Laurel next signed with the Hal Roach studio, where he began directing films, including a 1926 production called Yes, Yes, Nanette (in which Oliver Hardy had a part under the name "Babe" Hardy). His parents were performers and theater managers, and they frequently traveled. The matter was settled out of court. Those comedy fundamentals have allowed the duo to endure in popular culture long after their death. [30], Laurel had four wives and married one of them a second time after their divorce. 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. The Hardy family reported that Hardy's mother was enraged at the union because Saloshin was older than her son. Jederzeit glaubt er das Geschehen und seinen Freund Stan unter … As New Statesman notes, it was almost as if it was Laurel's way of staying in touch with Hardy. for the Masquers Club with John Wayne, Ward Bond and Maureen O'Hara with Ollie playing the town mayor. His comedic devices included nonsensical understatements and a … 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.) Stan Laurel was crushed and chose to retire from show business rather than work without his friend of more than 30 years. 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. But as author Simon Louvish writes, the reason for the Hardy family's opposition to the marriage was likely much worse: Saloshin was Jewish. Hardy expected people to be supportive, but as author Simon Louvish says, the change in Hardy's appearance was so drastic that friends and family were visibly upset at the sight of him. He married Myrtle Reeves shortly after the divorce was granted, but once again marital bliss was denied him. Upon returning to the United States, they spent most of their time recovering. For example, he staggered the expiration dates of their contracts so they could never negotiate as a team, which allowed Roach to consistently undervalue them. [42] In 1989, a statue of Laurel was erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, where he lived at No. In Duck Soup, his character (named James Hives) is similar to "Stan", though not quite finished. The couple eloped to Macon, Georgia for the nuptials, claiming that since they were both a part of touring troupes of actors and musicians, they couldn't wait until they were both home to hold a ceremony. When they finally got out from under Roach's control in the early 1940s, neither considered working alone. The correspondence, spanning around 50 years and including photos of them being reunited in the US, was put up for auction by Mr Desmond's grandson Geoffrey Nolan in 2018. In their next few films, "Stan" (under various names) becomes more developed in the team of Laurel and Hardy. Then, when Stan Laurel was just 18 years old, tragedy struck: His mother, Madge, unexpectedly died. [1] He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.[2]. Geboren: 16. Shuvalova drank heavily and accused Laurel of bizarre abuse, including an attempt to bury her alive. Laurel and Hardy were ranked top among best double acts and seventh overall in a 2005 UK poll to find the Comedians' Comedian. ", "Lois Laurel Hawes, Daughter of Stan Laurel, Dies at 89", "Stormy marriage full of off-screen drama for Stan Laurel", "Stan Laurel Dies. [7] In 2009, a bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel's home town of Ulverston. Together, the two men began producing a huge body of short films, including The Battle of the Century, Should Married Men Go Home?, Two Tars, Be Big!, Big Business, and many others. [38], At his funeral, Buster Keaton said, "Chaplin wasn't the funniest. They were virtually retired by 1945. Laurel, whose roly-poly partner, Oliver Hardy, died in 1957, probably will leave the hospital in "two or three days.” his physician, Dr. Alexander Stearns, said Tuesday. Februar 1965 mit 74 Jahren. His mother supported the family by managing hotels and boarding houses. Laurel finally found love with Ida Kitaeva Raphael, who he married in 1946 and remained with until his death in 1965. He had achieved his lifelong dream as a comedian and had been involved in nearly 190 films. [22] The success of the tour led them to spend the next seven years touring the UK and Europe. 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They played successfully from February through October 1915, until the Hurleys and Stan parted ways. In a 2005 UK poll, Comedians' Comedian, Laurel and Hardy were ranked top double act, and seventh overall. 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. 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. When the films proved very successful, Laurel and Hardy were granted more freedom and gradually added more of their own material. John Wayne was so impressed by Ollie in the play that he asked him to take a role in his film The Fighting Kentuckian. [17] Between 1916 and 1918, he teamed up with Alice Cooke and Baldwin Cooke, who became his lifelong friends, to form the Stan Jefferson Trio. One written in 1964 reads in its entirety "Just a few more stamps — hope you're feeling well — nothing much to tell you, everything is as usual here.". August 1957 im Alter von 65 Jahren an den Folgen einer Gehirnthrombose. 