Life and work
Stan Laurel was an English actor. Born: 16 June 1890. Died: 23 February 1965. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United Kingdom.
Actor · 1890–1965
Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel was an English actor. Born on 16 June 1890, this profile follows Stan Laurel through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Men O’ War (1929) and The Music Box (1932). The location trail reaches Hollenbeck Park and Music Box Steps. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Men O’ War · Hollenbeck Park
Stan Laurel is credited as cast member on Men O’ War. The work’s existing location story leads to Hollenbeck Park. Laurel and Hardy filmed Men O’ War here in May 1929, when the park offered rental boats. The photograph is a historic view of the park.
Men O’ War — credits ↗︎Hollenbeck Park: history, location and cultural connections ↗︎
The Music Box · Music Box Steps
Stan Laurel is credited as cast member on The Music Box. The work’s existing location story leads to Music Box Steps. Laurel and Hardy struggle to deliver a piano up these Silver Lake steps in the 1932 short.
The Music Box — credits ↗︎Library of Congress: The Music Box ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
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Music Box Steps ↗︎
The Music Box
Laurel and Hardy struggle to deliver a piano up these Silver Lake steps in the 1932 short.
923–925 N Vendome Street
Open street map ↗︎Hollenbeck Park ↗︎
Men O’ War
Laurel and Hardy filmed Men O’ War here in May 1929, when the park offered rental boats. The photograph is a historic view of the park.
Hollenbeck Park: history, location and cultural connections ↗︎
415 S Saint Louis Street
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1890-06-16 1965-02-23
Born 16 June 1890
Died 23 February 1965
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
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Men O’ War
Lewis R. Foster; Laurel and Hardy
The Music Box
James W. Horne
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
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PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
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Oliver Hardy ↗︎
Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy. Born on 18 January 1892, this profile follows Oliver Hardy through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Men O’ War (1929) and The Music Box (1932). The location trail reaches Hollenbeck Park and Music Box Steps. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.