{"product_id":"the-art-of-laurel-and-hardy-graceful-calamity-in-the-films-paperback","title":"The Art of Laurel and Hardy: Graceful Calamity in the Films - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyp Harness\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the early days of film came Laurel and Hardy, a comedy team that created slapstick hilarity from life's simplest situations. Some seventy years after their heyday, Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Oliver Norvell \"Babe\" Hardy are still remembered for the comic chaos they created in film shorts. They gave us something to laugh at by reminding us of our own foibles, in a way that was genuine and unpretentious. The lanky Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and portly Ollie Hardy (1892-1957) had but one objective: to create as many laughs as would fit in one short film. And that, they did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The book begins by exploring their comedy in the early days of film. A chapter is dedicated to each of \"the boys\"--Laurel from Ulverston, England, and Hardy from the state of Georgia--as a person and performer. Further chapters explore the slapstick and gags of Laurel and Hardy and how the pair survived the transition to sound that left behind many actors of the day. It was only when they began to work for large studios, churning out cookie-cutter scripts, that their art began to lose its way. The book takes the reader through the ups and downs of their careers and to a final comeback. A filmography lists works from 1917 to 1951 with information on availability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinger, songwriter and artist \u003cb\u003eKyp Harness\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 255\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.04 x 6.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451945238706,"sku":"9780786424405","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/521c44f7cb0f5ab016d90fb7baae7eee.webp?v=1778804009","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-art-of-laurel-and-hardy-graceful-calamity-in-the-films-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}