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. Oliver Norvell Hardy was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1927 to 1955. His boyhood hero was Dan Leno, one of the greatest English music hall comedians. Few performing acts successfully transitioned from the Silent Era into the age of sound, but Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel used a combination of visual contrast — the rotund and imposing Hardy standing next to the thin, angular Laurel — peerless physical comedy, and sharp comic timing to become one of the most popular comedy acts of the 1930s. [6] Along with Hardy, Laurel was inducted into the Grand Order of Water Rats. 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. 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. Das … 11 Ergebnisse. When they switched film studios in the 1940s and lost creative control over their work, their quality declined and public tastes shifted, leaving them less popular than they'd once been. Dick Van Dyke gave the eulogy[39] as a friend, protégé, and occasional impressionist of Laurel during his later years; he read The Clown's Prayer. "I'm not," said Laurel, "I'd rather be doing that than this!" In 1945, they were dispirited enough to retire, returning briefly to make what most regard as their worst film, Atoll K, in 1951, per the New Georgia Encyclopedia. In a final humiliation, the producers found it impossible to get the film into theaters. He lingered on for almost a year, being diagnosed with cancer and suffering an additional two strokes, and died in August 1957. und mehr bei ☎ Das Telefonbuch Ihre Nr. ", "Raw footage of Stan Laurels funeral with Dick Van Dyke, Buster Keaton and more", "BBC Four Cinema - Silent Cinema Season. As the Los Angeles Times reports, they usually improvised much of their bits, and carefully planned and even directed scenes while working with producer Hal Roach. As New Statesman reports, Laurel spent his final years as a lonely man who spent his time writing letters — possibly thousands of them. It had been his intention to work primarily as a writer and director. Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in 1890 in England. [2][3] He and Chaplin arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe. According to author Raymond Valinoti, Jr. Hollywood stars piling up marriages and divorces. 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. It's suspected she suffered from a respiratory illness made worse by the air quality in Glasgow, where the family had relocated. [29] Dahlberg was described as a "relief project worker" by the court. After changing film studios in the early 1940s, their popularity fell (along with the perceived quality of their films), but television kept them in the public eye and ensured their work would never be forgotten. His performances polished his skills at pantomime and music hall sketches. Neilson rejected Laurel (maybe he should have checked with her before filing for divorce), but Laurel didn't let that get him down — he married Vera Ivanova Shuvalova in 1938. Producer Hal Roach forced them to negotiate their contracts separately in order to control how much he paid them. As Louvish notes, Reeves was an alcoholic who was forced to stay in a sanitarium several times as she struggled with her disease, leaving Hardy desperate to leave the marriage. By the 1950s, Stan Laurel had been struggling with his own health. He just taught us most of it". In 1955, they were planning to do a television series called Laurel and Hardy's Fabulous Fables based on children's stories. They also appeared in their first feature in one of the revue sequences of The Hollywood Revue of 1929, and the following year they appeared as the comic relief in the lavish all-colour (in Technicolor) musical feature The Rogue Song. Dahlberg was difficult, and according to writer Simon Louvish, producer Joe Rock paid Dahlberg off to return to Australia. Stan joined with two other former Karno performers, Edgar Hurley and his wife Ethel (known as "Wren") to form "The Three Comiques". Top auf geboren.am. When they finally had the chance to break away, they leaped at it, signing new deals with 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer in 1941. Both Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel were working actors during the 1920s, but neither had achieved any sort of breakout success. Oliver Hardy married Madelyn Saloshin in 1913 when he was just 21 years. [27] Dick Van Dyke told a similar story. Diese treten dabei nicht nur in den beiden Hauptformen der Stoffwechselerkrankung auf (Diabetes Typ-1 und Typ-2), sondern ebenfalls bei den selteneren Formen des Typ-3-Diabetes sowie Gestationsdiabetes. Rock thought that her temperament was hindering Laurel's career. He paid them a flat wage instead of a percentage of the profits. As noted by the encyclopedia Britannica, his father, Oliver Hardy, died just a few months after his birth. He was one of five children. He began to act regularly and soon started to share the screen with Oliver Hardy, they became friends and their comic chemistry soon became obvious. Laurel and Hardy successfully made the transition to talking films with the short Unaccustomed As We Are in 1929. They often took an active role in shaping the films they worked on, writing and introducing physical gags. Auf der Leinwand drehte sich das Verhältnis um. Roach also ensured that they never held any of the copyrights, or got any screenwriting credits, although they usually took a very active role in the writing and directing of their films. Oliver Hardy died on 7 August 1957. [3] He attended school at King James I Grammar School in Bishop Auckland, County Durham,[9] and the King's School in Tynemouth, Northumberland. [14] Chaplin and Laurel arrived in the United States on the same ship from Britain with the Karno troupe and toured the country. A few minutes later he died quietly in his armchair. In his early years, Laurel spent much time living with his maternal grandmother, Sarah Metcalfe. 