Laurel and Hardy: A Bio-BibliographyThis book presents a combined biographical, critical, and bibliographical estimate of Laurel & Hardy's significance in film comedy, the arts in general, and as popular culture icons. Of the two, Laurel decidedly evolves as the central player in this duo biography. The reasons for this are several, but mainly stem from Laurel's role as team spokesman; his late life accessibility; media coverage given to his private life; and the fact that he outlived Hardy by eight years--from 1957 to 1965--a period in which the ever burgeoning public fascination with the team reached new proportions. Hardy's artistic input, however, is currently being given a revisionist upgrading, which Gehring addresses. |
References to this book
Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy Simon Louvish No preview available - 2002 |
Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy Simon Louvish No preview available - 2002 |