposedly looking through a book and saw a picture of a Roman general with a laurel wreath on his head. There is a plaque commemorating the fact, at which time the family were living at 66 Waldron Street, which also has a plaque on it. The production included. On February 23, 1965, Laurel told his nurse he wouldn't mind going skiing right at that very moment. Roach Studios' supervising director Leo McCarey noticed the audience reaction to them and began teaming them, leading to the creation of the Laurel and Hardy series later that year. There followed a number of shorts for Metro, Hal Roach Studios, then Universal, then back to Roach in 1926. Oliver Hardy died on 7 August 1957. In 1942 after filming A Haunting We Will Go they joined The Hollywood Victory Caravan on a cross country fund raising tour with Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, James Cagney, Groucho Marx, Cary Grant and many others. She had five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren in all, as well as a daughter,. Lewis paid tribute to Laurel by naming his main character Stanley in the film, and having Bill Richmond play a version of Laurel as well. That's why Stan's face is fixed in one position for a relatively long time. The film was a disaster, a Franco-Italian co-production titled Atoll K. (The film was entitled Utopia in the US and Robinson Crusoeland in the UK.) The contract had one unusual stipulation: that Dahlberg was not to appear in any of the films. At one stage, someone tugged on a door of their limousine until it nearly came off. Prolgue: The Journal of the National Archives, p. 258. He was actually born in Ulverston, Lancashire. In 1952, Laurel and Hardy toured Europe successfully, and they returned in 1953 for another tour of the continent. This wasn't a new technique for it had been discovered in 1896 by Georges Melies. Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. Ollie was like a brother. SOURCE: AP News. She is survived by a daughter, Laurel; five grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren. Their second child, Stanley, was born two months premature in May 1930, but died after nine days. Regretted not having more of a formal education, as the comedian felt that that would have made him a better comedian later on. This wasn't a new technique for it had been discovered in 1896 by Georges Melies. Was Stan Laurel's partner a man? In 1916 he returned to the States and did an impersonation of Charlie Chaplin and the act was called "The Keystone Trio" and it was quite successful.In 1917 Stan made his first movie entitled Nuts in May (1917) and at the first screening among the people in the audience were Chaplin himself and producer Carl Laemmle who were both impressed. The show was a great success for The Boys showing that they were still a great comedy team. Stan was not able to attend the Screen Actor's Guild Awards in 1963. Their first feature-length starring roles were in Pardon Us (1931). . She was 89. They were sailors in Men 'o War, Two Tars, Why Girls Love Sailors,' Sailors Beware, The Live Ghost, Any Old Port, Our Relations Men O' War and Saps at Sea, and in the army in Great Guns and With Love and Hisses. Over ten years later the ruins remain surrounded by scaffolding and tarpaulin sheets waiting for some kind of decision to be made on what to do with it. In Buffalo they were given the key to the city. ", "Raw footage of Stan Laurels funeral with Dick Van Dyke, Buster Keaton and more", "BBC Four Cinema - Silent Cinema Season. [36] In January 1965, he underwent a series of x-rays for an infection on the roof of his mouth. Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Stan Laurel spent much of his childhood in Glasgow and his mum, Margaret Jefferson, is buried in Cathcart cemetery on the southside of the city. It begins and ends with scenes of Stan. He didn't get much schooling and this led to the joining of Fred Karno's Troupe where Arthur understudied the future star, Charles Chaplin. With the filming having been done in slow motion. He still received hefty amounts of fan mail. [49][50], There is a Laurel and Hardy Museum in Stan's hometown of Ulverston. A plaque on 66 Princes Street in Bishop Auckland put up by the Civic Society a good few years ago states that Stan lived there but since then research has proved that to be wrong as it's now known that while his parents lived there his mother went back to her parents in Ulverston to give birth to him. I also hope the winner can be there on the day of the unveiling to place the headstone. Film director Ray Bradbury, best known for his science fiction films was a big fan of Stan and Ollie attending Sons meetings when he could and wrote a number of short stories about them including - The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair, The Laurel and Hardy Alpha