Love this one Jordan. My uncle was the property master on all the Hal Roach Laurel and Hardy movies and shorts. The wooden ladder used by L&H to climb into the house is in my basement. It was used in all the Hal Roach shows. There's no proof that it's the one, but my uncle kept a number of old props and that's what he said. It matches all the pictures. I want to donate it to the L&H Museum in Georgia
At the 3:08 and the 18:03 marks, you walked by my first home I was brought home to right after I was born and the next two years of my life. Just over 60 years ago as of 2019. My older sister used to jump rope on the steps and she and my older brother would catch the school bus at the top of the stairs.
Located near 3000 W Sunset Blvd cross street between 923-935 N Vendome St. I lived 5 houses away from the stairs. You even walked right by it. White rod iron fence gray two-story building with steps leading up to it. 949 N Vendome. My sister used to jump rope on the steps and my brother and sister had to catch the school bus up there every day. White rod iron fence white with steps building. The other picture filmed there in 1945 was called "It's your move". Starring Edgar Kennedy.
James Parrot was the director of The Music Box. Hal Roach Sr. wasnt directing by this point, he was running the studio business. Parrot directed several L&H shorts, 2 reel and 3 reelers. He also directed Our Gang as well.
Thats the house there to your left as your going up the stairs my friend, the one with the red porches. In the film, that's where they wound up, on that porch. Hell, its been 90 years, of course it wont look the same. Its probably had a few face lifts and some changes and the rest may have been shot inside a movie studio, but that sure is outside of that house where the fountain once was. See the film again. And pause and see the details. Descanso street has never-ever changed.
Jordan trying to drive and park in LA is a full time job and skill in itself! I don’t know how you do it! I would love to explore LA history but the traffic and parking make me want to cry and I have! Most of my trips there have ended in tears.
My Mother lived with us for 15 years before she passed. Her fathers name had been Ollie and since they only had two girls she got the Ollie name .... but went by her middle name (not Ollie). She had her share of health problems before she passed and the hospital we would go! Anyway I would tell her ... “Well, another find mess you got us into, Ollie!” And we would have a good laugh! Sure miss her!🌹
My husband, my son, whom was 9 months at the time, and I visited these steps. While we were there taking pictures, my son, whom never pointed at anything before, pointed up the steps, and held his had up in that pointing position for a good 30 seconds, like he was trying to tell us something. That tripped us out. And that's not the only Laurel and Hardy location my son has had strange behavior .
I used to watch a lot of laurel and hardy stuff growing up in the 60’s .When I was 13 in 1969I was in Whitehorse Yukon I explored a lot and was inside this cafe.I definitely remember a parrot in a cage and sitting at at a table next was an older man whom I recognized instantly from the era of slapstick (I now don’t remember who he was) but did at the time and called him.He was totally floored when I said I recognized him!Well stupid me as a kid I didn’t think of having a conversation with him.
Oh my what an amazing vlog. I really, really enjoyed this one. As a kid, I was always watching Laurel and Hardy movies. While watching this I do recall I saw something about these Music Box steps but I forgot about this info. These will have to be on my to do list next time in L.A. Thanks, Jordan. I really appreciate these videos.
+Kevin Bayers they actually filmed 2 movies on those same steps.. and these are NOT the same stairs the 3 stooges used for "An Ache in every stake", but I did vlog those stairs as well.
In April of 2021 my niece hiked up those Music Box Steps for her weekend exercise with her friend and sent me the pictures via her cell phone. I’m glad I kept the pictures. Thanks for those memories, Jordan. ❤️🙏🏻
you turned me into a laurel and hardy nut job those guys where funny as hell I started watching anything I could find by them they are amazing thank you
I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF. I REMEMBER THAT EPISODE. YOU ARE AMAZING HOW YOU FIND THESE PLACES & NARRATE IN A VERY EASY LISTENING VOICE. THANK YOU JORDAN. 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
I've allways been a big fan of Laurel and Hardy fan, as well as The Marx Brothers . Harpo being my fav. But great vlog I really enjoyed watching it with your add ins. Love it Jordan
I'm just catching up with your old posts and I was thrilled to find this one here! I love Laurel and Hardy and this scene was a true classic. I'm sorry you had to go through the hassle when you tried to eat - you deserve nothing but nice. Thanks for doing this for us!
some steps were redone a bit since some started crumbling when this was done a decade or so little pebble size bits could be bought online. now I see that some steps have new damage so, eBay music box steps pebbles sale part 2?
That was neato well done jordan matching up, g8 clipz. Enjoyed 4 sure. Well bout to pause on my binge to c if tonites vlog is in. Hehehe.. chica boom chica boom dnt u jus luv it chica boom chica boom dnt u jus luv it chica boom chica boom boom booom!!! Tiz a song ene one knw it?
In another one of these similar walk n talk videos, the guy referred to her as "The Nurse," I myself thought she was a housekeeper too. Nurses don't wear aprons. I've seen the film at least 10 times, and she always looks like a housemaid.
