The Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy
Author : Ronald Bergan
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 22,18 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Comedians
ISBN :
Author : Ronald Bergan
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 22,18 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Comedians
ISBN :
Author : John McCabe
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,71 MB
Release : 2003-06-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781861056061
This delightful biography conveys the warmth and humour of the much-loved duo whose hilarious escapades convulsed a generation of movie-goers and who continue to acquire new worldwide audiences via the medium of television. Describing the book as 'positively miraculous', the Times Literary Supplement was moved to add 'it is difficult to see how this book could be improved upon'.
Author : Randy Skretvedt
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,41 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780940410787
Author : John Connolly
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 27,40 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1635060591
John Connolly conjures the Golden Age of Hollywood in this moving, literary portrait of Laurel & Hardy--two men who found their true selves in a comedic partnership. "AMBITIOUS . . . EVOKES THE STYLE OF SAMUEL BECKETT." --NEW YORK TIMES "BRILLIANT." --SEATTLE BOOK REVIEW "EXTRAORDINARY." --LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW) An unforgettable testament to the redemptive power of love, as experienced by one of the twentieth century's greatest performers. When Stan Laurel is paired with Oliver Hardy, affectionately known as Babe, the history of comedy--not to mention their personal and professional lives--is altered forever. Yet Laurel's simple screen persona masks a complex human being, one who endures rejection and intense loss; who struggles to build a character from the dying stages of vaudeville to the seedy and often volatile movie studios of Los Angeles in the early years of cinema; and who is haunted by the figure of another comic genius, the brilliant, driven, and cruel Charlie Chaplin. Eventually, Laurel becomes one of the greatest screen comedians the world has ever known: a man who enjoys both adoration and humiliation; who loves, and is loved in turn; who betrays, and is betrayed; who never seeks to cause pain to anyone else, yet leaves a trail of affairs and broken marriages in his wake. But Laurel's life is ultimately defined by one relationship of such astonishing tenderness and devotion that only death could sever this profound connection: his love for Babe.
Author : Nick G. Taminich
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 39,60 MB
Release : 2015-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1682135438
California Author Nick G. Taminich Has Over 45 Years of Collected Bits And Pieces For Books. Those Scraps Of Paper From Stored Boxes Are Now Put Together. From His Small Quiet Ranch In Huasna Valley South And East Of San Luis Obispo California He Has Made Sense Of Lost Thoughts. Now Past 70 Years Old He Still Finds Time To Search For Aquatic Fossils Along The Central California Coast.
Author : Rob Stone
Publisher : Split Reel
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780965238403
Author : Randy Skretvedt
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,85 MB
Release : 2014
Category :
ISBN : 9780989499897
Author : John McCabe
Publisher : Robson
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 10,69 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781861057808
'The Comedy World of StanLaurel' is a vivid and intimate biography of one of the all-time masters of comedy. John McCabe follows Stan Laurel's career from his early days in British variety, his arrival in the United States, the first films, to his teaming up with Oliver Hardy in 1936 and their meteoric rise to fame.
Author : Leon Smith
Publisher : Pomegrante Press (CA)
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,7 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
This throughly researched guide — complete with maps, photographs and old Hollywood trivia — points readers to Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang film locations.
Author : Jr. Raymond Valinoti
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,12 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Comedians
ISBN : 9781593935467
Arguably the greatest comedy duo in show business history, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy delighted filmgoers and theatregoers for over thirty years. The public not only found Laurel's serene simpleton and Hardy's pompous buffoon hilarious, but they also thought of them as friends. Laurel and Hardy may have been nitwits, but they were loveable nitwits. Another Nice Mess: The Laurel and Hardy Story explores the lives and careers of Laurel and Hardy. The book examines how the comedians teamed up and it explains why, nearly half a century after their deaths, their films continue to enchant people all over the world.