LAUREL & HARDY (STAN LAUREL) - TYPED NOTE SIGNED 09/15/1962 - HFSID 33509

LAUREL & HARDY: STAN LAUREL
Stan Laurel sends a typed note to John Municino telling him to play both sides of the record he has sent to him.
Typed Note signed: "Stan", 5½x3¼ postcard. Santa Monica, California, 1962 September 15. To John Municino, Brooklyn, N.Y. In full: "Dear Johnny: Just sent you a tape recording - forgot to mention - Play both Sides.! Had trouble with my phonograph, hence recording not too good in spots. Anyway think you'll get a couple of laughs out of it. Best from us both here to you all. As ever:" Stan Laurel (1890-1965), born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, England, toured the U.S. in 1910 and 1912 as Charlie Chaplin's understudy. He stayed in America to appear on vaudeville and in several comedy shorts, including one with an accidental pairing with Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), Lucky Dog, in 1918. In 1926, after separate careers, Laurel and Hardy worked together once more for director Hal Roach, who noticed their on-screen chemistry and persuaded them to join forces as a team to make comedies. From 1927-1950, Laurel and Hardy appeared in over 100 movies, including 27 feature films and the 1932 three-reeler, The Music Box, which won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the comedy legends also toured English music halls as well as continuing to make films. Laurel stopped performing after Hardy's death in 1957, although he appeared in archival appearances in a number of documentaries on comedy legends, including Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy. John Municino was a co-founder in New York (1965) of a fraternal organization, The Sons the Desert, dedicated to celebrating the comedy of Laurel and Hardy and named after one of their films. The Sons still exist, open to membership for fans of the comedy team, with chapters around the world. Vertical fold crease at left. Slightly soiled. Overall, fine condition.