Does anyone notice there was no railing on these steps ,treacherous and dangerous to any one .wow I think these steps were used in a three stooges skit . Great job explaining the changes ,and to walk this older people shouldn't entertain a task as this .kudos to your health. Thanks. Another thing I noticed in the shot looking up there were old wood telephone poles ,now under ground lines .
It's been mentioned before that the stairway used in the 3 Stooges short is not the same one seen here in the Music Box. But it was nearby. Only a few blocks away. The old Silverlake neighborhood has quite a few of these epic staircases scattered about.
I'm more of a keaton, lloyd and fields fan, myself. l&h annoyed me. I guess cuz one was whiny and one was dumb. it got on my nerves. lol you ought to go see and vlog the 3 stooges steps around the corner. it was used in the episode where curly is an iceman who climbs the steps with a big block of ice on his tongs only to have it turn into an ice cube upon delivery. lol
The movie Music Box is an amusing comedy film of the legendary Stan & Olie and is a class apart. But the representation of the steps and recreation of the location is crap and utter nonsense. Don't upload such rotten videos which tarnish the image of the greater comedy duo in the history of world cinema.
Love this one Jordan. My uncle was the property master on all the Hal Roach Laurel and Hardy movies and shorts. The wooden ladder used by L&H to climb into the house is in my basement. It was used in all the Hal Roach shows. There's no proof that it's the one, but my uncle kept a number of old props and that's what he said. It matches all the pictures. I want to donate it to the L&H Museum in Georgia
Great short and great vlog ....thanks Jordan.
I love Laurel & Hardy. There will never be another pair like them.
Though they are not physically with us, they remain immortal in our hearts as long as the world exists.
Thank you for posting this. I walked up those steps several years ago. Wished I had an iPhone at that time to video tape it.
At the 3:08 and the 18:03 marks, you walked by my first home I was brought home to right after I was born and the next two years of my life. Just over 60 years ago as of 2019. My older sister used to jump rope on the steps and she and my older brother would catch the school bus at the top of the stairs.
Mitic location👏👏👏👏
Located near 3000 W Sunset Blvd cross street between 923-935 N Vendome St. I lived 5 houses away from the stairs. You even walked right by it. White rod iron fence gray two-story building with steps leading up to it. 949 N Vendome. My sister used to jump rope on the steps and my brother and sister had to catch the school bus up there every day. White rod iron fence white with steps building. The other picture filmed there in 1945 was called "It's your move". Starring Edgar Kennedy.
Poor Edgar with that washing machine! :)
Was actually showing this movie to my 13 year old Nephew a few days back. He actually enjoyed it more than he expected.
Man , just to be able to walk in the same footsteps as these Legendary Comedic Geniuses anytime you care too . Must be an amazing feeling ?
James Parrot was the director of The Music Box. Hal Roach Sr. wasnt directing by this point, he was running the studio business. Parrot directed several L&H shorts, 2 reel and 3 reelers. He also directed Our Gang as well.
I remember this one laurel and hardy vlog cool I love them thanks mr, Jordanthelion
Thats the house there to your left as your going up the stairs my friend, the one with the red porches. In the film, that's where they wound up, on that porch. Hell, its been 90 years, of course it wont look the same. Its probably had a few face lifts and some changes and the rest may have been shot inside a movie studio, but that sure is outside of that house where the fountain once was. See the film again. And pause and see the details. Descanso street has never-ever changed.
Jordan trying to drive and park in LA is a full time job and skill in itself! I don’t know how you do it! I would love to explore LA history but the traffic and parking make me want to cry and I have! Most of my trips there have ended in tears.
This was awesome- love all your L / H vlogs! So great you are keeping them alive- great comedians.
love the video!
Love the Laurel and Hardy segment. I’m going to have to watch some of their movies now!
Loved this so much! Wish my mom was still alive. She loved Laurel and Hardy and would have enjoyed seeing this.
My Mother lived with us for 15 years before she passed. Her fathers name had been Ollie and since they only had two girls she got the Ollie name .... but went by her middle name (not Ollie).
She had her share of health problems before she passed and the hospital we would go! Anyway I would tell her ... “Well, another find mess you got us into, Ollie!” And we would have a good laugh! Sure miss her!🌹
My grandfather met Stan Laurel in 1940 in Hollywood while visiting his younger brother who was in the U.S Army Air Corps.
My husband, my son, whom was 9 months at the time, and I visited these steps. While we were there taking pictures, my son, whom never pointed at anything before, pointed up the steps, and held his had up in that pointing position for a good 30 seconds, like he was trying to tell us something. That tripped us out. And that's not the only Laurel and Hardy location my son has had strange behavior .
cool, I've been watching Laurel & Hardy sine I was a kid lol
I love Laurel and Hardy
Jah, coffee, Laurel & Harley vlog….niiice!
Awesome video! one of my favorite movies! Thanks.
I used to watch a lot of laurel and hardy stuff growing up in the 60’s .When I was 13 in 1969I was in Whitehorse Yukon I explored a lot and was inside this cafe.I definitely remember a parrot in a cage and sitting at at a table next was an older man whom I recognized instantly from the era of slapstick (I now don’t remember who he was) but did at the time and called him.He was totally floored when I said I recognized him!Well stupid me as a kid I didn’t think of having a conversation with him.
