Last Film Footage of Stan Laurel Discovered

An amateur home movie has been discovered recently which apparently contains the last known film images of comedy legend Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965), once celebrated as half of the most famous comedy duo in the world: Laurel & Hardy.

The rare and historic eight millimeter film, which captures a playful Laurel displaying his trademark impish smile while scratching his head, is just two minutes in length and was taken at his Santa Monica apartment by James and Irene Heffernan, a Los Angeles couple who were acquainted with the film comedian in his final years.

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