Jitterbugs (1943)

USA, 75 min
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Media (2)

Original title Jitterbugs
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1944-08-07

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Vivian Blaine
Susan Cowan

Robert Bailey (as Bob Bailey)
Chester Wright

Douglas Fowley
Malcolm Bennett

Noel Madison
Tony Queen

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Titles

Original title
  • Jitterbugs
Swedish release title
  • Jitterbugs i knipa
Distribution title
  • Fulde af fup (Danmark)
  • Jitterbug (Finland)
  • Jitterbugs (Finland)
  • Ohukainen ja Paksukainen pinteessä (Finland)
  • Dick und Doof und die Wunderpille (Tyskland/Österrike)
  • Les rois de la blague (Frankrike)
  • Gli allegri imbroglioni (Italien)
  • Gli allegri imbroglioni e il rock n' roll (Italien)
  • Oddaj forsę, draniu (Japan)
  • Ladrão que rouba ladrão (Polen)
  • Stan és Pan: A jampecok (Brasilien)
  • Bucha e estica, müsicos de jazz (Ungern)
  • Lorel ve Hardy çalgici (Portugal)
  • Oi assoi tou horou (Turkiet)
  • Jitterbugs (Grekland)
Re-release title
  • Kanaljer i knipa

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Story
Executive Producer
Special Photographic Effects
Orchestration
Musical Director
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Wardrobe

Cast

Stan Laurel Stan
Oliver Hardy Ollie
Vivian Blaine Susan Cowan
Robert Bailey (as Bob Bailey) Chester Wright
Douglas Fowley Malcolm Bennett
Noel Madison Tony Queen
Lee Patrick Dorcas
Robert Emmett Keane Henry Corcoran
- Ej krediterade:
Charles Halton Samuel J. Cass
Edwin Mills piccolo
James Bush Jimmy O'Grady, gangster
Chick Collins Taylor, gangster
Anthony Caruso Mike
Jack Green polis
Bud Lawler sjukvårdare
Harrison Greene arg man på nöjesfältet
Jimmy Conlin utropare för skäggiga damen
Syd Saylor utropare för Fatima
Francis Ford skeptisk gamling
Hal K. Dawson hotellportier
Gladys Blake kvinnan som sköter tärningsspelet
Danny Duncan man
Bert Moorhouse gangster
Cy Slocum utkastare på danssalongen
Ernie Alexander man
Murray Alper man
Lester Dorr man

Companies

Production Company Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1943-06-11 LP12220
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fox Film 1944
Warner-Tonefilm AB 1969
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) SF Home Entertainment 2006

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 67182
Date 1944-05
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2040 meters
Censored length 2025 meters
Notes Granskningskopians speltid: 75 minuter. Visningskopiorna efter censurklipp: 74 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2057 meter
Length in minutes 75 min
Reels 8 reels
Dialogue
  • English
Textad
  • Swedish


Production location

1943-02-15 1943-03-18
Twentieth Century Fox Studios, 10201 Pico Boulevard, Century City Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Palmdale, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1943-06-05 New York City, New York USA 75 min
Other showing 1943-06-11 USA 75 min (US release)
Release in Sweden 1944-08-07 Göta Lejon Stockholm Sweden 74 min
1944-08-07 Lyran Stockholm Sweden 74 min
DVD release 2006-11-01 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Moon Kissed the Mississippi
Composer Lew Pollack (1943)
Lyrics Karl-Lennart (svensk text 1944)
Charles Newman (engelsk text 1943)
Sung by Vivian Blaine


Original title If the Shoe Fits, Wear It
Composer Lew Pollack (1943)
Lyrics Charles Newman (1943)
Sung by Vivian Blaine


Original title I've Gotta See for Myself
Composer Lew Pollack (1943)
Lyrics Charles Newman (1943)
Sung by Vivian Blaine


Original title I Had the Craziest Dream
Composer Harry Warren (1942)
Lyrics Mack Gordon (1942)


Original title That's a Plenty
Composer Lew Pollack (1914)
Lyrics Ray Gilbert (1950?)


Original title I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
Composer Harry Warren (1942)
Lyrics Mack Gordon (1942)


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


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