The Flying Deuces.

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Filmography.

Official Films

Release date Title Short / feature Notes
December 1, 1921 The Lucky Dog Short Produced by Shiller Productions
Public Domain
December 13, 1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood Short Released by Pathé Exchange
Hardy in a supporting role and Laurel in a bit part
Public Domain
March 13, 1927 Duck Soup Short Released by Pathé Exchange
Based on "Home from the Honeymoon", a sketch written by Arthur J. Jefferson (Stan Laurel's father)
Public Domain
April 3, 1927 Slipping Wives Short Released by Pathé Exchange
Public Domain
June 12, 1927 Love 'em and Weep Short Released by Pathé Exchange
Public Domain
July 17, 1927 Why Girls Love Sailors Short Released by Pathé Exchange
Public Domain
August 28, 1927 With Love and Hisses Short Released by Pathé Exchange
First Laurel and Hardy film where Hardy sports his iconic narrow mustache.
Public Domain
September 10, 1927 Sugar Daddies Short Public Domain
September 25, 1927 Sailors, Beware! Short Released by Pathé Exchange
Public Domain
October 5, 1927 Now I'll Tell One Short Partly lost film
Public Domain
October 8, 1927 The Second Hundred Years Short The first "official" Laurel and Hardy film in which they are presented as a team
Public Domain
October 15, 1927 Call of the Cuckoo Short Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase in supporting roles
Public Domain
November 5, 1927 Hats Off Short Lost film
Public Domain
November 20, 1927 Do Detectives Think? Short First film in which the duo appear in their standard costumes
Public Domain
December 3, 1927 Putting Pants on Philip Short Their first "official" film together as a team.
Public Domain
December 31, 1927 The Battle of the Century Short Once partly lost film, but found in 2015.
Added to the National Film Registry in 2020.
Public Domain
January 28, 1928 Leave 'Em Laughing Short Public Domain
February 12, 1928 Flying Elephants Short Public Domain
February 25, 1928 The Finishing Touch Short Public Domain
March 24, 1928 From Soup to Nuts Short Public Domain
April 21, 1928 You're Darn Tootin' Short Public Domain
May 19, 1928 Their Purple Moment Short Public Domain
September 8, 1928 Should Married Men Go Home? Short The first Hal Roach film to bill Laurel and Hardy as a team. Previous appearances together were billed under the Roach "All-Star Comedy" banner.
Public Domain
October 6, 1928 Early to Bed Short Public Domain
November 3, 1928 Two Tars Short Public Domain
December 1, 1928 Habeas Corpus Short Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)
Public Domain
December 29, 1928 We Faw Down Short Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)
Public Domain
January 26, 1929 Liberty Short Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)
Public Domain
February 23, 1929 Wrong Again Short Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)
Public Domain
March 23, 1929 That's My Wife Short Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)
Public Domain
April 29, 1929 Big Business Short Silent
Added to the National Film Registry in 1992.
Public Domain
May 4, 1929 Unaccustomed As We Are Short Sound (all-talking)
Public Domain
May 28, 1929 Double Whoopee Short Silent Features a notable early appearance by Jean Harlow
Public Domain
June 1, 1929 Berth Marks Short Sound (all-talking)
Public Domain
June 29, 1929 Men O' War Short Sound (all-talking)
Public Domain
August 10, 1929 Perfect Day Short Sound (all-talking)
Public Domain
September 21, 1929 They Go Boom! Short Sound (all-talking)
Public Domain
October 19, 1929 Bacon Grabbers Short Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)
Public Domain
November 16, 1929 The Hoose-Gow Short Sound (all-talking)
Public Domain
November 29, 1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Feature Sound (all-talking)
All-star revue produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Picture
Public Domain
December 14, 1929 Angora Love Short Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)
Public Domain
January 4, 1930 Night Owls Short
January 21, 1930 The Rogue Song Feature Operetta film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Laurel and Hardy in supporting roles
Filmed in Technicolor
Partially lost
Public Domain
February 8, 1930 Blotto Short Three reels
March 22, 1930 Brats Short
April 26, 1930 Below Zero Short
May 31, 1930 Hog Wild Short
September 6, 1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case Short Three reels
November 29, 1930 Another Fine Mess Short Three reels
Remake of Duck Soup
February 7, 1931 Be Big! Short Three reels
February 21, 1931 Chickens Come Home Short Three reels
Remake of Love 'Em and Weep
April 1, 1931 The Stolen Jools Short Presented by National Variety Artists and released by Paramount
Cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy
Public Domain
April 4, 1931 Laughing Gravy Short
May 16, 1931 Our Wife Short
August 15, 1931 Pardon Us Feature
September 19, 1931 Come Clean Short
October 31, 1931 One Good Turn Short
December 12, 1931 Beau Hunks Short Four reels
December 26, 1931 On the Loose Short Stars ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd
Cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy
January 23, 1932 Helpmates Short
March 5, 1932 Any Old Port! Short
April 16, 1932 The Music Box Short Three reels
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Added to the National Film Registry in 1997.
