Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011

1h 33m

7.8(17 votes)

Documentary

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

30 members

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Stan Laurel

Self (archive footage)

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Oliver Hardy

Self (archive footage)

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Frank Glaubrecht

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Booth Colman

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Chuck McCann

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Jerry Lewis

Self (archive footage)

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Marcel Marceau

Self (archive footage)

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Hal Roach

Self (archive footage)

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Ingo Appelt

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Bart Williams

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Irv Hyatt

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Jamie McKenna

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Jean Darling

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Jim MacGeorge

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Lois Laurel

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Mabel Radcliffe

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Mark Greenhow

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Martin Schneider

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Michael Ehret

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René Riva

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Richard W. Bann

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Stan Taffel

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Sylvette Baudrot

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Tom Vandenberg

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Tyler St. Mark

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Valérie Bochenek

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Virginia Lucille Jones

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Wolfgang Günther

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Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Michael Habeck

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