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A two-week festival featuring more than 50 classics starring the comedy team of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), the first major retrospective of the duo in decades.
The series includes new restorations of many of their greatest features and short subjects, including SONS OF THE DESERT, WAY OUT WEST, BABES IN TOYLAND (MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS), Brats, Blotto, The Music Box (Oscar® winner for Best Live Action Short Comedy of 1932), and many, many more. The festival marks the 100th anniversary of their first film for producer Hal Roach.
♪ Silents in festival feature live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner ♪
Presented in association with Sabucat Productions, the Blackhawk Film Collection, and The Sons of the Desert
Special thanks to Jeff Joseph (SabuCat Productions), Serge Bromberg (Blackhawk Film Collection), Maria Chiba (FPA Classics), Todd Weiner and Steven K. Hill (UCLA Film & Television Archive), Kit Parker (Kit Parker Films), The Film Foundation, and Jack Roth, Grand Sheik and Keeper of the Celluloid of the New York City Founding Tent of the Sons of the Desert.
Select titles presented with support from The Robert Jolin Osborne Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s
Programmed by Bruce Goldstein