It was arguably inevitable, therefore, that the boys would be given cameos in more movies going forward, and sure enough at the close of 1931, they popped up again in what, to theatre audiences, would likely have been a surprise appearance in On the Loose, a picture from the Roach series starring ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd. In the early thirties, Laurel and Hardy were incredibly bankable, box office certainties, and an undeniably major asset to the Hal Roach Studios. Then, the following year, Stan and Babe made a fleeting appearance in 1931’s charity fundraiser, The Stolen Jools, and, once again, their performance, small though it was, stood out as being arguably the highlight of the entire movie. #Old laurel and hardy movies movie#Although technically not a cameo, in 1930 and at the eleventh hour, movie giants, MGM, hired Stan and Babe from Roach, to bring some much-needed comic relief to The Rogue Song. Two years later, they were loaned out to MGM to appear in the ‘star-studded’ extravaganza that was The Hollywood Revue of 1929, and were easily the best thing in the picture. Back in 1927, just as their career together was getting going, they were crow-barred into the Max Davidson short, Call of the Cuckoo, seemingly just for the sake, or at the very least to give the boys some extra exposure in front of theatre audiences. Main Cast: ZaSu Pitts, Thelma Todd, John Loder, Claud Allister, William Gilbert, Charlie Hall, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardyīy late 1931, Stan and Babe were no strangers to making cameo appearances. Photographed by Len Powers, Dialogue by H.M. Produced by Hal Roach, Directed by Hal Roach Filmed: October 5 th to October 9 th, 1931
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