FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN… NEWCASTLEĭirector Jon S. But Ollie’s poor health and simmering resentment over an old, perceived career betrayal might just drive them off the stage before dwindling audiences do. Stan and Ollie, however, apart from a brief prologue, finds them near down-and-out at the tail end of their careers, forced to take a stage tour of provincial England and hoping to secure funding for one last comeback movie. Their 1920s and ‘30s heyday included over 100 short films and 20-plus features, most notably classics Sons of the Desert (1933) and Way Out West (1937). ![]() ![]() But it’s hard to imagine any double act to rival Laurel and Hardy, bowler-hatted slapstick geniuses with an opposites-attract chemistry of rake-thin, naïve Englishman (Stan Laurel) and chubby-cheeked American schemer (Oliver Hardy). ![]() After all, quiz film fans on their favourite ‘Early Cinema’ solo comedians and you’ll likely get split decisions between Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton those voting for best comedy groups might favour The Three Stooges or The Marx Brothers. Pointedly not titled Laurel and Hardy this is an attempt to get at the personal relationship behind arguably the greatest big screen comedy duo of all time.
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