For decades, "March of the Wooden Soldiers," a.k.a. "Babes in Toyland," has been a Thanksgiving tradition on WPIX TV. The ...

There’s a Sunderland man who can boast links to Stan Laurel, The Beatles and a childhood backstage at the Empire Theatre.

Bill Barron - a childhood behind the stage at the Empire Theatre in Sunderland. Find out more on the Wearside Echoes podcast.

His childhood was filled with backstage memories of the Empire Theatre - including links with comedy legend Stan Laurel who ...

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's slapstick comedy was hugely popular during the early classical Hollywood era of American cinema The critically acclaimed film Stan & Ollie is released in UK cinemas ...

John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan have found their next project. The duo will star in The Players, a new Shakespeare comedy ...

‘Laurel and Hardy: Year Two’ includes 10 comedy shorts of varying quality, each of which runs about 20 minutes in length. Even the best are loose-limbed, ramshackle, on-the-fly efforts. Oliver Hardy ...

Satire about sisters (Patsy Kelly, Rosina Lawrence) who go to Hollywood for a screen test. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Joe: Jack Haley. Lopez: Mischa Auer. Dagmar: Lyda Roberti. Malheimer ...

Director Jon S Baird said he cried when he first read the script for Stan & Ollie The Scottish director of a new film about the world's most famous comedy double act, Laurel and Hardy, said when ...

Steve Coogan is to be reunited with his Stan & Ollie co-star John C. Reilly for a film about rival actors. Set in 1847 New York, Reilly plays America’s top Shakespearian actor who is threatened when a ...

Familiar sight gags and comedy turns highlight this Stan Laurel-Oliver Hardy vehicle about World War I Army buddies reunited 20 years later. Billy Gilbert, Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell ...

The one person who loved it was Stan Laurel, who always said it was his favorite of the team's movies. And starting in the 1960s, it picked up a whole new army of fans, thanks largely to the TV ...