LAUREL & HARDY (The Essential Collection) is on a 10 Disc DVD set over at Amazon. They made 107 films together, 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films & 23 full length films. They were both signed under contract with Hal Roach studios & became a comedy team in 1927. They went easily from Silent films into Talking pictures. Stan was the innocent one, while Hardy was the pompous one. Together, they worked off each other as a slapstick comedy team from 1927 -1950.
I've been enjoying the silent films because their slapstick is at the forefront of their comedy. Oliver Hardy always knew when to look into the camera letting the audience see the ridiculousness of each situation. Stan Laurel never looked into the camera deliberately. He was always being hit & picked on by Hardy. There were times when he would fight back & it is funny. They went into Talking pictures & used each sound to comic effect. Laurel wrote most of the gags throughout their career & Hardy just went with it.
I'd have to say, "The Midnight Patrol" (1933) is one of my favorites because they portray police cops. I never laughed so hard.
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