Marvin Hatley
Sound · 1905 – 1986 · Reed, Oklahoma, USA
Thomas Marvin Hatley professionally known simply as Marvin Hatley, was an American film composer and musical director, best known for his work for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 until 1940. Hatley wrote many of the musical cues appearing in the Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, and Charley Chase films. His most memorable composition is "Dance of the Cuckoos"(also known as "Ku-Ku", or "The Cookoo Song"), which serves as Laurel and Hardy's theme song. He was also the "player piano" (performing off-screen) in The Music Box (1932). His work in Laurel and Hardy's films Way Out West and Block-Heads earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. In 1939, Hatley was fired from the Roach studio. At the insistence of Stan Laurel, however, he did return to score one final Laurel & Hardy film, Saps at Sea. Hatley went on to become a lounge pianist, and often remarked that he earned more money in that career than during his days at the Roach studio. Marvin Hatley was a native of Reed, Oklahoma. He died on August 23, 1986 in Hollywood, California.
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- MovieDocumentary
Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary is about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.
Movie7.5ComedyCharley falls in love with Betty on a camping trip.
Midsummer Mush
1933 · 2 votes
Movie3.7ComedyInstead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.
Maids a la Mode
1933 · 3 votes
Movie5.9ComedyThe gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of some slow motion sequences.
Shivering Shakespeare
1930 · 8 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAlthough the war is over, Charley still can't seem to find his way out of France.
Sherman Said It
1933 · 1 votes
Movie7.0MusicComedyA pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her worried parents to live with her uncle on his Iowa farm.
Uncle Joe
1941 · 3 votes
Movie7.0ComedyWesternA timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.
The Tabasco Kid
1932 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyOn his way home following World War I, Charley smuggles his French sweetheart aboard ship and gets into all kinds of trouble.
Rough Seas
1931 · 2 votes
Movie7.7ComedyAlfalfa and our gang try to win fifty dollars on a radio contest.
The Pinch Singer
1936 · 3 votes
Movie6.0ComedyCharley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
Arabian Tights
1933 · 2 votes