The Oddest Couple: Laurel & Hardy

After years of solo film work, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy came together in 1927 at the Hal Roach Studio. By the next year they’d become an organic team where human foibles and the frustrations of everyday life were magnified a hundred times over. They are still recognizable today for Laurel’s cry and grin, and for Hardy’s slow-burn and delicate gestures, not to mention for their shared derbies and contrasting shapes and sizes. Our salute to this iconic pair is made up of the 1929 shorts Liberty, Wrong Again, and Big Business.