"Stan & Ollie" friendship Stan & Ollie
Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Hardy (John C. Reilly) are the famous pair of fat and thin pairs in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1940s. comedian.
In a blink of an eye, in 1953, the two had already withdrawn from the film industry and were invited to England this time.
National tour. It's just that the times have changed, and the theater was always empty at first. The agent asked them to appear in public relations on radio and TV in person, and the results were very good and they were very popular everywhere. In the end, the agent decided to contract a big theater for them in London, and they were all ready to do a good job.
But the day before the performance, Hardy fell ill, and the doctor warned him not to perform again. But Laurel, who had lost his partner, shunned the new partner introduced by his agent and decided to cancel the show and package it back to the United States. That night, Hardy came. Desperate and Laurel re-enter the stage. In short, this tour has ended successfully.
Laurel and Hardy were also household names at the time, I remember
There used to be comic strips of their films in China. At that time, the comic strips of the film were all printed directly with the shots in the film. Although it was a black and white film, it was printed in blue and white at that time. Of course, when I was young, I had a low laugh point, and I could even bend forward and backward even with a small picture. Of course these jokes seem naive now.
The two of them have been in friendship for decades. Although they were born with completely different personalities and hobbies, they still walked down together after so many years of bumping. After Laurel was fired because of a wage dispute. Hardy made the film by himself. Although they left a knot, their friendship boat was not affected at all in the end. This is the real friend.
That is, in the end, neither of them will be missing. That is why Laura would rather not be on stage without Harde. After Hardy knew about it, he ignored the doctor's dissuasion from taking the stage to power. This is the truth in adversity. In fact, they were on this tour to create momentum for the two of them to film again. In fact, the two of them learned from the beginning that they had not received the loan. But there was no announcement, deliberately pretending to be confused and until the end, in order to have a chance for the two to perform together.
Laurel and Hardy are the last names of the two actors, and Stan and Ollie used in this film are their first names, so their full names are Stan Laurel and Ollie Hardy. Stan Lawley was born in a family of British actors and worked diligently, writing scripts for their performances. Ollie Hardy has worked in the cinema since his youth, but he loves horse betting and golf. They started working together in 1926. There are silent and sound films, as well as feature films and short films, with a total of 107 films. After 1945, they mainly performed on stage everywhere, and this film is one of the trips to the UK. After Hardy's death, Laurel still wrote the script of the two of them alone.
There have been similar actors in China. The actor Han Lan and Yin Xiucen in the 1930s filmed nearly two hundred films. They are called "Chinese-style Laurel and Hardy". They have admirers all over the world, not to mention in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Director Jon S. Baird was nominated for the British Academy Award for this film.
British actor Steve Coogan was nominated for an Oscar film and screenwriter for "Philomena" and "Philomena (2013)", and was nominated for a Golden Globe screenwriter for the film.
John C. Reilly was nominated for Oscars and Golden Globes for "Chicago (2002)", and was nominated for the film and "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" and "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" (2007)" Nominated for the Golden Globe Award.
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