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In Laurel's eyes, the song's melody represented Hardy's character (pompous and dramatic), while the harmony represented Laurel's own character (somewhat out of key, and only able to register two notes: "cu-coo"). The original theme, recorded by two clarinets in 1930, was re-recorded with a full orchestra in 1935.
Laurel and Hardy in the 1939 film The Flying Deuces. Their 1929 release Big Business is by far the most critically acclaimed of the silents. [67] Laurel and Hardy are Christmas tree salesmen who are drawn into a classic tit-for-tat battle, with a character played by James Finlayson, that eventually destroys his house and their car. [68]
The song was featured in Laurel and Hardy's 1937 film Way Out West. It was performed by Laurel and Hardy [5] with The Avalon Boys and featured a section sung in deep bass by Chill Wills, lip-synced by Stan Laurel in the film, [6] with the last two lines in falsetto (sung by Rosina Lawrence) after Ollie hit Stan on the head with a mallet. [7]
Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical Christmas film released on November 30, 1934. The film is also known by the alternative titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet (the 1948 European reissue title), and March of the Wooden Soldiers (in the United States), a 73-minute abridged version.
The tune was originally written as score for a prison schoolroom scene in Pardon Us, Laurel & Hardy's first feature film as a team. [2] Shield, a musical director hired by the Roach studio on loan from RCA Victor, had been requested by Hal Roach to also write a theme for Our Gang while he was scoring Pardon Us, and when Roach came to check on progress for the theme, Shield submitted the ...
Lobby card for The Rogue Song featuring Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel. There were eight comic episodes throughout the film in which Laurel and Hardy appeared. One of these has survived on film. In this scene, there is a storm and a tent is blown away revealing Stan and Oliver. They try to sleep without any cover. A bear enters a cave.
"Honolulu Baby" is a song written by Marvin Hatley for the 1933 Laurel and Hardy film Sons of the Desert. [1] [2] Ty Parvis performed the song in the film, which is later performed by Oliver Hardy. [3] [4]
Hal Roach purchased the screen rights from RKO in November 1933, and on November 29, 1934, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the Roach studio version of Babes in Toyland (later reissued as March of the Wooden Soldiers), with a new plot and retaining only five of Herbert's songs. The film starred Laurel and Hardy, Felix Knight as Tom-Tom, Charlotte ...