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Bios and Essays


The Golliwog and the Lobby-Watcher
By John Larrabee
A dual biography of Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Norvell Hardy, otherwise known as Stan and Ollie.

Steppin' Along With a Song
Steppin' Along With a Song, Two
By John V. Brennan
The lives and work of LeRoy Shield and T. Marvin Hatley, the Hal Roach composers, plus comments on the music itself. 

Ollie: Momentum, Inertia
and Other Childish Falderdash

By John V. Brennan
Examining Ollie's Life, from a safe distance.

Babes in Toyland: From Stage to Screen and Beyond
By John V. Brennan
A short history of Babes in Toyland, aka March of the Wooden Soldiers.

The Universality of Stan and Ollie
By Thomas J. Shea
Why are the Boys loved all over the world?
2002 Essay Contest Winner
 

 

The Best Features Laurel and Hardy Never Made
By Kerr Lockhart
Ollie (disgusted): "'Life is like a box of chocolates'....Mmmmph".
2000 Essay Contest Winner 

Laurel and Hardy: The Two Clown Angels
By Kyp Harness
The essence of Laurel and Hardy.
2000 Essay Constest Second Prize

Help-Mates
By Steven Bailey
An examination of one of the Boys' greatest short films.
2000 Essay Contest Third Prize

This Is Your Life (If I Were The Director)
By Bill Cassara
A fantasy version of their '50s TV appearance.

Utopia
By Andy Matura
Laurel and Hardy's career, (as directed by Francis Ford Coppola?)

Daddy, Where Do Laurel and Hardy Live?
By Bill Cassara
A young daughter's question and a father's answer.
 

Copyright © John Larrabee, John V. Brennan 2002. All Rights Reserved.
 

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