May 21, 1932 The Chimp Short Three reels
June 25, 1932 County Hospital Short
September 10, 1932 Scram! Short
September 23, 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles Feature
November 5, 1932 Their First Mistake Short
December 31, 1932 Towed in a Hole Short
February 25, 1933 Twice Two Short
April 22, 1933 Me and My Pal Short
May 5, 1933 The Devil's Brother Feature Based on the opera Fra Diavolo by Daniel Auber
August 3, 1933 The Midnight Patrol Short
October 7, 1933 Busy Bodies Short
October 28, 1933 Wild Poses Short Our Gang film with cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy
November 25, 1933 Dirty Work Short
December 29, 1933 Sons of the Desert Feature Added to the National Film Registry in 2012.
January 13, 1934 Oliver the Eighth Short Three reels
June 1, 1934 Hollywood Party Feature A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production
June 23, 1934 Going Bye-Bye! Short
July 21, 1934 Them Thar Hills Short
November 30, 1934 Babes in Toyland Feature Based on the operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough
Reissued as March of the Wooden Soldiers, March of the Toys, and Revenge Is Sweet
Public Domain
December 11, 1934 The Live Ghost Short
January 5, 1935 Tit for Tat Short Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
February 26, 1935 The Fixer Uppers Short
August 6, 1935 Thicker than Water Short
August 23, 1935 Bonnie Scotland Feature
February 14, 1936 The Bohemian Girl Feature Adapted from the opera by Michael William Balfe and Alfred Bunn
With Darla Hood
May 11, 1936 On the Wrong Trek Short Charley Chase comedy with cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy
October 30, 1936 Our Relations Feature
April 16, 1937 Way Out West Feature
May 21, 1937 Pick a Star Feature Cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy
May 20, 1938 Swiss Miss Feature
August 19, 1938 Block-Heads Feature Cameo appearance of Tommy Bond.
October 20, 1939 The Flying Deuces Feature An RKO Radio Pictures production
Public Domain
February 16, 1940 A Chump at Oxford Feature Released by United Artists
May 3, 1940 Saps at Sea Feature Released by United Artists
October 10, 1941 Great Guns Feature A 20th Century Fox production
August 7, 1942 A-Haunting We Will Go Feature A 20th Century Fox production
April 4, 1943 Air Raid Wardens Feature A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production
April 17, 1943 The Tree in a Test Tube Short One-reel film (in color) produced by the United States Department of Agriculture. Laurel and Hardy, appearing in cameos, made this during the filming of Jitterbugs.
