What Laurel And Hardy's Last Movie Was Like Before They Died

After starring in some of their most famous films throughout the 1930s, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy found themselves at the mercy of studios during the 1940s, and then? World War II derailed pretty much everything. And that's actually important, because according to "Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies," their final movie came about because of a desire to kick-start the ailing, post-war, European entertainment industry with something that everyone was going to absolutely love.

Laurel and Hardy were approached by a team made up of representatives from the Italian, French, and British film industries, and they had a proposal that the duo couldn't refuse. Shoot a movie in 12 weeks, get paid, and create something new for a world that was struggling with the realizations that unfolded at the end of the war. It was 1950 when the deal for a new Laurel and Hardy movie was put on the table in front of them, and the offer came with a major draw: They were going to have the same amount of creative control they had in their heyday.

On the surface, it sounded great. There was, however, a major problem. The director was French, the writers were Austrian, French, and Italian, and when they sat down to collaborate, they realized that everyone spoke a different language.

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