A compilation of primarly Laurel and Hardy shorts---From Soup to Nuts, Wrong Again, Putting the Pants on Philip, The Finishing Touch, Sugar Daddies and short clips from others---plus Max Davidson's Call of the Cuckoo and Dumb Daddies, with some cross-over Charley Chase footage, which, along with Robert Youngson's previous "The Golden Age of Comedy", "When Comedy Was King", "Days of Thrills and Laughter", led to a renewed interest in and a revival of television showings of Laurel and Hardy shorts. The cast was billed in order of their appearance: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Vivien Oakland (with a Vivian typo), Glen Tyron, Edna Murphy, Anita Garvin, Tiny Sanford, Jimmy Finlayson, Charlie Chase, Viola Richard, Max Davidson, Del Henderson, Josephine Crowell, Anders Randolf (as Anders Randolph), Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn, Lillian Elliott and "Spec" O'Donnell.

One Good Turn

1931

English

7.1

♡ 6

56%

James W. Horne Director

Gordon Douglas as A Community Player

Baldwin Cooke as Bit Part

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan Laurel as Stan

Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.

Hog Wild

1930

English

7.4

♡ 10

70%

husband wife relationship

James Parrott Director

Cy Slocum as Bus Passenger

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan Laurel as Stan

Dorothy Granger as Tillie - The Hardys' Maid / Girl Lifting Her Skirt by Puddle

First, Ollie can't find his hat. Then he and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.

Night Owls

1930

English

7.5

♡ 9

67%

James Parrott Director

James Finlayson as Meadows

Oliver Hardy as Mr. Hardy

Stan Laurel as Mr. Laurel

Baldwin Cooke as Policeman

Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan and Ollie to rob the chief's house so he can regain his reputation by catching them. The policeman promises to later get the boys off. Things do not go as planned.

Their First Mistake

1932

English

7.2

♡ 9

67%

George Marshall Director

Mae Busch as Mrs. Arabella Hardy

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Billy Gilbert as Process Server

Stan Laurel as Stan

Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.

Busy Bodies

1933

English

7.6

♡ 17

73%

Lloyd French Director

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Charlie Hall as Shop Worker

Jack Hill as Shop Worker

Stan Laurel as Stan

In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.

Twice Two

1933

English

6.9

♡ 4

64%

James Parrott Director

Charlie Hall as Delivery Boy

Stan Laurel as Mr. Stan Laurel / Mrs. Sandy Hardy

Oliver Hardy as Oliver Hardy / Mrs. Fanny Laurel

Baldwin Cooke as Soda Jerk

A year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in the same office.

The Tree in a Test Tube

1942

English

4.6

♡ 2

Charles McDonald Director

Pete Smith as Interlocutor

Lee Vickers as Narrator

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan Laurel as Stan

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.

That's That!

1938

English

4.6

♡ 2

Action

Comedy

The rarest of Laurel and Hardy films this side of The Rogue Song (1930), That's That is a gag reel made up of alternate takes and bloopers said to have been compiled by film editor Bert Jordan as a present for Stan Laurel's birthday in 1937.

Helpmates

1932

English

7.7

♡ 9

74%

James Parrott Director

Blanche Payson as Mrs. Hardy

Bobby Burns as Neighbor

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan Laurel as Stan

Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.

The Music Box

1932

English

7.9

♡ 23

91%

James Parrott Director

Lilyan Irene as Nursemaid

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Charlie Hall as Postman

Stan Laurel as Stan

The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.

Putting Pants on Philip

1927

English

6.5

♡ 5

31%

Clyde Bruckman Director

Jack Hill as Extra

Bob O'Connor as Extra

Oliver Hardy as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

Stan Laurel as Philip

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.

Duck Soup

1927

English

6.5

♡ 5

50%

Fred Guiol Director

Stuart Holmes as

Charlie Hall as Moving man

Oliver Hardy as Oliver Hardy aka Colonel Buckshot

Stan Laurel as Stan Laurel aka Agnes

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.

Early to Bed

1928

English

6.3

♡ 6

60%

Emmett J. Flynn Director

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan Laurel as Stan

Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.

Habeas Corpus

1928

English

6.6

♡ 6

43%

Leo McCarey Director

Charley Rogers as Ledoux - the Butler

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Richard Carle as Professor Padilla

Stan Laurel as Stan

Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.

We Faw Down

1928

English

6.8

♡ 6

47%

Leo McCarey Director

Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Hardy

Bess Flowers as Mrs. Laurel

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan Laurel as Stan

Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.