Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Remembered as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s best film, Sons of the ...

On Nov. 30, the American Cinematheque celebrates the 70th anniversary of the beloved Laurel and Hardy musical holiday comedy, “Babes in Toyland,” with a screening and a reunion of surviving members of ...

Hollywood was the new frontier in 1914. With the film industry in its growing stages, even a former mule skinner by the name of Hal Roach could quickly become a major player. Roach arrived in ...

The lithe Stan Laurel had yet again gotten his portly partner Oliver Hardy involved in “another nice mess,” this time in 1937’s Way Out West. (As any member of the diehard Sons of the Desert fan club ...

Thanksgiving is a day to renew old bonds, and celebrate cherished relationships. So naturally, on Thursday Nov. 28 — as we do every year — we can look forward to ignoring all that, and watching TV. A ...

The diamond and silver tiepin reads “HR”; the gold belt buckle, “HER”; and the blue mechanical pencil, “Compliments of Hal Roach.” “I’m 96 years old, you know,” says the legendary producer-director, ...

Harry Eugene Roach Sr. professionally known as Hal Roach, was an American film and television producer, director, and actor who was active from the 1910s to the 1990s. He is remembered today for ...

Checking into a Newcastle hotel early in the new biopic Stan & Ollie, Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) decide to delight the clerk with a bit of business. Dusting off an ...