This Day in Halloween: The Laurel and Hardy silent short about grave robbing "Habeas Corpus" opens across the U.S. in 1928. / Illustration by Julian Turonis
Habeas Corpus opens across the U.S. in 1928. The Laurel and Hardy silent short about the pair being paid for grave robbing. The short is also notable for being the first Laurel and Hardy film with sound. Though the short was influential, the sound discs were considered lost for decades.
