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Laurel and Hardy: Clown Princes of Comedy (Paperback)

by Ernie Wise (Foreword), Bruce Crowther (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books (28 May 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0862873444
  • ISBN-13: 978-0862873448
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,006,672 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Charts the glittering career of the best-loved faces in the film world. With a foreword by Ernie Wise, this volume follows the laughter-making pair from their early days in Hal Roach's silent comedies through the transition to sound, to the Hollywood features of their later years. The book recounts, in words and pictures, the comic pairing of Laurel and Hardy - one a childlike innocent with a penchant for anarchy, the other a bossy incompetent - who arrived on the film scene late in the silent era, and transformed the popular comedy of the day. Their partnership first flowered in "Putting Pants on Philip" and went from strength to strength with "Leave 'Em Laughing", "Big Business" and the Academy award-winning "The Music Box". As characters, they complemented one another perfectly, and their partnership has gone down as one of the greatest in film history. The book contains behind-the-scenes stories, photographs, a filmography and select discography.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perceptive, funny and moving, 16 Nov 2008
By Isafish "Isafish" (London, England) - See all my reviews
This book traces Stan and Ollie's lives and careers, including each and every one of their films. It shows and critiques the developments in their style as they move from silent movies to talkies and from short films to features.

There are sections too on many of the other important figures in the Stan and Ollie universe, such as Mae Busch and 'Fin'.

For me, however, the most interesting part of the book was the section dealing with their final years which saw them touring British variety theatres. Although it was sad to think of them as frail old men struggling to recapture the magic of their Hollywood years, it was also strangely uplifting to read of the dignity with which they faced this final challenge. The quotes from a young British ventriloquist who worked with them during that period are deeply moving.

And of course the book also contains many wonderful quotes from Laurel & Hardy themselves and lots of stills from their films. The photos are as important as the quotes in capturing the essence of their magic. So much of their humour was visual (Ollie's look to camera, Stan's expression of befuddlement) that words alone could never be enough.

I have really only one criticism and that the index, which is rather poor: just a list of names and films.
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