The tumultuous reaction from British theatre audiences stunned them. The pair had been doing more and more stage shows in America and Europe. They received no royalties for their films and Hardy had a history of gambling, reportedly once losing around £350,000 in a week on the horses. With no new movies on the horizon, they were also in need of money. That shows their lack of status back in the States”, he tells The Telegraph.
He said when he was in a queue shopping for groceries, a man recognised him and said ‘Get out of my way, Fatty’. “Oliver Hardy told a story about how they were considered past it. “America was treating them as absolute has-beens,” says AJ Marriot, author of the 1993 book Laurel and Hardy: The British Tours. Laurel, a master at directing and producing, had lost artistic control over their movies and described working with the latter studios as “a disgusting affair to us all the way through”.
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After the wonderful films with Hal Roach’s studios in the Thirties, they made a series of weak comedies in the Forties for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 20th Century Fox. Stan Laurel and Oliver Norvell Hardy had been unsure about their reception in 1947, a time when they were just happy to be away from America and a film career that was on its last legs. These British fans, desperate for something cheerful after years of war and shortages, were even more ecstatic than the crowds who had greeted the pair on their first joint visit to Britain in 1932 – the year they won an Oscar for The Music Box, their comedy short about two hapless piano movers. Nine people were sent to hospital with injuries. The terrified duo were almost crushed as they left their train and were forced down a small pedestrian walkway. In Glasgow, more than 8,000 people gathered on the station concourse. In 1947, mounted police were called to Liverpool Lime Street to keep back frenzied crowds waiting for their comedy heroes. Here, he speaks a word in support of Laurel & Hardy preservation at UCLA.Nearly two decades before Beatlemania, there was Laurel-and-Hardy mania, when wild scenes greeted their visit to Britain after the Second World War. Throughout his career, he has played Oliver Hardy to the delight of audiences everywhere. Longtime actor Chuck McCann (film, television, recordings and stage) is one of the five founding members of Sons of the Desert. We'd like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to The Early To Bed Tent - Oasis #239 for being the first official Sons of the Desert donor to the Laurel and Hardy Preservation Fund! Each "tent" takes its name from the title of one of the Boys' films in addition each tent is given an "oasis" number which corresponds to the order in which it was admitted to the organization. Sons of the Desert is the international Laurel and Hardy appreciation organization whose thousands of members meet regularly in various chapters (or "tents") to enjoy Laurel and Hardy movies in an informal atmosphere. Bann ( Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang) talks about the importance of preserving the films of Laurel and Hardy. We caught up with one of Laurel and Hardy's biggest fans, film critic Leonard Maltin, who lends his voice in support of our preservation effort.Īuthor Richard W.
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