Then and Now
My Visits to Laurel and Hardy Movie Locations

Big Business 1929                                                               March, 2006                                                                Big Business 1929  Here’s my picture of the house owned by Jimmy Finlayson, which Laurel and Hardy tear apart in the great 1929 silent short Big Business.  I found it in a very nice neighborhood at 10281 Dunleer Drive, Cheviot Hills, LA.  Big Business was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1992.

The Music Box 1932                                                 March, 2006 Here I am at the famous music box steps. They can be found in the Silver Lake area of LA near 927 N. Vendome Street (at Del Monte Drive) just a few blocks from W Sunset Blvd.  It took years for historians to locate this spot. Take a look at the sidewalk. My feet are almost exactly where Stan’s feet were in the 1932 photo. At the bottom of the picture you can see there's a plaque on one of the steps. It reads: "Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy “The Music Box” 1932 This plaque marks the site of the making of  “The Music Box” winner of the 1932 Academy award for Short Subject- Comedy. The film starred comic legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, who also employed this location in their 1927 film “Hats Off”. Both films were produced by the Hal Roach Studio".