Circa 1920 — First appearance on film together.  In their first ever scene together Ollie tries to rob Stan at gunpoint. 

1

The Lucky Dog (S)

1922   

1926 — The boys’ second appearance together.

2

45 Minutes from Hollywood (S)               

26 Dec 1926 

1927 — 14 movies.  The Second Hundred Years is recognised as the first proper Laurel and Hardy film.

3

Duck Soup (S)

13 Mar 1927 

4

Slipping Wives (S)

3 Apr 1927

5

Love ‘Em and Weep (S)

12 Jun 1927

6

Why Girls Love Sailors (S)

17 Jul 1927

7

With Love and Hisses (S)

28 Aug 1927

8

Sugar Daddies (S)

10 Sep 1927

9

Sailors Beware (S)

25 Sep 1927

10

The Second Hundred Years (S)       

8 Oct 1927

11

Now I’ll Tell One (S)

9 Oct 1927

12

Call of the Cuckoos (S)

15 Oct 1927

13

Hats Off (S) (Lost)

5 Nov 1927

14

Do Detectives’ Think (S)

20 Nov 1927

15

Putting Pants on Philip (S)

3 Dec 1927

16

The Battle of the Century (S)

31 Dec 1927 

1928 — 11 movies.

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Leave ‘Em Laughing (S)

28 Jan 1928

18

Flying Elephants (S)

12 Feb 1928

19

The Finishing Touch (S)

25 Feb 1928

20

From Soup to Nuts (S)

24 Mar 1928

21

You’re Darn Tootin (S)

21 Apr 1928

22

Their Purple Moment (S)

19 May 1928

23

Should Married Men Go Home (S) 

8 Sep 1928

24

Early to Bed (S)

6 Oct 1928

25

Two Tars (S)

3 Nov 1928

26

Habeas Corpus (S)

1 Dec 1928

27

We Faw Down (S)

29 Dec 1928 

1929 — 14 movies.  The boys appeared in their first sound movie ‘Unaccustomed As We Are’.  ‘Angora Love’ was their last silent film.

28

Liberty (S)

26 Jan 1929

29

Wrong Again (S)

23 Feb 1929

30

That’s My Wife (S)

23 Mar 1929

31

Big Business (S)

20 Apr 1929

32

Unaccustomed As We Are

4 May 1929

33

Double Whoopee (S)

18 May 1929

34

Berth Marks

1 Jun 1929 

35

Men O War

29 Jun 1929

36

Perfect Day

10 Aug 1929

37

They Go Boom

21 Sep 1929

38

Bacon Grabbers (S)

19 Oct 1929

39

The Hoose-Gow

16 Nov 1929

40

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

23 Nov 1929

41

Angora Love (S)

14 Dec 1929

1930 — 8 movies.  All ‘talkies’.  ‘The Rogue Song’ was their only ever colour movie (save for their 'silent' part in the 1 reel 'war effort' film 'A Tree In A Test Tube', released 1943).  Sadly only clips survive.

42

Night Owls

4 Jan 1930

43

The Rogue Song (Colour) (Lost)

10 May 1930

44

Blotto

8 Feb 1930

45

Brats

22 Mar 1930

46

Below Zero

26 Apr 1930

47

Hog Wild

31 May 1930

48

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

6 Sep 1930

49

Another Fine Mess

29 Nov 1930

1931 — 10 movies.  Two were cameo appearances.

50

Be Big

7 Feb 1931

51

Chickens Come Home

21 Feb 1931

52

The Stolen Jools (Cameo)

Apr 1931

53

Laughing Gravy

4 Apr 1931

54

Our Wife

16 May 1931

55

Pardon Us

15 Aug 1931

56

Come Clean

19 Sep 1931

57

One Good Turn

31 Oct 1931

58

Beau Hunks

12 Dec 1931

59

On the Loose (Cameo)

26 Dec 1931

1932 — 9 movies.  ‘The Music Box’ won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Comedy Subject. 

60

Helpmates

23 Jan 1932

61

Any Old Port

5 Mar 1932

62

The Music Box

16 Apr 1932

63

The Chimp

21 May 1932

64

County Hospital

25 Jun 1932

65

Scram

10 Sep 1932

66

Pack Up Your Troubles

17 Sep 1932

67

Their First Mistake

5 Nov 1932

68

Towed in a Hole

31 Dec 1932

1933 — 8 movies.  ‘Twice Two’ saw James Parrott in the Director’s chair for the last time.  ‘Me and My Pal’ was the only movie with 2 Directors!

69

Twice Two

25 Feb 1933

70

Me and My Pal

22 Apr 1933

71

Fra Diavolo (The Devil’s Brother)

5 May 1933

72

The Midnight Patrol

3 Aug 1933

73

Busy Bodies

7 Oct 1933

74

Wild Poses (Cameo)

28 Oct 1933

75

Dirty Work

25 Nov 1933

76

Sons of the Desert

29 Dec 1933

1934 — 6 movies.  ‘Babes In Toyland’ was probably the boys’ most extravagant venture with the small town created at enormous expense.

