Laurel & Hardy in Color
Stan Laurel (1890–1965), born in Ulverston, England, and Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), from Harlem, Georgia, were one of the best-loved comedy double acts of Hollywood's studio era. Both had worked in films for years before producer Hal Roach paired them in 1927. Thin, fretful Stan and pompous, exasperated Ollie went on to appear together in more than a hundred films.
This page collects the 24 Laurel and Hardy films in our catalog (20 features and 4 shorts, 1930–1951), grouped by the three stages of their career. After them come 3 films with a guest appearance by the pair and 4 that one of them made without the other: 31 titles in all.
| Career stage | Films here |
|---|---|
| Hal Roach Studios, 1927–1940 | 16 |
| 20th Century-Fox and MGM, 1941–1945 | 7 |
| The final film, 1951 | 1 |
| Guest appearances and compilations | 3 |
| Solo films | 4 |
Why Laurel and Hardy in color?
Every film the duo made together was shot in black and white. Hal Roach Studios backed some of the first computer colorization work in the 1980s, and Laurel and Hardy comedies were among the earliest films colorized for television and home video. Our versions are new colorizations, made with AI-assisted image processing. Each film page plays a free color preview, so you can judge the result before buying. Every film is a one-time purchase of €15, delivered as a DRM-free download.
For the rest of the catalog, see the complete list of colorized movies, the colorized comedy movies, or the history of film colorization.
The Hal Roach years (1927–1940)
The partnership was formed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City. The pair moved from silent shorts to talkies in 1929, won an Academy Award for The Music Box, and from Pardon Us (1931) onward made more and more features. Their silent films are not in our catalog; the films here start in the early sound era.
Pardon Us
Their first feature-length film.
The Music Box
Academy Award, Best Short Subject (Comedy).
The Devil’s Brother
Comic opera, also known as Fra Diavolo.
The Flying Deuces
Made away from Hal Roach, for producer Boris Morros.
The studio years: 20th Century-Fox and MGM (1941–1945)
After leaving Roach in 1940, Laurel and Hardy made films for 20th Century-Fox and MGM. They had far less creative control than at Roach, and these films are much less well known than the Roach classics.
The final film (1951)
The pair's last film was made in France, a French-Italian co-production released under several titles.
Utopia
French-Italian production, also known as Atoll K. Their final film.Browse by release year
Each year page lists every colorized film we have from that year, Laurel and Hardy included:
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1951
Guest appearances and compilations
Films in which Laurel and Hardy appear but are not the stars.
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
MGM all-star revue; the duo appear in one comedy sketch.
Hollywood Party
MGM musical comedy; Stan and Ollie have a guest sequence.
When Comedy Was King
Robert Youngson compilation of silent comedy, including Laurel and Hardy footage.Solo films
Films with Stan Laurel or Oliver Hardy, but not both together.
Mud and Sand
Stan Laurel without Hardy: his parody of the Valentino bullfighting drama Blood and Sand.
The Wizard of Oz
Oliver Hardy without Laurel, as the Tin Woodman in the silent Oz film.
Zenobia
Oliver Hardy without Laurel, opposite Harry Langdon, for Hal Roach.
The Fighting Kentuckian
Oliver Hardy without Laurel, alongside John Wayne.Colourised Classic Movies
Watching from the UK, Ireland or Australia? Our colourised classic movies are the same professionally restored catalogue — more than 2,800 colourised films from Hollywood's Golden Age and world cinema, each an instant DRM-free HD download.