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The Leave 'em Laughing book page

Last updated on Sat., May 2, 2009

Our site's interviews with L&H biographers:
Interview with L&H author Charles Barr
Interview with L&H biographer Simon Louvish
Interview with L&H biographer Scott MacGillivray
Interview with L&H biographer Randy Skretvedt

Our site's reviews of L&H books:
Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy, by John McCabe
The Boys: The Cinematic World of Laurel and Hardy, by Scott Allen Nollen
The Comedy World of Stan Laurel, by John McCabe
The Films of Laurel and Hardy, by William K. Everson
The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy: A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K, by Norbert Aping
A Fine Mess!, by Richard J. Anobile
Laurel and Hardy, by Charles Barr
Laurel & Hardy, by John McCabe, Al Kilgore, and Richard Bann
The Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia, by Glenn Mitchell
Laurel & Hardy From the Forties Forward, by Scott MacGillivray
The Laurel and Hardy Scrapbook, by Jack Scagnetti
Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies, by Randy Skretvedt
Laurel & Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies - Ultimate Edition, by Randy Skretvedt
Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy, by John McCabe
Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy, by Simon Louvish
Stan: The Life of Stan Laurel, by Fred Lawrence Guiles

Additionally, although we cannot print them here, we'd like to recommend two excellent L&H-inspired short stories, printed in books now (sadly) out of print: Ray Bradbury's "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair," printed in Bradbury's collection The Toynbee Convector (1988); and Cynthia Rylant's "A Crush," printed in Rylant's collection A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love (1990). -- Webmaster