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Charley Rogers
Charles Rogers (15 January 1887 – 20 December 1956) was an English film actor, film director, director and screenwriter best known for his association with Laurel and Hardy. He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, and was the son of provincial English playwright Charles Rogers, and brother of actors John Rogers (actor), John Rogers and Gerald Rogers. In 1928, he joined the Laurel and Hardy crew on the Hal Roach lot, where he worked as an actor, writer, and ultimately director. Although he was known informally as "Charley," he was always billed on screen under his given name, Charles Rogers. In 1931, Rogers was paired with Roach performer Charlie Hall (actor, born 1899), Charlie Hall in a short subject, ''Hopping Off'' (1931). The short was never released, and the remaining footage can be seen briefly in The Boy Friends short Wild Babies (1932). In the 1940s, as an actor, Rogers was teamed briefly with Harry Langdon in feature films and with Andy Clyde for a few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Nazty Nuisance
''That Nazty Nuisance'' is a 1943 American featurette that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners and directed by Glenn Tryon. The film is also known as ''Double Crossed Fool'' (international TV title) and ''The Last Three''. It is a sequel to ''The Devil with Hitler''. Plot Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler embarks on a secret journey to the oriental country of Norom to negotiate a treaty with the blood-thirsty High Chief Paj Mub, mostly because Paj Mub insists on meeting Hitler personally instead of making relations through Hitler's emissary, Kapitän von Popoff. However, despite Hitler's insistence that they shouldn't be told and Joseph Goebbels, Goebbels' efforts to mislead them, his Axis partners Benito Mussolini of Italy and General Sukiyaki, Suki Yaki of Japan unsolicitedly appear at the submarine dock and invite themselves to the trip. At the same time an American supply ship has just been sunk by a German U-boat, although the crew under their skipper, Captain Spense, escape i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Tars
''Two Tars'' is a silent short subject directed by James Parrott starring comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 3, 1928. Plot During a shore leave, two sailors opt to rent an automobile, with Laurel assuming the role of driver. However, his lack of proficiency behind the wheel leads to a near collision with a pedestrian at a street corner. Subsequently, Hardy takes over driving duties but promptly crashes the vehicle into a lamppost, prompting him to retreat in embarrassment. Their misadventures continue as they encounter two young women struggling with a malfunctioning vending machine. Hardy's attempt to resolve the situation results in the machine's destruction, exacerbating the situation. Their actions draw the ire of the store proprietor, leading to a chaotic encounter where Laurel and Hardy find themselves entangled in the escalating conflict. Despite their efforts to flee, they inadvertently become embroiled in a larger-scale al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tit For Tat (1935 Film)
''Tit for Tat'' is a 1935 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It is the only direct sequel they made, following the story of ''Them Thar Hills'', which was released the previous year and includes the same two supporting characters, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, portrayed by Charlie Hall (actor, born 1899), Charlie Hall and Mae Busch.Fristoe, Roger (2019)"TIT FOR TAT (1935)" Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Time Warner, Inc., New York, N.Y. Retrieved May 25, 2019. This "two-reeler" is notable too for being nominated for an Academy Award as Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film (Comedy) of 1935, although it did not win. It also has a central theme similar to the comedy duo's 1929 silent short Big Business (1929 film), ''Big Business''. In the opening scene of ''Tit for Tat'', Oliver places a sign in the front window of his and Stan Laurel, Stan's electrical store. It reads "Open for Big Business", an allusion to the escala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Scotland
''Bonnie Scotland'' is a 1935 American film directed by James W. Horne and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach for Hal Roach Studios. Although the film begins in Scotland, a large part of the action is set in British India. Plot Upon absconding from incarceration with only a week left to serve, Laurel and Hardy embark on a journey to Scotland clandestinely aboard a cattle boat. Stan, assuming the alias "Stanley McLaurel," harbors the belief that he is the rightful heir to his grandfather's substantial fortune. However, his inheritance merely comprises a set of bagpipes and a snuff container, the latter of which propels Hardy off an antiquated bridge while attempting to demonstrate its usage. In their boarding house, Laurel exchanges their overcoats for a sizable fish intended for dinner. However, calamity ensues as the fish rapidly diminishes in size, Hardy's attire is singed beyond repair, and their endeavor to conceal the incriminating stove results in e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babes In Toyland (1934 Film)
''Babes in Toyland'' is a Laurel and Hardy musical Christmas film released on November 30, 1934. The film is also known by the alternative titles ''Laurel and Hardy in Toyland'', ''Revenge Is Sweet'' (the 1948 European reissue title), and ''March of the Wooden Soldiers'' (in the United States), a 73-minute abridged version. Based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta '' Babes in Toyland'', the film was produced by Hal Roach, directed by Gus Meins and Charles Rogers, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. There are two computer-colorized versions between The Samuel Goldwyn Company in 1991 and Legend Films in 2006. Although the 1934 film makes use of many of the characters in the original play, as well as several of the songs, the plot is almost completely unlike that of the original stage production. In contrast to the stage version, the film's story takes place entirely in Toyland, which is inhabited by Mother Goose ( Virginia Karns) and other well-known fairy tale char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Them Thar Hills
''Them Thar Hills'' is a 1934 American comedy short film directed by Charley Rogers and starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.Thames, Stephanie"Them Thar Hills (1934)" article, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Time Warner, Inc., New York, N.Y. Retrieved May 27, 2019. The film was so well received by audiences that producer Hal Roach and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer made a sequel, '' Tit for Tat'', which was released five months later, in January 1935. Plot At the behest of a medical practitioner, Stan and Ollie embark on a therapeutic retreat to the mountainous environs, with the aim of facilitating Ollie's convalescence from gout. Their sojourn leads them to a secluded site adjacent to an erstwhile abode of moonshiners, who, in a last-ditch effort to evade Prohibition authorities, disposed of their contraband by inundating a proximate well with copious quantities of illicit liquor. Unaware of the tainted nature of the water source, Stan and Ollie unwittingly incorporate it into their daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Bye-Bye!
