This Day in Halloween: Parody of silent thrillers "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case" opens across the U.S. in 1930. / Illustration by Dominic Ho
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case opens across the U.S. in 1930. The parody of silent horror films The Cat and the Canary and The Bat is a hit and later copied by animation director Tex Avery as well as the Three Stooges.