Public Domain
June 11, 1943 Jitterbugs Feature A 20th Century Fox production
November 1, 1943 The Dancing Masters Feature A 20th Century Fox production
September 22, 1944 The Big Noise Feature A 20th Century Fox production
December 6, 1944 Nothing but Trouble Feature A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production
May 18, 1945 The Bullfighters Feature A 20th Century Fox production
November 21, 1951 Atoll K Feature A co-production of Les Films Sirius (France), Franco-London Films (France), and Fortezza Films (Italy); released in the United Kingdom as Escapade; reissued in the United States as Robinson Crusoe-Land and Utopia
Public Domain
Foreign language versions of short films
Year English French German Spanish Italian Esperanto
1930 Night Owls Ladrones
(Thieves)
Ladroni
(Thieves)
Currently lost
Ŝtelistoj
(Thieves)
Currently lost
1930 Blotto Une Nuit Extravagante
(An Extravagant Night)
La Vida Nocturna
(The Night Life)
1930 Brats Les bons petits diables
(Good Little Devils)
Currently lost
Glückliche Kindheit
(Happy Childhood)
Currently lost
Dos Buenos Chicos
(Two Good Boys)
Currently lost
1930 Below Zero Tiembla y Titubea
(Shivering and Shaking)
1930 Hog Wild Pêle-mêle
(Pell-Mell)
Currently lost
Radiomanía
(Radio Mania)
Currently lost
1930 Berth Marks and The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case Feu mon oncle
(My Late Uncle)
Currently lost
Spuk um Mitternacht (in Germany) Drei Millionen Dollar (lost version in Austria)
(Haunting at Midnight)
Noche de Duendes
(Night of the Goblins)
1930 Chickens Come Home Politiquerias
(Playing at Politics)
1931 Be Big! and Laughing Gravy Les Carottiers
(The Chiselers)
Los Calaveras
(The Skulls)
Foreign language versions of feature film
Year English French German Spanish Italian
1931 Pardon Us Sous Les Verrous
(Under the Locks)
Currently lost
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
(Under Lock and Key)
Only a handful of clips survive
De Bote En Bote
(From Cell to Cell)
Muraglie
(Walls)
Currently lost
Release date Title Notes
1936 Galaxy of Stars A promotional short film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer only for MGM exhibitors in Europe and Africa, featuring Laurel and Hardy. Rediscovered in 2005.
Release date Title Notes
1957 The Golden Age of Comedy * Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson.
* Narrated by Dwight Weist and Ward Wilson.
* Features clips from The Second Hundred Years (1927), The Battle of the Century (1927), You're Darn Tootin' (1928), Two Tars (1928), We Faw Down (1928), and Double Whoopee (1929).
1960 When Comedy Was King * Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson.
* Narrated by Dwight Weist.
* Features clips from Big Business (1929).
1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter * Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson.
* Narrated by Jay Jackson.
1963 30 Years of Fun * Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson.
* Features clips from The Lucky Dog (1921).
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy * Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson.
* Narrated by Les Tremayne.
* Features clips from Hollywood Party (1934) and Bonnie Scotland (1935).
* Also known as M.G.M.'s Big Parade of Comedy.
1965 Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's * Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson.
* Narrated by Jay Jackson.
* Features clips from Thicker than Water (1935), 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926), Sugar Daddies (1927), The Second Hundred Years (1927), Call of the Cuckoo (1927), Putting Pants on Philip (1927), The Battle of the Century (1927), Leave 'Em Laughing (1928), The Finishing Touch (1928), From Soup to Nuts (1928), You're Darn Tootin' (1928), Two Tars (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), We Faw Down (1928), Liberty (1929), Wrong Again (1929), and Double Whoopee (1929).
1966 The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy * Written by Bill Scott.
* Produced by Hal Roach, Jr., Raymond Rohauer, and Jay Ward.
* Narrated by Garry Moore.
* Features clips from Perfect Day (1929), Bacon Grabbers (1929), The Hoose-Gow (1929), Blotto (1930), Hog Wild (1930), Chickens Come Home (1931), Come Clean (1931), Beau Hunks (1931), Helpmates (1932), Any Old Port! (1932), The Music Box (1932), Towed in a Hole (1932), Me and My Pal (1933), Busy Bodies (1933), Dirty Work (1933), Sons of the Desert (1933), Going Bye-Bye! (1934), Thicker than Water (1935), The Bohemian Girl (1936), Way Out West (1937), Swiss Miss (1938), and Block-Heads (1938).
1967 The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy * Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson.
* Narrated by Jay Jackson.
* Features clips from Sugar Daddies (1927), The Second Hundred Years (1927), Do Detectives Think? (1927), Leave 'Em Laughing (1928), Flying Elephants (1928), You're Darn Tootin' (1928), Should Married Men Go Home? (1928), Early to Bed (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), That's My Wife (1929), and Angora Love (1929).
1969 The Best of Laurel and Hardy * Produced and directed by James L. Wolcott.
* Features clips from Night Owls (1930), Below Zero (1930), Be Big! (1931), Laughing Gravy (1931), Our Wife (1931), Pardon Us (1931), One Good Turn (1931), County Hospital (1932), Their First Mistake (1932), The Live Ghost (1934), and Our Relations (1936).
1970 4 Clowns * Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson.
* Narrated by Jay Jackson.
* Features clips from The Second Hundred Years (1927), Putting Pants on Philip (1927), Big Business (1929), Double Whoopee (1929), Two Tars (1928), and Their Purple Moment (1928).