I don't know if this has been posted before (I did check, but couldn't find anything),

but a new movie is coming out based on the life of Laurel and Hardy. It's called Stan & Ollie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8br7XzITccs

I will be honest, after watching the trailer I feel a little ashamed for my original excitement.

My first thought was "hey, will they recreate the Battle of the Century pie fight???"

But, then I really watched the trailer. It's very poignant.

I am not a Laurel and Hardy film historian, but if this trailer is close to accurate, they had some hard times.

For slapstick fans, this film should be a good one.

Is it a sequel to STAND AND DELIVER?

No. Its the sequel to Stephen King's The Stand mini-series.

I thought this film was about Stan Musial and Kevin Ollie

Wrong again. The title says STAND, not STAN. In all seriousness, it's about Oliver North standing as he takes the stand. Its quite the ordeal for him and he can barely stand it.

I love this forum!

I'm not even a wammer, I just hang out here for the lulz.

But where else could I see that portrait of Bea Arthur?!

On a STAND, of course!!!

DAMNIT! I wanted it to be "Step Brothers 2".

Let's get back to discussing the movie. I will not STAND for any more nonsense.

Wow...John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel!...brilliant casting.

If memory serve es me (and it often doesn't these days), it was none other than Mabel Normand who early on championed L & H to Mack Sennett and persuaded him to hire them (she may have even directed a few of their earliest shorts, but most of her directorial work is lost).

Would you settle for "Sisters Brothers"??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsTamQNkxGA

Sure, SStuff! I'll take ANYTHING with John C. Reilly in it! Even non-comedic roles.

Man, talk about a movie that fails "The Bechdel Test". I mean,they got "sisters" right in the title
of it, and there's no women in sight. Women in Hollywood can't catch a break!

Now we just need John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell to appear in drag and do a parody movie:
"The Brothers Sisters".

When this movie comes out, will there be promotional tie-ins at the concession STAND?




I crack myself up. I can barely STAND it!

Laurel and Hardy both worked for Sennett, but not together. Laurel worked as a script-writer and assistant director; he did both for at least one film starring Normand. Hardy worked for Sennett as an actor, including several films with Normand, but she was the star and he was usually, maybe always, a minor character.

Laurel and Hardy didn't actually team up until Hal Roach put them together a number of years after the Sennett era. (It seems a large number of former Sennett employees ended up at Roach studios, incuding Normand.) By the time the first Laurel and Hardy film was made, Hardy could already list over 200 films on his resume, and Laurel had around 50.

It doesn't seem to be the case that Normand convinced Sennett to hire either Laurel or Hardy, even as individuals. You're probably thinking about Chaplin, who Sennett was ready to fire after his first picture for Sennett was a flop. It's said that Mabel stuck up strongly for Chaplin and convinced Sennett to keep him on the payroll. She also directed Chaplin in at least one film, and co-directed at least one film with him.

DonJuan - yes, thanks for that correction (I somehow wrote Stan Laurel, knowing it was Oliver Hardy) ...

Don't make me learn new names like Stand Laura and Ollie Holly!