Not far from L.A.'s famed Sunset Boulevard sits an old flight of stairs, remarkable in that one, it's still there, and two, it has a name: the Music Box Steps. That long, long staircase was the stage ...

Stan Laurel, the skinny and bewildered half of the famed Laurel and Hardy comedy team, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 74. An invalid since he had a stroke in 1955, the lovable comic suffered a ...

For the members of Sons of the Desert, the recent release of “Stan & Ollie” is akin to a new “Star Wars” episode for armchair Jedis. Sons of the Desert is the official international appreciation ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first appearance in the same film, “The Lucky Dog” (1921) by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the comedy duo whose work featured a surprising amount of ...

The two might have been separated by a few decades, but Gary Larson's Far Side and the comedy of Laurel and Hardy share an affinity for ambitious slapstick humor. There's a lot for fans of Stan and ...

Four newly restored films from 1927 will be screened how they were intended to be shown in a theater with an appreciative audience. OAK CLIFF - Nearly 100 years have passed since legendary comedians ...

The Busy Bodies has been showing Laurel and Hardy films to their members across the Twin Ports for nearly 40 years. Busy Bodies Tent #60 of the Sons of the Desert meet at the Superior Moose Lodge on ...

Ask Dean is a Journal Star column focusing on all things Peoria: its history, mysteries, quirks and culture. The scene in question is a brief but memorable special effect, with the comedy duo reduced ...