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Stan was quickly christened in Ulverston, where he was born, as he wasn't expected to live. No grave photo. She had five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren in all, as well as a daughter,. Occupying a featured position on the bill the sketch, according to reviews, was a variety show in itself for into the basic scenario the pair somehow managed to weave comedy, music and dance. In Germany, Stan and Ollie were known as Dick und Doof. In 1925, she started interfering with Laurel's work, so Rock offered her a cash settlement and a one-way ticket back to her native Australia, which she accepted. In his early years, Laurel spent much time living with his maternal grandmother, Sarah Metcalfe. By 1907 he had been promoted to actor. He just taught us most of it". The matter was settled out of court. Although he is thought of as the Little Fellow, a phrase he used to describe his on screen character, at five feet eight Laurel was in fact taller than than Chaplin, Keaton, Langdon, and all of the Three Stooges and Marx Brothers. Stan was the second of five children born to Arthur Jefferson (A.J.) Together, he and Hardy starred in such 1930s productions as The Music Box, Way Out West, The Flying Deuces and Sons of the Desert. Gerard Julien/Getty Images. The team signed another contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1942, resulting in two more features.[20]. Laurel's brother died under anesthesia while at the dentist; Hardy's brother drowned in a swimming mishap. In May 1954, Hardy had a heart attack and cancelled the tour. Arthur Stanley Jefferson was born in his grandparents' house on 16 June 1890 in Argyle Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, [a] to Arthur J. Jefferson, an actor and theatre manager from Bishop Auckland, and Margaret (ne Metcalfe), an actress from Ulverston. Stan was working as a writer and director for, By the time they produced their first true Laurel and Hardy film, Stan was 37 and, When Stan's daughter, Lois, was little, she hated. [2] Although he continued to socialize with his fans, he refused to perform on stage or act in another film from then on as he had no interest in working without Hardy, turning down every offer he was given for a public appearance. After leaving Hal Roach in 1940 Stan and Ollie performed in a special benefit for the Red Cross in a sketch written by Stan. After their appearance on This Is Your Life The Boys were contracted by Hal Roach to star in a series of hour long TV specials but they were never made. Next to his partner, Oliver Hardy, who was about six feet tall and nearly double Stan's body weight, Stan appeared to be rather short and skinny by comparison. In 1960 he was given a special Oscar "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". As Laurel's career as a solo comedian hadn't been very successful, he was focusing more on being a gag writer and director. In 1912 they went on a tour to America where Chaplin remained, but Stan went straight back to England. ISBN: 978-1-85858-576-5; 16.95; 320 pp. of footage . That's why Stan's face is fixed in one position for a relatively long time. [12][13] He joined Fred Karno's troupe of actors in 1910 with the stage name of "Stan Jefferson"; the troupe also included a young Charlie Chaplin. Reviews of the 1917 production of 'Raffles the Dentist' tended to bear this out. Stan's famous hairstyle was created by accident. Stanley Robert Laurel son Virginia Ruth Jefferson ex-wife Vera Ivanova Jefferson ex-wife Ida Raphael wife Arthur J. Jefferson father Margaret Jefferson mother George Gordon Jefferson brother Sydney Everitt Jefferson brother Edward "Teddy" Jefferson brother About Stan Laurel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Laurel He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: His old school in Bishop Auckland is in process of being demolished (early 2021) and in it place will be built old peoples homes which will be called Laurel Court. His father, Arthur Joseph Jefferson, was a theatrical entrepreneur and theatre owner in northern England and Scotland who, with his wife, was a major force in the industry. Upon returning to the United States, they spent most of their time recovering. In 1905, the Jefferson family moved to Glasgow to be closer to their business . Their last movie together was The Bullfighters (1945) except for a dismal failure made in France several years later (Utopia (1950)). There are two Laurel and Hardy museums in Hardy's hometown of Harlem, Georgia. [17] Between 1916 and 1918, he teamed up with Alice Cooke and Baldwin Cooke, who became his lifelong friends, to form the Stan Jefferson Trio. Laurel found Semon to be a selfish performer, as he would steal whole scenes in a subtle and devious manner. Stan made his stage debut at the sage of 7 in 'Lights of London, and at 15 toured Europe on his own as a song and dance act. They retired from films in 1950 but Stan & Oliver went on a tour of England and appeared in many stage shows for years. A few minutes later he died quietly in his armchair. [3], In 1912 Laurel worked together with Ted Desmond on tour in Netherlands and Belgium as a comedy double act known as the Barto Bros. Their act, which involved them dressing as Romans, finished when Laurel was offered a spot in an American touring troupe. Tonyman 5. [32], Laurel was a smoker until suddenly quitting around 1960. Stan's father was a skilled actor, make-up artist, and theatre manager, and his mother was a dramatic actor. Comedian best known for his 107 films with acting partner Oliver Hardy. [8] When Stan wiggled his ears in films, he would be filmed with his ears as normal, then they would be held forward with putty or similar material and the camera restarted. I am planning on establishing a film production company for underprivileged kids, as I feel its important to continue that family legacy of helping others. Eighty years after their heyday, Laurel and Hardy remain icons of comedy. Stan removed the heels from his shoes while filming. However, he worked on The Bellboy, advising Jerry to cut a significant amount Somewhat taken aback, the nurse replied that she didn't know he was a skier. His light blue eyes almost ended his movie career before it began. On a later trip he remained in the United States, having been cast in a two-reel comedy, Nuts in May (1917) (not released until 1918). Entdecke Flying Deuces VHS 1984 Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy schwarz & wei Vintage in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! [47] In 2008, a statue of Stan Laurel was unveiled in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on the site of the Eden Theatre. Guild president. While with that company he was Charles Chaplin's understudy, and he performed imitations of Chaplin. Was known to play practical jokes on unsuspecting crew members on a film set. Unlike his on screen comedy partner, Laurel insisted upon answering his own fan mail personally. Completely vacant stare into the camera, accentuated by white pancake makeup. Stan Laurel, of course, partnered with Oliver Hardy to appear in more than 100 short films and features, including the classics The Music Box (1932), Sons of the Desert (1933), Babes in Toyland (1934) and Way Out West (1937). It's shocking of course. [14] Chaplin and Laurel arrived in the United States on the same ship from Britain with the Karno troupe and toured the country. The contract was soon cancelled during a reorganisation at the studio. Stan was superstitious, and his name had 13 letters in it, so he was more than happy to take up her suggestion of adopting the name of Laurel. ", "Raw footage of Stan Laurels funeral with Dick Van Dyke, Buster Keaton and more", "BBC Four Cinema - Silent Cinema Season. A friend once asked me what comedy was. What is comedy? Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. "I'm not," said Stan, "I'd rather be doing that than have all these needles stuck into me!" This wasn't a new technique for it had been discovered in 1896 by Georges Melies. [2], In 1961, Stan Laurel was given an Academy Honorary Award "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". There have been more than 40 versions of Stevenson's classic tale but the one that eclipses them all for ingenuity is Dr Pyckle and Mr Pride (1925) a two reeler in which Stan Laurel creates a brilliant parody of John Barrymore's 1920 performance. At the apartment block where he lived in later years, he even went down to the lobby to collect his mail rather than phone down and ask for it to be taken up to him. There is a plaque commemorating the fact, at which time the family were living at 66 Waldron Street, which also has a plaque on it. ", "Lois Laurel Hawes, Daughter of Stan Laurel, Dies at 89", "Stormy marriage full of off-screen drama for Stan Laurel", "Stan Laurel Dies. The public loved it, so the producers forced him to do it in most of his movies. As a result, he lived in his grandparents house, where he was also born, in Ulverston, while his parents were working away. Few performing acts successfully transitioned from the Silent Era into the age of sound, but Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel used a combination of visual contrast the rotund and imposing Hardy standing next to the thin, angular Laurel peerless physical comedy, and sharp comic timing to become one of the most popular . Feb. 24, 1965 5 AM PT. was actually dreamed up by the publicity department. Well, Laurel and Ida married in May 1946 after the actor divorced his second wife Virginia Ruth Rogers whom he married for the first time in 1935. The film was a disaster, a Franco-Italian co-production titled Atoll K. (The film was entitled Utopia in the US and Robinson Crusoeland in the UK.) The rough type of nut humor like. Around 1940 there was talk of Stan and Ollie starring in a Technicolor film 'The Red Mill; based on the 1906 Victor Herbert operetta. When his family moved to Scotland, he pursued theater and got to work with the likes of impresario Fred Karno and actor Charlie Chaplin. The British actor Sir Alec Guinness was a great admirer of Stan's. [on a comic he refused to name] Very funny when he's not being dirty. They had made six Fox features when the studio suddenly abandoned B-picture production in December 1944. The family later moved to North Shields as his father had a number of theatres in that area. Crazy humor was always my type of humor, but it's the quiet kind of craziness I like. Stan and Ollie believed that they got most of their laughs by combining dumbness with dignity making the audience feel that they were superior to them. He had learnt the full craft of the stage from being an actor playwright and a manager progressing to leasing and managing a string of theatres. 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