In 2012, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry

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Laurel and Hardy in Way out West
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Almost 100 years later and still very popular worldwide. This duo has written comedy history! They just never get old..

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Stan and Ollie play two convicts who share a cell. They dig a tunnel to escape from prison. After making a detour to avoid a burst underground water pipe, they emerge through the floor of the warden's office and are quickly sent back to the cell block after a short chase. Not long afterward, Stan and Ollie cleverly disguise themselves as painters and casually walk out through the prison's front gates during a meal break carrying paint cans and brushes. They are watched by a suspicious policeman, however. To keep the ruse going, they indiscriminately paint everything they see—including a parked car and its engine. After they accidentally paint the backside of a female passerby, the policeman pursues them. They climb into a limousine, eject the two backseat passengers, and steal their evening clothes. By happenstance, the men were two visiting French prison officials who were on their way to meet with the governor to learn about American prisons. Their chauffeur is unaware of the switch and he continues to his destination. Stan and Ollie assume the role of the French visitors and are taken to a banquet at the governor's home. While dining, Stan hilariously tries to corral a wayward cherry that has fallen from the top of his appetizer. When the banquet concludes, the governor escorts Stan and Ollie on a tour of the nearby prison. Their cell block comrades quickly recognize them—as do the real French dignitaries who are occupying Stan and Ollie's former cell in their underwear. After a brief chase, Stan and Ollie are marched back to their home behind bars.

Block-Heads is a 1938 comedy film directed by John G. Blystone, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Block-Heads was a reworking of elements from the Laurel and Hardy shorts "We Faw Down (1928)" and "Unaccustomed As We Are (1929)". It was Roach's last film for MGM. and the last film directed by John G. Blystone, who died shortly thereafter.
The original ending in the script had Billy Gilbert seated comfortably in his study, with Stan and Ollie's heads mounted on his trophy wall (Ollie glances at Stan and says, "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"). Hal Roach vetoed the idea as "too gruesome", but writer Felix Adler later used the gag at the end of The Three Stooges' 1941 short "I'll Never Heil Again".
The battle scenes at the beginning of the film are recycled footage shot for the 1925 silent film The Big Parade by King Vidor.

Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her husband. To forget her he joins the Foreign Legion with Stan. Bad idea.

Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Writers: Ralph Spence, Charley Rogers 
Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker 
Genres: Classics, Comedy, Slapstick, War

CCC Chapters:
00:00:00 Full Length Movie
00:22:30 Joining the foreign legion
00:26:52 Laundry duty
00:37:41 Marching out

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The 2018 biographical comedy-drama film Stan and Ollie brings to life the legendary comedic duo of the early classical Hollywood era, Laurel and Hardy. The movie follows their final days as a duo and their personal relationship.

In reality, Laurel and Hardy’s pioneering influence in comedy and other genres is still felt today. Their work has influenced artists and writers like Jerry Lewis, Peter Sellers, mime artist Marcel Marceau, Steve Martin, and John Cleese.

The duo was active from 1927 to 1955 but throughout their amazing career, they faced their fair share of setbacks, rivalry, financial strife, and tragedy. Let's look at the tragic life stories of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

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Hardy suffered tragic losses | 0:00
Laurel lost his mom | 1:17
Hardy was teased a lot | 2:35
Bad with money | 3:31
1940s career decline | 4:48
Hardy was unlucky in love | 5:50
Laurel retired when Hardy died | 6:57
A disastrous final film | 7:32
Hardy's rough final years | 8:49
Laurel was lonely and ill | 9:42

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The film is set during the Prohibition era, and it follows Laurel and Hardy as they embark on a misadventure involving home brewing and prison life. The story begins with Stan and Ollie planning to brew 15 gallons of beer to drink and sell. However, their brewing activities land them in prison for concocting and selling their homebrew.

In prison, Stan's loose tooth becomes a source of trouble with the governor. They share a cell with other inmates, including the notorious "The Tiger." Stan's inadvertent razzberry at the end of each sentence earns him respect from The Tiger, and they become friends. The film features prison school scenes with James Finlayson as the teacher, leading to a comical ink-soaked mishap that lands them in solitary.

During a prison riot, Laurel and Hardy escape, becoming wanted fugitives. They find refuge on a cotton plantation, hiding in blackface. However, their cover is blown when Stan falls into a pond. Eventually, they are discovered and sent back to prison.

A warden decides to address Stan's loose tooth by sending him to the prison dentist. In a humorous twist, Ollie accidentally gets his tooth pulled instead. The dentist then mistakenly pulls the wrong tooth from Stan.

Tricked into breaking their alleged hunger strike, they go to the mess hall expecting a feast but are served the usual drab fare. Laurel's protests lead to a planned prison riot, but Stan accidentally sets off a Tommy gun prematurely, disrupting the plan. The warden's daughter is trapped in a burning building, and Stan and Ollie attempt to rescue her with a ladder. Stan's unintentional use of the Tommy gun breaks up the riot, earning them a written pardon from the grateful warden. Their exit from prison is swift, with Stan amusingly misunderstanding the warden's final words.

