Plump and Runt -- August 19, 2012

Before there was Laurel and Hardy, there was Plump and Runt.  Oliver Hardy ("350 Lbs of Plumpness/Agility, Suppleness and Humor") teamed with Billy Ruge ("115 Lbs of Runtness/25 Years Comedian on all Sides of the Atlantic") in a series of comedies produced by the Vim Comedy Company in Jacksonville, Florida. Without his mustache, Oliver Hardy resembled Dom DeLuise.   The image is from the 1916 Motion Picture Studio and Trade Annual.   

Laurel and Hardy -- April 29, 2010

Two comedians who were successful in both silent and sound films were Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. They have always been among my favorites.

I took the photo at the San Francisco Wax Museum on 04-August-2007.