When Oliver Hardy was finally free of his contract with Hal Roach Studios, he was finally able to sign on to one or two picture deals alongside Stan Laurel for other film studios. Most fans of the duo believe that those films, with the possible exception of I diavoli volanti (1939), marked a decline in quality from the pair. The scripts were often bad, and they were starting to show their age. Newer double acts, such as Abbot & Costello, and Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, started to become popular. Laurel and Hardy continued to make films, at a slower rate, until 1945. Their last film, Atollo K (1950), was poorly received, killing their hopes of a comeback.

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