of production. His most-noted accomplishment during histenurewith Roach was his inspired notion thatStan LaurelandOliver Hardy—two of the studio’s top comic talents—should be made a permanent comedy team. McCarey then oversaw every aspect of the movies they made over the next four years, ...
Niven joined what became known as the Hollywood Raj, a group of British actors in Hollywood which included Rex Harrison, Boris Karloff, Stan Laurel, Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman, Leslie Howard, and C. Aubrey Smith. According to his autobiography, Errol Flynn and he were firm friends and rent...
remarkable in that one, it's still there,and two, it has a name: the Music Box Steps. That long,longstaircase was the stage for one of Hollywood's funniest gags, imagined by one of its funniest duos, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy. ...
Jeffrey has continued in theater and film while venturing into theme parks, trade shows, improv and sketch shows with a great deal of success.He has developed characters and shows at renaissance fairs since 1973. In 1987 he became "Stan Laurel" for Universal Studios, Hollywood. While at ...
of his admiration for silent film era comedians such asCharlie Chaplinand his heroStan Laurel. OnLarry King Live, Van Dyke mentioned he turned down the lead role inThe Omenwhich was played by Gregory Peck. He also mentioned his dream role would have been the scarecrow inThe Wizard of Oz. ...
1 of 2 Watch Laurel and Hardy in a scene fromThe Flying Deuces, 1939A scene fromThe Flying Deuces(1939), starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.(more) See all videos for this article 2 of 2 Keystone KopsMack Sennett's Keystone Kops appeared in his silent film comedies from 1914 to the...
until he joined Fred Karno’s company. As a rising star with Karno he went to America in 1910 to tour the vaudeville circuits. Stan Laurel, a fellow Karno performer, recalled that during their 1912 US tour Charlie “carried his violin wherever he could. Had the strings reversed so he coul...
Dorothy Granger. Actress: I've Been Around. Dorothy Granger was one of the first members of SAG when the Screen Actors Guild was founded in 1933. A Texas beauty contest winner at the age of thirteen, Dorothy's career ran from a long-running two-reel seri
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Grace.” According to Pete Prown, music editor for Vintage Guitar magazine, “With his previous albums, Tom established himself as a fine rock and roll guitarist… ‘Sudden Signs of Grace’ shows his growth and new direction as a songwriter steeped in the Laurel Canyon school of songwriting....