Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy

Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy

The early silent films that represent Stan Laurel's formative years in script and set design that set the stage for this famous comic team's rise to worldwide fame.

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Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy
  • Laurel & Hardy "The Finishing Touch" (1928)

    Laurel and Hardy are contracted to build a house in one day but the house collapses bit by bit and mayhem ensues. These early,silent films represent the formative years that honed their skills in sight gags and set pieces.

  • Laurel & Hardy "Big Business" (1929)

    Laurel and Hardy are two Christmas tree sales reps who get into their usual heated arguments with a homeowner.
    These early silent films represent the formative years with skills being honed in sight gags and set pieces.

  • Laurel & Hardy "Do Detectives Think" (1927)

    Laurel and Hardy play two inept guards hired to protect a judge from a convict bent on revenge. These early,silent films represent the formative years that honed their skills in sight gags and set pieces.

  • Laurel & Hardy "Their Purple Moment" (1928)

    Laurel and Hardy hold out money from their paychecks without telling their nagging wives so they can enjoy a night on the town with the usual,predicatable results.

  • Laurel & Hardy "You're Darn Tootin" (1928)

    Laurel and Hardy as musicians in the local municipal band are having trouble following the direction of the no nonsense conductor. These early,silent films represent the formative years that honed their skills in sight gags and set pieces.

  • Laurel & Hardy "Habeas Corpus" (1928)

    A looney scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetary to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments. These early,silent films represent the formative years that honed their skills in sight gags and set pieces.

  • Laurel & Hardy "Liberty" (1929)

    Laurel and Hardy play two escaped convicts who change clothes in a getaway car and in the chaos wind up wearing each other's clothes. These early,silent films represent the formative years that honed their skills in sight gags and set pieces.

  • Laurel & Hardy "Double Whoopee" (1929)

    Laurel and Hardy play two inept employees at a posh hotel who inflict indignities on guests and staff alike. These early films represent the formative years that honed their skills in sight gags and set pieces.

  • Laurel & Hardy "Leave Em Laughing" (1928)

    Laurel and Hardy leave the dentist's office still high on laughing gas and ultimately cause a traffic jam. These early,silent films represent the formative years that honed their skills in sight gags and set pieces.

  • Laurel & Hardy "Flying Elephants" (1928)

    Laurel and Hardy as cavemen in prehistoric times seek the hand of the same stone age beauty. These early,silent films represent the formative years that honed their skills in sight gags and set pieces.