Centauri Farewell Tour, and Another Fine Mess, which was set on the Music Box Steps. children: Lois Laurel, Stanley Robert Laurel Partner: Mae Charlotte Dahlberg (1919-1925) Born Country: England Actors Writers Height: 5'8" (173 cm ), 5'8" Males Died on: February 23, 1965 place of death: Santa Monica, California, United States Ancestry: British American Diseases & Disabilities: Heart Attack Cause of Death: Heart Attack [25] Laurel was gracious to fans and spent much time answering fan mail. The height and weight of his partner, Oliver Hardy, contributed to his consideration as a smaller man. Lois Laurel Hawes, the daughter of famed comedian Stan Laurel, has died. After he became a success, his company, Stan Laurel Productions, financed a series of low-budget musical westerns starring singing cowboy, Subject on one of five 29 US commemorative postage stamps celebrating famous comedians, issued in booklet form 29 August 1991. Some titles of Laurel & Hardy films are subtly written into the dialogue of their other films. After his 1938 marriage to nightclub singer/dancer Illeana Shuvalova, he was constantly harassed by former wife Virginia Ruth Rogers. As a result, it was only natural that Laurel also found himself in the entertainment world. (1925), Wandering Papas (1926) and Madame Mystery (1926). In Holland, Stan and Ollie were known as Dikke und Dunne. Danny is also the author of The Making of Stan Laurel. German filmmaker Andreas Baum has made an exhaustive documentary on the duo including interviews with family, fans, friends and showbiz pals. ancestry: He was born on 31 May 1930 at St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood, Sr. (1906-1970) and Margaret Ruth Runner (1909-2006). Can you define it? Crazy humor was always my type of humor, but it's the quiet kind of craziness I like. Reviews of the 1917 production of 'Raffles the Dentist' tended to bear this out. The cameo appearance was then given to Jack Benny, who wore Laurel's signature derby in the scene. Everything I did was tops with him. Stan's famous hairstyle was created by accident. As Stan was superstitious and his name had 13 letters in it he was more than happy to take up her suggestion of adopting the name of Laurel. Stanley Robert Laurel son Virginia Ruth Jefferson ex-wife Vera Ivanova Jefferson ex-wife Ida Raphael wife Arthur J. Jefferson father Margaret Jefferson mother George Gordon Jefferson brother Sydney Everitt Jefferson brother Edward "Teddy" Jefferson brother About Stan Laurel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Laurel The couple met as teenagers in. However, he did enjoy fishing. Both stars were noticeably ill during the filming. Both Laurel and Hardy lost siblings to tragic accidents. A pair of Laurel and Hardy impersonators were also on the scene. The English manor-style home at 718 Bedford Dr. in Beverly Hills where he lived in the early 1930s is shown in. All Rights Reserved. Around 1940 there was talk of Stan and Ollie starring in a Technicolor film 'The Red Mill; based on the 1906 Victor Herbert operetta. Laurel disputed this and claimed that it just "sounded good". In May 1954, Hardy had a heart attack and cancelled the tour. He had two children with his first wife, Lois: a daughter. In 1940, following the death of his wife, he took his final bow and retired going to live with Olga and her husband at the Plough Inn at Barkston. In Germany, Stan and Ollie were known as Dick und Doof. In deed Stan's act at the time seems to have been more in line with the Chaplin style of comedy (more precisely the Karno style of comedy) than the type he would perfect in later collaborations with Oliver Hardy. This error message is only visible to WordPress admins, William to take his children to visit homeless charity just like mother Diana, Mother takes on marathon in memory of son who died before his first birthday, Duke of Sussex believes he is right in his legal claims against the press, Harry describes guilt following his mothers death in 1997, Kate Forbes: Scots are not ready for another independence referendum, The race to Bute House: I know who they are but Im just not interested. Our house was like a museum, with pictures and statues everywhere. Stan made his stage debut at the sage of 7 in 'Lights of London, and at 15 toured Europe on his own as a song and dance act. A few minutes later, the nurse looked in on him again and found that Stan had quietly passed away. Jefferson Drive in Ulverston is named after him. This was of the marching sons along the studios back lot New York street set Originally the Sons were to be on bicycles with the Boys riding into a banner which wraps itself around the other cyclists causing some to end up in a fountain,. [31], Laurel had four wives and married one of them a second time after their divorce. But as the team was planning to