Biographies - Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel

In 1927, Laurel and Hardy began sharing screen time together in Slipping Wives, Duck Soup and With Love and Silva. Roach Studios' supervising direction of Leo McCarey, seeing the public reaction to the two began intentionally teaming them together, leading to an early Laurel and Hardy series late that year. With this association, which he created, no doubt the most famous double acts in cinema history. They began producing a huge body of short films, including The Battle of the Century, married Men Go Home If?, Two Tars, Unaccustomed As We are Berth Marks, Blotto, Brats, another fine mess, Be Big!, and many others. in 1929, they appeared in his first feature in a revue sequences of Hollywood Revue of 1929 and the following year, appeared as the comic relief in an all-color musical entitled The Rogue Song. This film marked his first appearance in color. in 1931, they made their first full length film, Pardon Us although they continued to make features and shorts until 1935. the Music Box, a 1932 short, they won a Oscar for best short film - his only such award.
While on the lot, Hardy fell in love with Virginia Lucille Jones, a script girl, whom he married the following year. They enjoyed a successful and happy marriage until his death.