Every year in October there is a Laurel and Hardy festival at the base of the steps in the little park across the street called Laurel and Hardy Park.
Oh my what an amazing vlog. I really, really enjoyed this one. As a kid, I was always watching Laurel and Hardy movies. While watching this I do recall I saw something about these Music Box steps but I forgot about this info. These will have to be on my to do list next time in L.A. Thanks, Jordan. I really appreciate these videos.
+Kevin Bayers they actually filmed 2 movies on those same steps.. and these are NOT the same stairs the 3 stooges used for "An Ache in every stake", but I did vlog those stairs as well.
I lived on marathon street not far where laurel and hardy made the music box. But I never walked up all 😮those steps in 1978 .
Love..💙 this movie
Well that's a nice video you showed us! Great video and I love Laurel and Hardy.
Thank you for the Video...greetings from Germany !
I enjoy ur film locations sooo much... I wish I could be there one day
My grandmother was born that time when they shot Laurel and Hardy's films.
In April of 2021 my niece hiked up those Music Box Steps for her weekend exercise with her friend and sent me the pictures via her cell phone. I’m glad I kept the pictures. Thanks for those memories, Jordan. ❤️🙏🏻
awesome vlog again! loving ur work, thanks Jordan
you turned me into a laurel and hardy nut job those guys where funny as hell I started watching anything I could find by them they are amazing thank you
Watch tomorrow
I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF. I REMEMBER THAT EPISODE. YOU ARE AMAZING HOW YOU FIND THESE PLACES & NARRATE IN A VERY EASY LISTENING VOICE. THANK YOU JORDAN. 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
15:42 And if you look closely in the film as the piano is rolling down the stairs in one shot, you can see the shadows of the camera guy and Hal Roach
Wrong timestamp
I've allways been a big fan of Laurel and Hardy fan, as well as The Marx Brothers . Harpo being my fav. But great vlog I really enjoyed watching it with your add ins. Love it Jordan
Great vid. Jordan !
I wonder if there is any marks or chips out of any of the steps where the piano box came down the steps…. Just a thought.
You can see the shadows of the film crew on the back of the crate as it chases ollie down the steps....
I'm just catching up with your old posts and I was thrilled to find this one here! I love Laurel and Hardy and this scene was a true classic. I'm sorry you had to go through the hassle when you tried to eat - you deserve nothing but nice. Thanks for doing this for us!
It's such a tough task carrying heavy objects upstairs I have to do it daily. 😫
Cool, Jordan. I am going backwards and watching your vlogs from the beginning. I am sure I will see that one at some time.
some steps were redone a bit since some started crumbling when this was done a decade or so little pebble size bits could be bought online.
now I see that some steps have new damage so, eBay music box steps pebbles sale part 2?
Thought it was the same as "An Ache In Every Stake"
No
😀funny laurel and hardy legendary stairs
hee, ho.......That was fun to see. 💙
Great video.Sadly the area now around the steps looks like a dump and a rough area ☹️
Jordan, off topic, but I came upon a news article that was talking about how L.A. is full of these very steep stairs all over different neighborhoods.
That was neato well done jordan matching up, g8 clipz. Enjoyed 4 sure. Well bout to pause on my binge to c if tonites vlog is in. Hehehe.. chica boom chica boom dnt u jus luv it chica boom chica boom dnt u jus luv it chica boom chica boom boom booom!!! Tiz a song ene one knw it?
Perhaps their best achievmemt!
In another one of these similar walk n talk videos, the guy referred to her as "The Nurse," I myself thought she was a housekeeper too. Nurses don't wear aprons. I've seen the film at least 10 times, and she always looks like a housemaid.
Have you ever been to the Max Sennett Essanay Studios in Niles Canyon (Fremont) California?
Not yet. It's only open on limited hours on weekends
Which episode of Mary and Jane?
"He doesn't want me, he wants the other monkey!"
Words to live by!
Does anyone notice there was no railing on these steps ,treacherous and dangerous to any one .wow I think these steps were used in a three stooges skit . Great job explaining the changes ,and to walk this older people shouldn't entertain a task as this .kudos to your health. Thanks. Another thing I noticed in the shot looking up there were old wood telephone poles ,now under ground lines .
It's been mentioned before that the stairway used in the 3 Stooges short is not the same one seen here in the Music Box. But it was nearby. Only a few blocks away. The old Silverlake neighborhood has quite a few of these epic staircases scattered about.
California. Graffiti and vagrants everywhere. Great video, though 👍
I'm more of a keaton, lloyd and fields fan, myself. l&h annoyed me. I guess cuz one was whiny and one was dumb. it got on my nerves. lol
you ought to go see and vlog the 3 stooges steps around the corner. it was used in the episode where curly is an iceman who climbs the steps with a big block of ice on his tongs only to have it turn into an ice cube upon delivery. lol
The Three Stooged used these stairs too.
The movie Music Box is an amusing comedy film of the legendary Stan & Olie and is a class apart. But the representation of the steps and recreation of the location is crap and utter nonsense. Don't upload such rotten videos which tarnish the image of the greater comedy duo in the history of world cinema.