get back to work, Hardy had a major stroke on 14 September 1956 and was unable to return to acting. He was popular for being a Movie Actor. In 1897 the family moved to North Shields which was closer to the centre of AJ's small theatre empire. As he was a sickly baby she left him there and returned to Bishop to help her husband run his theatres. Stan Laurel had a heart attack and died four days later on February 23rd 1965 aged 74. Tonyman 5. (incl. [29] In November 1937, Dahlberg was back in the US and sued Laurel for financial support. He appeared with his comic partner Oliver Hardy in the film short The Lucky Dog in 1921, although they did not become an official team until late 1927. According to most of the many biographies written about the actor, Clint Eastwood was born on May 31, 1930 in San Francisco to parents Clinton Eastwood Sr., a salesman . Stan Laurel's granddaughter is Laurie Brooks Stan Laurel's grandson was Randy Brooks Stan Laurel's great grandchildren: Stan Laurel's great granddaughter is Melinda Grcevic Stan Laurel's great granddaughter is Cherry Fratus Stan Laurel's great grandson is Garrett Brooks Stan Laurel's uncles and aunts: In 2019 Laurel was voted the greatest ever British comedian by a panel on the British television channel Gold.[53]. When his family moved to Scotland, he pursued theater and got to work with the likes of impresario Fred Karno and actor Charlie Chaplin. This makes it highly likely that Stan and Ollie filmed their part, which was subsequently deleted before the films release. Like his comedy partner Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel was astounded at how popular they were when they arrived in England in 1932. Stan Laurel was a Lancashire lad who along with Charlie Chaplin went to American vaudeville on the same boat and struck it big. In 1941, Laurel and Hardy signed a contract at 20th Century-Fox to make ten films over five years. How many grandchildren does Stan Laurel have? Guild president. Stan's mother Margaret died 1st December 1908 and is buried in grave L203 in Cathcart Cemetary in Glasgow. did not want to be on screen in his old age,[4] especially without Hardy. They had made six Fox features when the studio suddenly abandoned B-picture production in December 1944. Well, Laurel and Ida married in May 1946 after the actor divorced his second wife Virginia Ruth Rogers whom he married for the first time in 1935. ". [6] Along with Hardy, Laurel was inducted into the Grand Order of Water Rats. These were Lucky Dog in which Stan sees stars, Flying Elephants, which are seen, With Love and Hisses involved flying bees ,In The Finishing Touch a bird lands on a chimney while at the end,of Brats theres a mouse and there's,a cat in 45 Minutes to Hollywood, Animated sparks are flying in Hog Wild, giant marching soldiers in Babes in Toyland, the pipe organ bubbles in Swiss Miss, Ollies neck is stretched in Way Out West, bee attack in Bonnie Scotland and there is a talking recruitment poster in Air Raid Wardens. The project was aborted owing to Ollie's failing health. His father managed Glasgow's Metropole Theatre, where Laurel first worked. Joined the Fred Karno's Troupe of actors which included Charlie Chaplin. In his later years, he was arguably the most approachable of all movie stars, keeping his phone number in the phone book, welcoming all sorts of visitors, and responding to his fan mail personally. A large mural of Stan's head has been put on the side of a terraced house in Railway Terrace in Bishop Auckland. Look carefully and you'll no doubt have to freeze frame it but the spectator 2nd on Ollies right is Lou Costello. Laurel's future partner Hardy, however, did appear in three of the shorts directed by Laurel: Yes, Yes, Nanette! His comedic devices included nonsensical . We encourage you to research and examine these records to . McCabe 2005, p. 143. While fans flock to see the acclaimed biopic, Stan & Ollie, which features the comic duo playing in Scotland, the bowler-hatted pair had far stronger Caledonian links. Regarding stories of their supposed split in 1940, Stan said that his contract ran out 3 months before Ollies so Stan refused to re-sign until Ollies contract came up for renewal, then they both signed together. As Arthur Stanley Jefferson, he joined Levy and Cardwell's Juvenile Pantomime Company as an assistant stage manager. when projected at normal speed his ears would seem to wave vigorously which would be why Stan's face is fixed in one position for a relatively long time in a scene as in A Chump at Oxford. [citation needed], In 2013 Gail Louw and Jeffrey Holland debuted a short one-man play "And this is my friend Mr Laurel" at the Camden Fringe festival. Upon returning to the United States, they spent most of their time recovering. 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