Unaccustomed As We Are is the first sound comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy released on May 4, 1929.

Oliver invites his friend Stanley over for a nice home-cooked meal, but Mrs. Hardy wants nothing to do with it and walks out. Mrs. Kennedy, Oliver's beautiful neighbor from across the hall, volunteers to help out.... Oh dear!

Laurel and Hardy - Blotto 1930 (Full Movie Remastered)

Beau Hunks - Laurel & Hardy.

In this comedy, Oliver joins the Foreign Legion after being jilted by his girlfriend, and he brings Stanley along with him. The duo faces challenges under the scorching desert sun and the strict discipline of the Commandant. During a long march to Fort Arid, they get lost in the desert, and upon reaching the fort, they discover that it is under siege by the Riffs.

"Beau Hunks" is known for its comedic portrayal of the Foreign Legion setting and Laurel and Hardy's signature brand of humor. The film showcases their misadventures and the comedic challenges they encounter along the way.

Clip from Laurel and Hardy's 1938 feature length comedy BLOCK-HEADS.

Block-Heads is a 1938 comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, a reworking of elements from the Laurel and Hardy shorts We Faw Down (1928) and Unaccustomed As We Are (1929), was Roach's final film for MGM, and is remembered as one of Laurel and Hardy's most successful films.

PLOT

The film opens in the trenches of World War I where Ollie, Stan and the rest of their army company are ready to go 'over the top', but Stan is ordered to stay behind to guard the trench. Stock scenes of fighting are then seen followed by the caption 'Armistice'. Twenty years pass, and Stan is still guarding the post, as shown by the huge pile of bean cans he has accumulated, and the path he has worn pacing back and forth on guard. He is found by accident (after firing on a plane he sees approaching) and is brought home, feted as a hero. Ollie, who has been married for a year to the formidable Mrs Hardy (Minna Gombell), sees him in a newspaper and visits him in the veterans' home. He finds Stan in a wheelchair, having apparently lost a leg, and invites him home. However, Stan is in fact just resting in another veteran's wheelchair and Ollie only finds out he still has both legs after pushing him around in the chair and then carrying him. Ollie, angrily: "Why didn't you tell me you had two legs?" Stan: "Well, you didn't ask me." They reach Ollie's automobile, which he says belongs to his wife and is 'practically new', but it is boxed in by a dump truck. Stan climbs into the cab to move it and inadvertently operates the dump mechanism, burying the car in sand and leaving only Ollie's head exposed. It is then completely wrecked when Ollie demonstrates the automatic garage door at his home and allows Stan to drive the car in to test it.
There is then a lengthy scene of the pair attempting to climb thirteen flights of stairs to Ollie's apartment because they think the elevator is out of order. They are resting near the top when a top hat-wearing man with a cane (James Finlayson) insults Ollie, leading him to challenge him to a fight outside. They return down the stairs, picking up spectators along the way. After settling the disagreement, the pair finally reach the top of the stairs, where they run into a brattish kid (Tommy Bond) with a football. Ollie kicks his ball down the stairwell, where it hits the face of a man speaking on a telephone at reception. The kid's burly father emerges and orders Ollie back down the stairs to fetch it. After a 'tit-for-tat' fight with the father, the ball is kicked down the stairwell again and hits the man in the face a second time. When they finally reach the apartment, Ollie's wife wants Stan to leave immediately, as she is disgusted with the bums he brings home. When food is demanded she walks out, leaving Ollie to prepare a meal for Stan, but the pair only succeed in blowing up the kitchen.
Across the hall, Ollie's attractive neighbor, Mrs Gilbert (Patricia Ellis), offers to help clear up the mess. She is then soaked by a bowl of punch (the only item left unscathed from the kitchen explosion) and the only dry clothing Ollie can find is a pair of his enormous pajamas. Mrs Hardy then returns, because her car is wrecked, and Ollie tries to conceal Mrs Gilbert by covering her with a cloth to make her resemble a chair. After Stan unwittingly sits on her, Ollie hides her inside a trunk.All this time, Mrs.Hardy has been quarreling with Ollie, and finally leaves. Big-game hunter Mr Gilbert (Billy Gilbert) then arrives and the wife reveals herself after he boasts about his extra-marital conquests. He then chases Stan and Ollie back down the stairs, blasting at them with a shotgun, missing the duo, but hitting everything else. A large number of philandering husbands jump out of windows with trousers off.

CAST

Stan Laurel - Stan
Oliver Hardy - Ollie
Patricia Ellis - Mrs. 'Toots' Gilbert
Minna Gombell - Mrs. Hardy
Billy Gilbert - Mr. Gilbert
James Finlayson - Finn (man on stairs)
Zeffie Tilbury - Dowager seated near stairs
Harry Anderson - Doorman
Mike Behegan - Bugler
Patsy Moran - Lulu
James C. Morton - James, porter
Karl Slover - Midget
Chill Wills - Midget (voice)
Tommy Bond - Neighbor's son
Ed Brandenburg - Pedestrian
Tex Driscoll - Bearded veteran

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