It’s long been a source of frustration for Laurel and Hardy fans: Most of the greatest comedy team’s films readily available on DVD have come from the tail end of their careers in the 1940s and early ...

BERLIN – Laurel and Hardy (search), masters of foreign languages? German film historians have tracked a long-lost copy of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's early sound work to an archive in Moscow ...

Checking into a Newcastle hotel early in the new biopic Stan & Ollie, Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) decide to delight the clerk with a bit of business. Dusting off an ...

Four newly restored films from 1927 will be screened how they were intended to be shown in a theater with an appreciative audience. OAK CLIFF - Nearly 100 years have passed since legendary comedians ...

The lithe Stan Laurel had yet again gotten his portly partner Oliver Hardy involved in “another nice mess,” this time in 1937’s Way Out West. (As any member of the diehard Sons of the Desert fan club ...

Laurel and Hardy in Battle of the Century. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Newfound fans watching the 25 weekday hours of Friends reruns on TBS or who are streaming all ten seasons on HBO Max may have ...

John Field buys and sells old movies and film memorabilia, but a half-dozen nights each year, the 58-year-old Encinitas resident pops on his fez and becomes the Grand Sheik of the Saps at Sea. The ...

If you see hundreds of people wearing fez hats in Harrogate this weekend, don't be alarmed. The town, better known for quaint coffee shops and Turkish baths, is hosting the 43rd Sons of the Desert ...

WORCESTER - There are three Laurel and Hardy museums, one in the hometown of Stan Laurel in Ulverston, England; one in the hometown of Oliver Hardy in Harlem, Georgia; and another in Germany that was ...

Ask Dean is a Journal Star column focusing on all things Peoria: its history, mysteries, quirks and culture. The scene in question is a brief but memorable special effect, with the comedy duo reduced ...

In December 1953, Hollywood film stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy spent a few weeks at the Bull Inn, Bottesford, Leicestershire, while they performed a show at the nearby Nottingham Empire. Stan’s ...