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Oliver and Hardy

United States · Arts / Cinema. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1919–1951Date range
4Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1919

Oliver Hardy1919

Arts / Cinema

The first film pairing of Laurel & Hardy (albeit as separate performers) took place in The Lucky Dog, produced in 1919 by Sun-Lite Pictures and released in 1921

1927

Fred Guiol1927

Arts / Cinema

Their first "official" Oliver & Hardy film is Putting Pants on Philip, although their first appearance as the now familiar "Stan and Ollie" characters was The Second Hundred Years (June 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey

Oliver Hardy1927

Arts / Cinema

Their first "official" Oliver & Hardy film is Putting Pants on Philip, although their first appearance as the now familiar "Stan and Ollie" characters was The Second Hundred Years (June 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey

Leo McCarey1927

Arts / Cinema

Their first "official" Oliver & Hardy film is Putting Pants on Philip, although their first appearance as the now familiar "Stan and Ollie" characters was The Second Hundred Years (June 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey

1932

James Parrott1932

Arts / Cinema

The Music Box is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy released in 1932 directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1951

Oliver Hardy1951

Arts / Cinema

Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)

Names involved

Fred GuiolJames ParrottLeo McCareyOliver Hardy

Provenance

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