Stan Laurel — Playwright (20)
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Our Wife (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Our Wife
director: James W. Horne actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Die Braut wird geklaut / Laurel et Hardy - Justes noces …
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
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Them Thar Hills (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Them Thar Hills
director: Charley Rogers actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Selige Campingfreuden / Laurel et Hardy - Les joyeux compères …
Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.
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Going Bye-Bye! (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Going Bye-Bye!
director: Charley Rogers actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Der große Fang / Laurel et Hardy - Compagnons de voyage …
In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with them. The woman who answers the ad is actually Butch's girlfriend. Meanwhile Butch escapes and hides in a trunk in his girlfriend's apartment where he gets locked inside. Not realizing who it is, Stan and Ollie finally manage to get the trunk open and then Butch exacts his revenge.
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Me and My Pal (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Me and My Pal
director: Charley Rogers / Lloyd French actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof als Mitgiftjäger / Laurel et Hardy - Les deux flemmards …
On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.
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Scram! (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Scram!
director: Ray McCarey actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Gelächter in der Nacht / Laurel et Hardy - Les Deux Vagabonds …
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
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The Chimp (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Chimp
director: James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof in der Manege / Prenez garde au lion …
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
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One Good Turn (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB
One Good Turn
director: James W. Horne actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof als Retter in der Not / Laurel et Hardy - Les Deux Campeurs …
Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.
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Brats (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Brats
director: James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy
other title: Dick und Doof - Vaterfreuden / Laurel et Hardy - Les Bons Petits Diables …
Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.
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Blotto (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Blotto
director: James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Jubel, Trubel, Heiterkeit / Laurel et Hardy - Quelle bringue ! …
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
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On the Front Page (1926) WikiData IMDb TMDB
On the Front Page
director: James Parrott actor: Lillian Rich / Tyler Brooke …
other title: Sur la Page d' Accueil
After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story about the countess. After spending the night in the wrong street looking for the wrong countess, he comes up with a plan: the butler will be seen in a comprimising situation with the countess, and then photographed. The countess, who is sick of reporters, has other ideas... Written by Paul L
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Wandering Papas (1926) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wandering Papas
director: Stan Laurel actor: Clyde Cook / Oliver Hardy …
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner.
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Come Clean (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Come Clean
director: 詹姆斯·韦斯利·霍恩 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - In die Falle gelockt / Laurel Et Hardy - Toute la vérité …
The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.
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Thicker Than Water (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Thicker Than Water
director: 詹姆斯·韦斯利·霍恩 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Laurel und Hardy: Zum Nachtisch weiche Birne / Laurel et Hardy - Qui dit mieux ! …
Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws the couple's savings from the bank to pay for the furniture and inadvertently pays virtually the whole amount at an auction for a grandfather clock which is soon crushed under a passing truck. Mrs Hardy then unintentionally causes serious injuries to Ollie requiring him to be rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. The doctor conscripts Stan to be the unwilling blood donor. Problems occur with the transfusion and when Stan and Ollie leave the hospital they appear to have morphed into each other.
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Their First Mistake (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Their First Mistake
director: 乔治·E·马歇尔 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof adoptieren ein Kind / Laurel et Hardy - Bonnes d'enfants …
Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.
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Tit for Tat (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tit for Tat
director: Charley Rogers actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Die besudelte Ehre / Les Deux Électriciens …
Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife whom they encountered in "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan and Ollie go and visit to offer the hand of friendship, but the grocer again becomes convinced that Ollie and his wife are fooling around.
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Twice Two (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Twice Two
director: 詹姆斯·帕罗特 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof als Ehemänner / Laurel et Hardy - Les Joies du mariage …
A year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in the same office.