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Oliver Hardy

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Oliver Hardy
An United States of America passport, issued on 2nd June, 1932 for two years, with a black and white photograph of bearer, [Oliver Hardy] with his wife [Myrtle Reeves] and his signature in black ink Oliver N Hardy, the passport giving details of Hardy's place of birth: Harlem, Georgia, his date of birth: 18th January, 1892, his address: 621 N. Alta Drive, Beverly Hills, California, his wife: Myrtle, L., his height: 6ft 1in., colour of eyes: Brown, colour of hair: Black, the thirty-two pages with numerous consulate and immigration ink stamps recording Hardy's 1932 trip to the United Kingdom with Stan Laurel, various ink stamps include:
-30 June 1932 British Consulate Los Angeles... for a temporary U.K. visa for Hardy's trip to British Isles with Stan Laurel -23 July 1932 Southampton Immigration Officer recording Hardy's arrival in the U.K. for the aforementioned trip

来源

Ex-lot 708, Film and Entertainment Collectibles, Christie's, New York, 25th June 1996

出版

Skretvedt, Randy Laurel and Hardy The Magic Behind the Movies, Moonstone Press, Beverly Hills, 1987, pp.243-246

拍品专文

In 1932 Hardy, wishing to indulge his passion for golf, decided to join Stan Laurel, on Laurel's summer vacation to visit his family in England. However, early on in the year it was leaked to the press that the duo would be visiting the U.K. and their plans for a peaceful holiday were soon overtaken. With their management keen to monopolise on the opportunity, the holiday was transformed into a publicity tour with MGM advertising the trip in the trade papers.
During the trip Laurel and Hardy visited several places in both England and Scotland and were stunned at the extreme levels of attention from fans, during their trip to Glasgow they were stormed by a 6,000 strong crowd, resulting in the hospitalisation of nine people. The pair also planned to tour France and Spain but when arriving in Paris the attention was just as relentless so they returned to England.