''Going Bye Bye'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy short film starring Laurel and Hardy. Plot Amidst a bustling courtroom scene, Judge Harry Dunkinson extends gratitude to spectators Stan and Ollie for their pivotal testimony, instrumental in securing the conviction of notorious criminal Butch Long. Subsequently, Butch receives a life sentence, prompting Stan's innocently impertinent inquiry regarding the absence of capital punishment.("Aren't you gonna hang him?") Incensed and restrained in a straitjacket, Butch directs menacing threats towards the duo, vowing retribution upon their persons. Outside the courtroom, Stan and Ollie, perturbed by Butch's wrath, contemplate relocation and solicit a travel companion through a newspaper advertisement. Unexpectedly, Butch's girlfriend Mary responds to their appeal. Meanwhile, Butch, having eluded police custody, seeks refuge at Mary's abode. Stan and Ollie, oblivious to Butch's presence, visit Mary's apartment to meet their prospect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Live Ghost
''The Live Ghost'' is a 1934 American comedy short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by Charles Rogers, and produced by Hal Roach at his studios in Culver City, California. Copies of this short are preserved on 16mm and 35mm safety film, on videotape, or in digital formats at various libraries and motion picture repositories in the United States, including in the Film and Sound Collection at the Library of Congress, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and at the George Eastman Museum. Plot A gruff sea captain grapples with the impediment of recruiting sailors owing to his vessel's ill-reputed status as haunted, which dissuades potential enlistment. A fortuitous encounter unfolds as the captain intersects with Stan and Ollie during a tranquil fishing outing. Despite the captain's entreaties, Stan and Ollie demur from maritime service, attributing their reluctance to an aversion towards the ocean, predicated upon its purportedly shark-infested waters. Undeterred by their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fra Diavolo (1933 Film)
Fra Diavolo (lit. Brother Devil; 7 April 1771–11 November 1806), is the popular name given to Michele Pezza, a guerrilla leader who resisted the French occupation of Naples, proving an "inspirational practitioner of popular insurrection". Pezza figures prominently in folk lore and fiction. He appears in several works of Alexandre Dumas, including '' The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-hermine in the Age of Napoleon'', not published until 2007 and in Washington Irving's short story "The Inn at Terracina". Biography The nickname "Fra Diavolo" came about due to an old Itrano custom: Until early in the twentieth century Itrani boys and girls who had recently recovered from serious illnesses were dressed as monks on the second Sunday after Easter, for a procession in honor of St. Francis of Paola, the patron of sick children. On one of these solemn occasions little Michele, who was apparently a handful to begin with, proved so naughty that someone called hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932 Film)
''Pack Up Your Troubles'' is a 1932 pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film directed by George Marshall and Raymond McCarey, named after the World War I song " Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile". It is the team's second feature-length film. Plot Against the backdrop of 1917, the narrative unfolds with Stan and Ollie's conscription into the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, where their ineptitude earns them the ire of their drill sergeant, relegating them to kitchen duties. A misinterpretation of instructions leads them to deposit garbage cans in the general's private domain, a faux pas that precipitates their imprisonment alongside a disgruntled cook. Their tumultuous journey continues as they find themselves amidst the perils of war, forming a bond with soldier Eddie Smith, who tragically succumbs to combat. Determined to honor Eddie's memory, the duo embarks on a quest to rescue his daughter from her abusive foster guardian and reunite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardon Us
''Pardon Us'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film. It was the team's first starring feature-length comedy film, produced by Hal Roach, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931. Plot During Prohibition, Stan and Ollie are outside a malt-and-hops store offering ingredients for brewing. Ollie announces his intention to brew 15 gallons of beer, but Stan protests that they can't drink 15 gallons. Ollie says, "What we can't drink, we can sell." They walk into the shop side by side, and then walk into prison side by side (Stan having sold their home brew to a policeman). Stan's loose tooth makes an involuntary razzberry sound, which angers the prison officials. Stan and Ollie are assigned to cell 14 alongside five other inmates, including the notorious "Tiger," the toughest prisoner. Stan's recurrent razzberry earns him unexpected respect and friendship from the intimidating Tiger. Laurel and Hardy's continued bungling ultima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Wife (1931 Film)
''Our Wife'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Hal Roach comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Oliver's plans to marry his sweetheart, Dulcy, with Stan as his best man, face a series of obstacles. Dulcy's father opposes the union upon seeing a photograph of Ollie, leading to the cancellation of the wedding arrangements. Additionally, Stan accidentally ruins the wedding cake by spraying it with fly spray. Later, Ollie mistakenly ingests the insecticide, believing it to be throat medicine, resulting in him seeking relief by applying ice cubes, only to comically slip and fall on the ice. Despite these mishaps, the couple decides to elope and arranges to meet a Justice of the Peace clandestinely. However, their elopement is marked by further comedic misadventures. They struggle to fit into a very small car (an American Austin coupe) mistakenly rented by Stan for the occasion; Ollie had asked Stan to get "a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