77

Oliver the Eighth

Feb 1934

78

Hollywood Party

1 Jun 1934

79

Going Bye Bye

23 Jun 1934

80

Them Thar Hills

21 Jul 1934

81

Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers)

30 Nov 1934

82

The Live Ghost

8 Dec 1934

1935 — 4 movies.  ‘Tit for Tat’ was the boys’ only sequel (to ‘Them Thar Hills’).  ‘Thicker Than Water’ became the last 2 reeler due to the industry’s demand for feature films. 

83

Tit for Tat

5 Jan 1935

84

The Fixer-Uppers

9 Feb 1935

85

Thicker Than Water

Aug 1935

86

Bonnie Scotland

23 Aug 1935

1936 — 3 movies.  Just days after ‘The Bohemian Girl’ was previewed Thelma Todd was found dead.  The press fuelled stories that her death was suspicious, and to avoid any negative publicity at the time most of the scenes that included Thelma were cut.  She was replaced by Zeffie Tilbury.

87

The Bohemian Girl

14 Feb 1936

88

On the Wrong Trek (Cameo)

18 Apr 1936

89

Our Relations

30 Oct 1936

1937 — 2 movies.  ‘Way Out West’ was possibly the boys’ most popular film.  In 1975 the song ‘On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine’ was released in the UK and reached number 2 in the charts.  It was kept from the top spot by Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.  The high and low voices that Stan mimed were provided by Rosina Lawrence — who later became the wife of Dr John McCabe (Stan and Ollie’s official biographer and founder of the Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society ‘Sons Of The Desert’) — and Chill Wills (one of the ‘Avalon Boys’) respectively. 

90

Way Out West

16 Apr 1937

91

Pick a Star

21 May 1937

1938 — 2 movies.  Charles Gemora who had played the chimp in ‘The Chimp’ returned to a bigger suit to play the gorilla in ‘Swiss Miss’.

92

Swiss Miss

20 May 1938

93

Blockheads

19 Aug 1938

1939 — 1 movie.  There were contractual wranglings between Stan Laurel and Hal Roach at this time.  It led to Ollie playing his first solo role in the film ‘Zenobia’ while the problems were ironed out.  The press claimed that Laurel and Hardy had split but this claim was put to bed when the boys re-signed with Roach on short-term contracts.  They were then loaned to independent producer Boris Morros to make ‘The Flying Deuces’.  On their return to Roach they shot an additional two reels for ‘A Chump At Oxford’ (which was not released until 1940) due to their popularity in the UK where they were still receiving ‘Top Of The Bill’ publicity. 

94

The Flying Deuces

20 Oct 1939

1940 — 2 movies.  ‘Saps At Sea’ marked their last production with Hal Roach and the end to their associations with their regular fellow stars James Finlayson and Charlie Hall.

95

A Chump at Oxford

16 Feb 1940

96

Saps at Sea

3 May 1940

1941 — 1 movie.  The first film with 20th Century Fox.  It suffered badly for the lack of creative control that the boys had enjoyed with Roach.

97

Great Guns

10 Oct 1941

1942 — 1 movie.  The boys’ second film with 20th Century Fox, which continued to use re-worked sketches from previous movies.

98

A-Haunting We Will Go

7 Aug 1942

1943 — 4 movies.  The 1 reeler ‘The Tree In A Test Tube’ was a 'war effort' movie and was filmed during a lunch break while shooting ‘Jitterbugs’.  It is the boys’ only complete colour 'movie' in existence.  The disappointing feature films continued both with Fox and MGM.

99

A Tree in a Test Tube

early 1943

100

Air Raid Wardens

Apr 1943

101

Jitterbugs

11 Jun 1943

102

The Dancing Masters

19 Nov 1943

1944 — 1 movie.  The film consisted of many re-worked sketches from previous films, including their previous movie ‘The Dancing Masters’!

103

The Big Noise

Sep 1944

1945 — 2 movies.  ‘Nothing But Trouble’ was the last movie for MGM and remained of poor quality despite written material from Buster Keaton.  ‘The Bullfighters’ was made by 20th Century Fox, but the boys refused to sign another contract with them due to the poor quality of the films and opted instead to continue their career with stage appearances in Europe where they were still revered.    

104

Nothing But Trouble

Mar 1945

105

The Bullfighters

18 May 1945

1951 — 1 movie.  The boys were tempted back to the film set by a multi-national offer with backing from the French Government that promised more directional control for Stan.  The movie was, sadly, their last and was marred not only by a poor script but by the boys’ flagging health.  They are a sorry sight and this film is hard to watch for that reason.  This was truly the end for Laurel and Hardy.

106

Atoll K

21 Nov 1951