8 from 1897 to 1902. During the 1930s, Laurel was involved in a dispute with Hal Roach which resulted in the termination of his contract. [2][3] Karno was a pioneer of slapstick, and in his biography Laurel stated, "Fred Karno didn't teach Charlie [Chaplin] and me all we know about comedy. As reported by Lake Oconee Living, Hardy was known as "Fatty" Hardy throughout his childhood — even after he became a famous Hollywood star, locals in his hometown in Georgia referred to him as "Fatty." Laurel was happy to see Dahlberg go because he wanted to marry Lois Neilson. Sein Vater, Oliver Hardy, stammte aus einer alteingesessenen britischen Familie - ein direkter Vorfahr, Sir Thomas Hardy, war Flaggenkapitän bei dem berühmten Admiral Nelson. The final phase of Laurel and Hardy's film career was a lengthy decline. Tragically, he misjudged the depth of the water and broke his neck on the rocks below the surface. 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. Oliver Hardy and his friends dived into the river and pulled Sam out. März 1866 in Exeter, England als Frederick John Westcott; 18. Hardy married her far away from his family to avoid an ugly scene, and the couple left Georgia almost immediately. "[6] He was interred in Forest Lawn–Hollywood Hills Cemetery. The Sunday Post reports that both men were considered heavy smokers in an era when smoking was common and accepted, which didn't help their conditions. Er kümmerte sich um Licht, Kamera, Regie und Schnitt. Teamed With Oliver Hardy in 200 Slapstick Films-Played 'Simple' Foil. In May 1954, Hardy had a heart attack and cancelled the tour. Calif. (UPl)—Stan Laurel, the thin member of the famed comedy team of Laurel and Hardy, was in Valley Doctor's Hospital | today undergoing treatment for diabetes. In 1937, he filed for divorce, confessing that he was not over his ex-wife Lois, but Lois decided against a reconciliation. He was credited with his first film, Outwitting Dad, in 1914. Oliver had previously worked with John Wayne and John Ford in a charity production of the play "What Price Glory" while Stan began treatment for his diabetes a few years previously. His father managed Glasgow's Metropole Theatre, where Laurel began work. They had made six Fox features when the studio suddenly abandoned B-picture production in December 1944. Robson, 2005 Retrieved: 18 June 2012. [47] In April 2009, a bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy was unveiled in Ulverston.[48][49]. The play, starring Holland as Laurel, was taken on tour of the UK in 2014 until June 2015.[50]. Hardy's weight also caused him grief in his younger days. McCabe 2005, p. 143. Juni 1890 in Ulverston, Cumbria in England geboren und starb am 23. In 1960, Laurel was given an Academy Honorary Award for his pioneering work in comedy, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. But Laurel sued Roach over the contract dispute. September 1941 in Poole, England) war ein britischer Theaterproduzent, der mit seinen Ensembles in den Music Halls erfolgreich war und insbesondere für Slapstick-Einlagen und Pantomimenspiele in seinen Sketchen bekannt war. Jerry Lewis was among the comedians to visit Laurel, and Lewis received suggestions from him for the production of The Bellboy (1960). The new marriage was very volatile, and Illeana accused him of trying to bury her alive in the backyard of their San Fernando Valley home. Laurel and Mae Dahlberg never married but lived together as common-law husband and wife from 1919 to 1925, before Dahlberg accepted a one-way ticket from Joe Rock to go back to her native Australia. Prolgue: The Journal of the National Archives, p. 258. Oliver married script girl Virginia Lucille Jones in … [19] The 12 two-reel comedies were Mandarin Mix-Up (1924), Detained (1924), Monsieur Don't Care (1924), West of Hot Dog (1924), Somewhere in Wrong (1925), Twins (1925), Pie-Eyed (1925), The Snow Hawk (1925), Navy Blue Days (1925), The Sleuth (1925), Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925) and Half a Man (1925). Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel were unique Hollywood comedians in many ways. [46] In 2008, a statue of Stan Laurel was unveiled in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on the site of the Eden Theatre. This mutual respect extended to their career dealings as well. Stan Laurel In Hospital For Diabetes. He starred in films like The Lucky Dog and The Fighting Kentuckian. While Laurel had a relatively happy family life, as author Raymond Valinoti Jr. notes, he was frequently alone as a child. Unlike Chaplin's "Little Tramp" character, Stan Laurel's character of "Stan" developed slowly over time. As is often the case with our funniest performers, however, the lives of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were hardly free from tragedy and sorrow. Their first starring feature Pardon Us was released in 1931. He also wrote comedy routines designed for Laurel and Hardy — routines that would never be performed. Oliver Hardy hieß eigentlich Norvell mit Vornamen - wie der Mädchenname seiner Mutter Emily. "[22] The tour included a Royal Variety Performance in front of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in London. Their second child, Stanley was born two months premature in May 1930, but died after nine days. Laurel began his career in music hall, where he developed a number of his standard comic devices, including the bowler hat, the deep comic gravity, and the nonsensical understatement. According to author Raymond Valinoti, Jr., the officers took one look at Hardy's size and began to make fun of him, calling other recruiters over to look at him. The same year, Hardy, a member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy All Star players, was injured in a kitchen mishap and hospitalised. As both men went through several divorces, alimony payments piled up, and Oliver Hardy developed a gambling problem. He was not called up; his registration card states his status as resident alien and his deafness as exemptions.[15][16]. [5] He then appeared exclusively with Hardy until retiring following his comedy partner's death in 1957. The first film that Laurel and Hardy made after Laurel returned was A Chump at Oxford. According to Norbert Aping, after World War II ended, Laurel and Hardy's celebrity suddenly took off internationally as their films were finally widely distributed, and so it was decided that there was potential to relaunch their film careers with a French-Italian co-production that eventually became known as Atoll K. The production was a fiasco. According to The Los Angeles Times, Laurel had a stroke in 1955 — which he survived, but it left him weak. The team had signed another contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1942, resulting in two more features.[20]. As The Vintage News reports, they enjoyed a very healthy and balanced professional relationship, wherein Hardy trusted Laurel to shape the material in their films and went along with his ideas. Juni 1890 geboren und starb am 23. By 1953, they were broke and out of the film business. But as the team was planning to get back to work, Hardy had another stroke on 14 September 1956, and was unable to return to acting. [12][13], He joined Fred Karno's troupe of actors in 1910 with the stage name of "Stan Jefferson"; the troupe also included a young Charlie Chaplin. [35] In January 1965, he underwent a series of x-rays for an infection on the roof of his mouth. 1 für Adressen und Telefonnummern Laurel spent hours every day corresponding with anyone he could, faithfully answering fan letters and sending missives off to his acquaintances. One is operated by the town of Harlem, and the other is a private museum owned and operated by Gary Russeth, a Harlem resident. For about 14 years, Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular comedy duos in Hollywood. Roach maintained separate contracts for Laurel and Hardy that expired at different times, so Hardy remained at the studio and was "teamed" with Harry Langdon for the 1939 film Zenobia. Both stars were noticeably ill during the filming. Historic film comedian whose career with Stan Laurel spanned 28 years. His weight caused him many health concerns over the course of his life, and by the 1950s he finally decided to do something about it. Stan Laurel's weepy, rail-thin figure next to Oliver Hardy's robust frame (he weighed more than 300 pounds for most of his life, per the Vintage News) was inherently charming to audiences. According to Smithsonian Magazine, Roach managed to keep the upper hand through shrewd negotiating. He was married no fewer than six times — and even married one of his ex-wives twice. Oliver Hardy died surprisingly broke, and New Statesman reveals that in 1946, Stan Laurel was forced to admit he only had $2,000 in his bank account — and $200 a month to live on. After Laurel left England for America the pair maintained a life-long friendship, sending letters and photos that documented Laurel's rise from an unknown British comedy actor in 1913 to one of the biggest names in Hollywood in the 1950s. So gelang ihm, in Co-Regie mit Clarence Hennecke, 1925 sein Regiedebüt mit dem Kurzfilm "Yes, Yes, Nanette". [37] Minutes before his death, he told his nurse that he would not mind going skiing, and she replied that she was not aware that he was a skier. Together they had a daughter Lois on (1927-12-10)10 December 1927. Stan Laurel mit Adresse ☎ Tel. [21] Mobbed wherever they went, Laurel's homecoming to Ulverston took place in May, and the duo were greeted by thousands of fans outside the Coronation Hall. Februar 1965 mit 74 Jahren in Santa Monica, Kalifornien in den Vereinigten Staaten. Sometime in his teenage years, Hardy began using the name Oliver in honor of his father.
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