Iconic comedy duo who débuted in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes Quintessentially English, eccentric and cricket-obsessed pair were a big hit Audiences demanded more and got it, even after split…
Laurel and Hardy
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Jean Darling, actress, singer, author, friend, passed away in September A documentary is being planned about her incredible life; find out more and about how you can help Jay Weissberg, Variety…
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The Marx Brothers quickly rose to become the undisputed kings of vaudeville and Broadway They went on to craft an equally successful, almost perfectly formed body of madcap movies Influence…
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The Making of Stan Laurel: Echoes of a British Boyhood author Danny Lawrence reminds us of Stan’s contribution to film comedy and lasting influence on this, the 50th anniversary of…
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1930 Films Q: What do the following have in common? Laurel and Hardy, Greta Garbo, Buster Keaton, Marlene Dietrich, Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, Dracula and Fritz Lang. A: They all…
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A short-lived product of the transition from silents to talkies It led to a host of cinematic conundrums and consequences Some films were completed in up to a dozen different versions…