Pardon Us proves nothing for Laurel and Hardy. Their popularity was such that their short subjects were even… They are put in a cell with "Tiger" Long, the roughest, toughest and meanest of all inmates. Laurel and Hardy in a promotional still from their 1937 film, Way Out West. Noah was a champion weightlifter, but was turned down to join the US Navy because of having not enough teeth. Most of these remakes were in Spanish, though several were in French and a few others done in German. PARDON US (director: James Parrott; screenwriter: H.M. Walker; cinematographer: Jack Stevens; editor: Richard Currier; music: Irving Berlin/Bob Cole/Will Marion Cook/J. Many of these foreign editions are not known to exist today. Mae Busch often played the formidable Mrs. Hardy and other characters, particularly sultry … The patchwork quality of PARDON US calls attention to itself, but in BLOCK-HEADS we soon forget about the film's original premise of Stan walking the trenches 20 years after the end of the war. "Tiny" Sandford was born on February 26, 1894 and was a tall, burly actor (6ft 5ins without socks!”), one of the few who was actually taller than Babe! Bootlegging partners Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) are arrested and put in jail, where they insult both the warden (Wilfred Lucas) and their tough cellmate, Tiger (Walter Long). Pardon Us is a Laurel & Hardy sound feature film released 15 August 1931. Noah appeared in 5 Laurel and Hardy films . Laurel & Hardy remade several shorts (and one feature, PARDON US) in this fashion, speaking their own dialogue with the aid of language coaches and off-camera prompting boards. Laurel and Hardy are a popular comedy team composed of thin, English-born Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Minna Gombell, Billy Gilbert, Patricia Ellis, James Finlayson, Tommy "Butch" Bond. Laurel and Hardy's films included a supporting cast of comic actors, some of whom appeared regularly: Harry Bernard played bit parts as a waiter, a bartender or a cop. Since their official teaming in 'The Second Hundred Years' (1927), Laurel and Hardy's star had been continually rising. Tiny Sandford in Pardon Us (1931) Stanley J. They became famous during the early half of the 20th century for their work in motion pictures and also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe. Besides Laurel and Hardy… First 20-odd minutes are brimming with solid laughs. As well as Laurel and Hardy he appeared alongside Harold Lloyd. Leroy Shield, who was noted as the composer of the underscore of 1933’s King Kong, already had two Laurel and Hardy scores to his name by then. Let’s hope that we can learn more about what Laurel & Hardy’s films contained originally, and that this information will come to us in the pages of this journal — and in the comedies. Laurel and Hardy Films that Noah Young appeared in ; Do Detectives Think During Prohibition, Stan and Ollie are sent to prison for concocting and selling their own home brew. He went into films in 1910 for Mack Sennett and joined Charles Chaplin in 1916. By the end of 1930, their two and three-reelers, in multiple languages, were universally loved by audiences, as well as the majority of critics all around the world. During that period the film is technically in the two-reel short class. Noah died on the 18th of April 1958 in Los Angeles . 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