Laurel and Hardy: Quick Facts

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Related People	Oliver Hardy • Stan Laurel • William A. Seiter

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Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee stand back to back in medieval costumes, each holding a sack over their shoulder, in a promotional photo for Babes in Toyland (1934).

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy stand beside a car in formal attire, with Laurel at center left and Hardy at far right, in a scene from the 1929 film Liberty.

Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Charley Chase in fezzes and sashes sit around a table with drinks, gesturing animatedly in a scene from Sons of the Desert (1933).

Laurel and Hardy in Way Out West

Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces, 1939

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