A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

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.

Bachelor Mother

1939

English

7.5

♡ 5

100%

Garson Kanin Director

Irving Bacon as Clerk at Exchange Window

Horace McMahon as Dance Floor Official

Barbara Pepper as Dance-Hall Hostess

Charlie Hall as Dance Hall Official

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.

Swing Time

1936

English

7.4

♡ 15

93%

George Stevens Director

Pierre Watkin as Al Simpson

Dale Van Sickel as Diner

William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron

Charlie Hall as Taxi Driver

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

Top Hat

1935

English

7.7

♡ 10

100%

Mark Sandrich Director

William A. Boardway as Club Member

George Ford as Club Patron

Mary Stewart as Dancer

Charlie Hall as Minor Role

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

Sons of the Desert

1933

English

7.5

♡ 24

100%

husband wife relationship

William A. Seiter Director

Charlie Hall as 2nd Waiter

Ellen Corby as Dress Person at Table Next to Chase's

John Elliott as Exalted Exhausted Ruler

Baldwin Cooke as Man Introducing Steamship Official / Sons Convention Attendee

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

English

7.2

♡ 10

70%

George Marshall Director

Frank Hagney as Doughboy

Charlie Hall as Janitor

Frank Rice as Perkins

Muriel Evans as Relieved Bride

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Kentucky Kernels

1934

English

6.0

♡ 4

44%

George Stevens Director

Charlie Hall as Cigarette Stand Owner

Harrison Greene as Lawyer Aloysius T. Guilfoyle

Edgar Dearing as Policeman

George 'Spanky' McFarland as Spanky Milford

The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.

Hellzapoppin'

1941

English

7.4

♡ 13

85%

H.C. Potter Director

Ethelreda Leopold as Blonde Woman at Skeet Range

Dale Van Sickel as Man Who Falls Into Pool / Frankenstein Monster

George Chandler as Movie Cameraman

Charlie Hall as Taxi Driver

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

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.

Morning Glory

1933

English

6.4

♡ 4

60%

Lowell Sherman Director

Charlie Hall as Actor

Robert Bolder as Actor

John Carradine as Dream Apparition

Richard Carle as Henry Lawrence

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?

The Gay Divorcee

1934

English

7.3

♡ 13

92%

Mark Sandrich Director

Mary Stewart as Dancer / Singer

Charlie Hall as Messenger at Dock

Ginger Rogers as Mimi Glossop

Frank Mills as Waiter

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

The Lodger

1944

English

7.0

♡ 10

73%

John Brahm Director

Forrester Harvey as Cobbler

Charlie Hall as Comedian

Frank Hagney as Policeman

William A. Boardway as Theatre Patron

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

English

6.7

♡ 6

31%

Leo McCarey Director

Oliver Hardy as Mr. Hardy

Jack Hill as Muddy Combatant

Charlie Hall as Soda Jerk

Stan Laurel as Stan

Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.

Two Tars

1928

English

7.2

♡ 8

63%

James Parrott Director

Edgar Dearing as Motorcycle Policeman

Baldwin Cooke as Motorist

Jack Hill as Motorist with Mattress

Charlie Hall as Shopkeeper

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.

Leave 'em Laughing

1928

English

6.7

♡ 7

62%

Leo McCarey Director

Edgar Dearing as Dental Patient

Jack Hill as Irate Motorist

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Charlie Hall as The Landlord

Stan complains of a toothache and he and Ollie visit the dentist. Ollie gets his teeth pulled by mistake. Under the influence of laughing gas, they leave and cause much commotion on the road annoying a traffic cop.

The Battle of the Century

1927

English

7.1

♡ 7

67%

Leo McCarey Director

Edgar Dearing as Man who says 'Gimme a pie'

Charlie Hall as Pie Deliveryman

Jack Hill as Ringside Spectator

Anita Garvin as Woman Who Slips on Pie

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

Berth Marks

1929

English

6.9

♡ 12

17%

Lewis R. Foster Director

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Charlie Hall as Train Passenger

Paulette Goddard as Train Passenger

Baldwin Cooke as Train Passenger

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

You're Darn Tootin'

1928

English

6.6

♡ 6

67%

Edgar Kennedy Director

Otto Lederer as Bandleader

Rolfe Sedan as Drunk

Charlie Hall as Musician

Oliver Hardy as Ollie - French Horn Player

Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor.

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011

German

7.4

♡ 3

Andreas Baum Director

Charlie Hall as Self

Chuck McCann as Self

Booth Colman as Self

Phyllis Coates as Self

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.

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Dressed to Kill

The Music Box

Bachelor Mother

Swing Time

Top Hat

Sons of the Desert

Pack Up Your Troubles

Kentucky Kernels

Hellzapoppin'

Duck Soup

Morning Glory

The Gay Divorcee

The Lodger

Should Married Men Go Home?

Two Tars

Leave 'em Laughing

The Battle of the Century

Berth Marks

You're Darn Tootin'

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic