Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Dec 28 2011
•2h 33m
•Documentary, Comedy
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.
Cast
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Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
Self (archive footage)
Frank Glaubrecht
Narrator
Booth Colman
Self
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