▁not ▁met ▁at ▁the ▁right ▁place ▁and ▁the ▁right ▁time ." ▁Their ▁first ▁" o fficial " ▁film ▁together ▁as ▁a ▁team ▁was ▁Put ting ▁P ants ▁on ▁Philip , ▁released ▁on ▁December ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 2 7 . ▁The ▁plot ▁involves ▁La ure l ▁as ▁Philip , ▁a ▁young ▁Sc ots man ▁newly ▁arrived ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁in ▁full ▁k ilt ed ▁spl endor , ▁suffering ▁m ish aps ▁involving ▁the ▁k ilt . ▁His ▁uncle , ▁played ▁by ▁Hard y , ▁is ▁shown ▁trying ▁to ▁put ▁tr ous ers ▁on ▁him . ▁Also , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁the ▁pair ▁star red ▁in ▁The ▁Battle ▁of ▁the ▁Century , ▁a ▁lost ▁but ▁now ▁found ▁classic ▁short , ▁which ▁involved ▁over ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁cre am ▁p ies . ▁ ▁La ure l ▁said ▁to ▁the ▁du o ' s ▁bi ograph er ▁John ▁McC abe : ▁" Of ▁all ▁the ▁questions ▁we ' re ▁asked , ▁the ▁most ▁frequent ▁is ▁how ▁did ▁we ▁come ▁together ? ▁I ▁always ▁explain ▁that ▁we ▁came ▁together ▁naturally ." ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁accident ▁and ▁grew ▁by ▁ind irection . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 6 , ▁both ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ro ach ▁Com edy ▁All ▁Stars ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁actors ▁of ▁similar ▁standing ▁who ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁films . ▁Qu ite ▁unw itting ly ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ' s