' s ▁eyes ▁wouldn ' t ▁photograph ▁properly ▁— ▁blue ▁photograph ed ▁as ▁white . ▁This ▁problem ▁is ▁apparent ▁in ▁their ▁first ▁silent ▁film ▁together , ▁The ▁L ucky ▁Dog , ▁in ▁which ▁an ▁attempt ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁compens ate ▁for ▁the ▁problem ▁by ▁making - up ▁La ure l ' s ▁eyes ▁very ▁heavily . ▁For ▁about ▁a ▁year , ▁Ro ach ▁had ▁La ure l ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁studio ▁as ▁a ▁writer . ▁Then ▁pan chrom atic ▁film ▁was ▁developed , ▁they ▁did ▁a ▁test ▁for ▁La ure l , ▁and ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁problem ▁was ▁solved . ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁were ▁then ▁put ▁together ▁in ▁a ▁film , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁seemed ▁to ▁complement ▁each ▁other . ▁Usually ▁comedy ▁teams ▁were ▁composed ▁of ▁a ▁straight ▁man ▁and ▁a ▁fun ny ▁man , ▁but ▁these ▁two ▁were ▁both ▁com ed ians ; ▁however , ▁they ▁both ▁knew ▁how ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁straight ▁man ▁when ▁the ▁script ▁needed ▁it . ▁Ro ach ▁said , ▁" You ▁could ▁always ▁cut ▁to ▁a ▁close - up ▁of ▁either ▁one , ▁and ▁their ▁reaction ▁was ▁good ▁for ▁another ▁laugh ." ▁ ▁Style ▁of ▁comedy ▁and ▁character is ations ▁ ▁The ▁humor ▁of ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁was ▁highly ▁visual , ▁with ▁s lap st ick ▁used ▁for ▁emphas is . ▁They ▁often ▁had ▁physical ▁arguments ▁with ▁each ▁other ▁( in ▁character ), ▁which ▁were ▁quite ▁complex ▁and ▁involved ▁cart oon ▁violence , ▁and ▁their ▁characters ▁pre cluded ▁them ▁from ▁making