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Basic facts

Original title Pardon Us
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stanley "Stan" Laurel, fånge nr 44634

Oliver Hardy
Oliver "Ollie" Norvell Hardy, fånge nr 44633

June Marlowe
fängelsedirektörens dotter

Wilfred Lucas
fängelsedirektören

James Finlayson
läraren i fängelset

Walter Long
"The Tiger", fånge

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Titles

Original title
Distribution title
Title for Swedish Video release
Working title
Re-release title

Crew

Director
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Dialogue
Set Decorator
Stunt

Cast

Stan Laurel Stanley "Stan" Laurel, fånge nr 44634
Oliver Hardy Oliver "Ollie" Norvell Hardy, fånge nr 44633
June Marlowe fängelsedirektörens dotter
Wilfred Lucas fängelsedirektören
James Finlayson läraren i fängelset
Walter Long "The Tiger", fånge
Tiny Sandford (as Stanley J. Sanford) polisofficer Le Roy Shields
- Ej krediterade:
Charlie Hall tandläkarens assistent / varubud
Sam Lufkin fångvaktare
Silas D. Wilcox fångvaktare
Frank Holliday polisofficeren i klassrummet
Harry Bernard Warren, vakthavande på fängelset
Gordon Douglas maskinskrivaren
Bobby Burns (as Robert "Bobby" Burns) patienten hos fängelsetandläkarens som rullas ut
Frank Austin patienten med halsduk om huvudet i fängelsetandläkarens väntrum
Otto Fries fängelsetandläkaren
Bob Kortman (as Robert Kortman) en av The Tigers kompisar
Leo Willis en av The Tigers kompisar
Jerry Mandy fången som inte kan addera
Bobby Dunn upprorisk fånge
Eddie Dunn upprorisk fånge
Baldwin Cooke upprorisk fånge
Charles Dorety upprorisk fånge
Dick Gilbert upprorisk fånge
Will Stanton upprorisk fånge
Jack Herrick upprorisk fånge
Jack Hill upprorisk fånge
Gene Morgan upprorisk fånge
Charles A. Bachman upprorisk fånge
Blackie Whiteford (as John "Blackie" Whiteford) upprorisk fånge
Charles Rogers upprorisk fånge
James Parrott fången som marscherar närmast Hardy strax efter Laurels och Hardys återinfångande
Hal Roach fången som marscherar framför Hardy strax efter Laurels och Hardys återinfångande
Eddie Baker den ridande övervakaren på bomullsplantagen
The Etude Ethiopian Chorus bomullsplockare
Harry Thomas fånge
George Miller fångvaktare
Guido Trento en man
Belle hund blodhunden
- Bortklippta i den slutliga versionen av filmen:
Bobby Mallon den ene fiskande pojken
Buddy MacDonald den andre fiskande pojken

Companies

Production Company Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation 1931-09-10 LP2460
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn 1932
Matiné Film 1950
AB Anglo Film 1952
Nargo Film AB 1963
Film AB Corona 1968
Film AB Corona 1970
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) PolyGram AB 1997

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 115937
Date 1976-07
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 375 meters
Notes Första akten av filmen. Speltid: 14 minuter. Aktlängder: 0.


Censorship number 115938
Date 1976-07
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 635 meters
Notes Andra akten av filmen. Speltid: 23 minuter. Aktlängder: 635.


Censorship number 115939
Date 1976-07
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 470 meters
Notes Tredje akten av filmen. Speltid: 17 minuter. Aktlängder: 0.


Censorship number 106932
Date 1968-06-26
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 1485 meters
Notes Speltid: 54 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 101479
Date 1963-12-14
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 1500 meters
Notes Speltid: 55 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 81501
Date 1952-11
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 680 meters
Notes Speltid: 25 minuter. Aktlängder: 680.


Censorship number 77983
Date 1950-11
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 1430 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 77983
Date 1949-06
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 1515 meters
Notes Speltid: 55 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 46401
Date 1931-05-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 1583 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.19:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 1583 meter
Length in minutes 58 min
Reels 6 reels


Production location

1930-06-24 1930-11-17
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1931-08-15 USA 57 min
TV showing 1970-05-26 TV2 Sweden
1982-12-12 TV2 Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 1996-02-28
Video release 1997-06 Sweden 52 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Lazy Moon
Composer J. Rosamond Johnson (1903)
Lyrics Bob Cole (1903)
Sung by Oliver Hardy
The Hall Johnson Choir


Original title I Want To Go Back to Michigan
Composer Irving Berlin (1914)
Lyrics Irving Berlin (1914)
Sung by kör


Original title Swing Along, Chillun
Composer Will Marion Cook (1903)
Lyrics Paul Laurence Dunbar (1903)
Sung by The Etude Ethiopian Chorus


Original title Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet, Lord
Sung by The Etude Ethiopian Chorus


Original title Dar's a Jubilee
Sung by The Etude Ethiopian Chorus


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
Length 470


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 470


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 375


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title Helan och Halvan i toppform!


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title Helan och Halvan i toppform!


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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