A famous duo that made movies into the 1950s. Shown here in 1929
Toronto. Movies used lots of stills taken by various professional photographers. In the fall of 1929, a photograph of Stan and Ollie graced the cover of the magazine, “American Cinematographer”.
Taken months before the fall and published just before the market crash that ushered in the world’s greatest depression. This sorry state of the world wide economy lasted until ww2 activated our North American economy. In North America, the post war boom continued throughout my youth outlasting even the antics of Stan and Ollie.
My thanks to my good friend and fellow photo enthusiast, George Dunbar, for sharing this find and bringing back memories of a by-gone era known colloquially as the “dirty thirties”, a hot bed for many famous photographers and photographs, especially in America.
